On the occasion of the first Republic Day after the end of the emergency, it may be worthwhile to take a fresh look at the nature of the chance that took place last March. For that may help place developments since in a somewhat clearer perspective. What happened last March … Read More
The Union government has been commendably quick in ordering the Karnataka administration to initiate follow-up action on the Grover Commission’s interim report on charges of corruption and nepotism against the former State Chief Minister, Mr. Devraj Urs, and some of his colleagues. But though the commission has found that four … Read More
It is in all probability a sheer coincidence that Mr. L.I. Mendelevich, the top Soviet negotiator with the USA on the question of the demilitarization of the Indian Ocean, should have come to Delhi in the wake of a shift in Ethiopia’s favour in its war with Somalia. But coincidence … Read More
By claiming that Egypt and Israel are in complete agreement on the principle of a total Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula, President Sadat has confirmed, though indirectly, the correctness of the charge that he is in effect prepared to make a separate deal with Tel Aviv. He doubtless continues … Read More
On the eve of Mr. Callaghan’s arrival in New Delhi, Britain has given India five grants totalling £144 million (Rs. 228 crores), the biggest ever to this country by London. This is a gesture of goodwill which no one here can fail to appreciate. This is so specially because while … Read More
It will be a gross exaggeration to say that President Carter’s visit to New Delhi has been a fiasco. But it has not been a glorious success either. Mr. Morarji Desai did not invite him, and he did not accept the invitation, in the expectation of resolving the basic differences … Read More
Mrs. Gandhi and her cohorts have finally split the great Indian National Congress and they have done it in an utterly cold calculated and cynical manner. She had clearly made up her mind by December 18 when she had her letter of resignation from the Working Committee delivered to the … Read More
