The central implication of recent events, as I see it, is so stunning that I am scared of stating it. But even at the risk of appearing to be out of my mind, I would say that 1989 could well mark the end of the period beginning with the French … Read More
VP Singh and his colleagues have thrown away a great opportunity that the Kashmiri terrorists and their Pakistani mentors presented them within days of the formation of the new Janata Dal government. A pro-Janata Dal wave would have swept the country if they had refused to bargain with the terrorists … Read More
Despite the defeat in the recent election to the Lok Sabha and the media rhetoric, the Congress remains the only national party and Rajiv Gandhi its leader. All political discussions and calculations should proceed on this basis. The party and the leader, as I shall argue, cannot be delinked. … Read More
Obviously sympathy and support for VP Singh right now outweighs concern for the country. But it is, on the whole, a muted affair; there is nothing like the euphoria we witnessed at the time of Rajiv Gandhi’s victory in January 1985; indeed, even his own supporters are rather subdued. I … Read More
If it is at all permissible to place a broad interpretation on the outcome of the present poll, it can only be that the people of India have voted against government as such. West Bengal is the only exception. This exception, of course, admits of the inference that in West … Read More
