His latest book leaves readers in no doubt that he’s the sort of figure who would be open to using America’s military against perceived internal enemies. 

A bowler does not have the luxury of uninterrupted visibility, an enabling condition for producing empathy in sport.

History will be kind to Jimmy Carter for changing the world through key decisions, and for having the right instincts and prescriptions on race, faith, Palestine, human rights and the climate. He will also be an inexhaustible source on a life well-lived.

This election gives liberals the permission not to be gaslighted by themselves or the noise generated by mainstream media and online trolls. 

The Congress should stop making the distinction between a vote getter and office holder, in order to deliver who its voters want. And alliance partners need to recognise that right now no one in the Opposition space takes the fight to Modi better than the Congress leader.

Western governments will not be oblivious to the growing right-wing activism among the diaspora and the efforts of the BJP and the Modi government to harness that energy for political support and to stave off criticism of India.

The Modi government underestimates how large Russia looms in the American political imagination. New Delhi has alienated US, Europe and other allies at one go with this vote.

He shaped the republic and underlined what it takes for democracy to deepen and for political order to work.

As we have seen countless time, BJP often exploits the fact that Congress does not speak about Muslims.

The ending of autonomy in Kashmir reconstituted a conflict that was politically frozen in many ways for decades and has set it off in directions that can increase Washington’s diplomatic costs in the region.

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Narendra Modi are all products of an imperative to transcend or smother the political effects of India's complexity.

Biden’s approach seems clear. Restore decency and a measure of civility in public discourse – and bet on expertise in government and collegiality in Washington to effect change in America. 

Sameer Arshad Khatlani’s 'The Other Side of the Divide' elegantly underlines that the emergence of India and Pakistan are but moments in the broader span of South Asian history marked by mutuality and belonging. It is the mind-cleansing antidote that Indians need.

Trump has created a permissive climate for authoritarian right-wing rulers to thrive. The Biden presidency will bolster liberalism in the world and that will complicate BJP’s plans to push its Hindutva agenda in India.

The young historian’s arrest is many things – about using the pandemic to reinforce majoritarianism, imposing political limits on Indian Muslims, and the moral universe that the BJP wants Indians to live in.

The Indian middle class dream of settling in the West is over. The diaspora will now confront the anti-intellectual, illiberal India that the BJP is building and decide if it is better off with the cosmopolitanism that it is familiar with.

A second term for Trump will consolidate the power of the Christian Right which will have serious implications not only for minorities in the US but for the middle class in India.

The leader cannot order everything from above; so those below have the duty to “work towards” what their leader has signalled he wants.

It is one thing for the BJP to weather media criticism over the anti-Muslim rhetoric and actions of its leaders and another to face a determined nationwide counter-mobilisation cutting across religious lines. This movement had to be deprived of its demand.

Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s plans will harden Hindu identity and potentially turn many Indians, including a disproportionate number of Muslims, into stateless subjects.