Citizenship, as defined in the Constitution, is individual-based and has nothing to do with other affiliations or identities that an individual may have.

A former foreign secretary revisits his notes from his time Bastar in 1971, before the district became the heart of the ‘Red Corridor’.

If India wants to play the larger game of countervailing Chinese power, it must confront Beijing's moves to narrow its strategic space in the neighbourhood.

As Trump knocks down the Paris pact, the Modi government should push India's BASIC strategy again.

The overall strategy underlying Modi’s foreign policy is sound. The challenge going forward must take into account the changed global geopolitical terrain.

In the next decade, how US-China relations unfold will shape the external environment for countries like India. Much will depend on how China perceives the Trump presidency.

Since India lacks the resources today to set up competing networks, it may be worthwhile to participate in those components of the OBOR which might improve Indian connectivity to major markets and resource supplies.

India must look at talks as a means of enabling sustained diplomacy, rather than as a bargaining chip or form of penalty — whose denial will somehow become a pressure-point on Islamabad

The Pope's latest Encyclical is a devastating indictment of the developed world's approach to consumption and climate change

Do India and China have strong enough incentives to seek a compromise on the border and are these incentives aligned? It would appear that despite significant convergence on some issues, the relationship is likely to remain adversarial.