The evolution of India’s foreign policy – Part I

During the past 61 years, India’s foreign policy has matured from a single leader’s paranoia to a virtual national consensus. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru set the pattern for the formation of Indian foreign policy, a strong personal role for the prime minister but a weak institutional structure. Nehru served concurrently as prime minister and minister of [...]

Indian political choice, bad to worst?

The NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government proclaimed, “India Shining” in 2004 and called for general elections. They got a drubbing at the hustling. Obviously a majority of the population did not agree with NDA’s assessment. As a result the Congress Party managed to form another coalition under UPA (United Progressive Alliance) and formed the government [...]

The Nehru-Gandhi family is culturally Anglocentric

Starting with Motilal Nehru and right down to Rahul Gandhi, the entire Nehru-Gandhi family is the product of the British academia and the ‘English Civil Institutions’. This legacy has not served India and its people in any way. It is tragic that our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and his colleagues in the Congress Party [...]

Should UPA government be given a second chance?

India is passing through a very difficult time and needs a much bolder government at the center. There is a difference between bold and belligerent. This must be understood by our not-so-bright politicians! When the government initiates a structural reform, it is being bold. On the other hand when a government makes empty threats and [...]

It is time India introduced televised hearings

Indians tend to copy everything American but nothing of substance. The best thing the Manmohan Singh government can do is to introduce parliamentary hearings open to television media. The United States of America has a system of congressional hearings televised live on any and all subjects of public interest. These hearings used to be closed [...]

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