Sans flagpole
Did the visit of the Arab FMs have a darker purpose?
F.S. Aijazuddin
Divide and bleed
Many nations, more for their own interests than India’s, ignore the reek.
Sauve qui peut
Where do we stand in the grey area of civil defence?
Waking to war
No one has said how India can be brought to the talks table.
In a china shop
What did Trump hope to achieve as a mediator?
A dark dawn
India’s action is a unilateral abrogation of the Shimla accord.
Used wrappings
‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘I have done a PhD on the Bhuttos.’
Dignified defeat
The ostensible priority will be a safe withdrawal of coalition forces.
Armchair idiocy
For millions of sports fans, July 14 became a cruel test of loyalty.
Unlikely phoenix
How did the Afghans achieve such competence?
Winds of war
Will such impulses replace sober aforethought?
Too little broth
One dam, however daintily packaged, is not the solution.
An opaque future
Is it to be government by diktat?
Uneasy lies...
Churchill is buried too deep to feel the pain that comes from an empire revenging itself.
Pink turban: II
Nehru’s legacy was to unite India; Modi’s plan is to unify Hindutva.
Cauldron to inferno
Since 1948, the State Bank of Pakistan has seen off 19 governors.
War and property
Throughout the tortuous negotiations ran a golden vein of poetry.
Filling a blank
For modern voters, the most potent blank is still the virgin surface of the ballot paper.
Quit home, go home
One day, rational Indians will regret remaining silent today.
NON-FICTION: STONES WITH STORIES TO TELL
A sumptuously produced book of photographs is an ode to world civilisations and the known and anonymous ancient