Jagdeep Dhankhar’s address at the inauguration ceremony of the 27th International Congress of Vedanta at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on January 3 was an illustration of Dhankharspeak.

It is very likely that the world will simply laugh away Pakistani claims.

I believe that all Indian nationals constitute one people.

A response to Partha Chatterjee.

Day-to-day party affairs may be left to a non-Gandhi party president, but he/she would hardly be able to decide on fundamental issues – especially those connected with the party ideology or electoral strategy.

The question remains if the Justice S.A. Bobde inquiry has assured the people that the SC has acted in a manner to firmly demonstrate that no one in the republic can act with impunity.

The BJP kept with its basic thrust to make Narendra Modi the core of its election campaign, it is exactly this focus that the Congress has criticised.

Even if questions over Khan's commitment to improve the situation for minorities are kept aside, he cannot take on the army and the ulema to address institutionalised discrimination.

Indian soldiers may have fought alongside the British in WW1, but saying that it was for 'peace' is an ahistorical oversimplification. Soldiers fight under command, not for ideological determinations of what is right and wrong.

States do not want to offend other states that are geo-politically important or powerful or a source of great profit. Even when such states cross a red line a via media is sought to be found.

Tilak Devasher’s 'Pakistan At the Helm' comes to life is in the anecdotes.

For many millennia, the Pakhtuns were able to maintain their autonomy. Now that is likely to fundamentally change as the Punjabi-dominated state will legally extend its tentacles into their bastion, backed by the coercive Pakistan army.

While India has to put the record straight about the allegations levelled by the Pakistani NSC, it would be prudent to point out that the substance of Nawaz Sharif’s charge is against the Pakistan army.

Many institutions are becoming dysfunctional; certainly, all are morphing. The frightening aspect of this present situation is popular resignation or apathy at their condition. Even anger would have been more useful.