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Arguments for “purification” through “nationalization” are redundant in the case of Indian Muslims. They have always looked to local sites and the land of their saints as their holy land.
If the collapse of the SAARC summit in Islamabad has made the consideration of alternatives an immediate imperative, the enthusiasm of Sri Lanka’s prime minister for Bay of Bengal regionalism may provide a way forward.
U.S. policy toward Pakistan has cost the lives of soldiers and undermined the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, it will most likely take a major terrorist attack to change this policy.
Russia's recent military exercises with Pakistan showed that Moscow still views many international issues through the prism of its relations with the U.S. Such a position might put Russia-India relations at risk.
With India’s relations with Pakistan entering a period of turbulence, Afghanistan could acquire an unusual prominence in India’s regional strategy.
Rahul Gandhi faces trial in Supreme Court for his remark blaming the RSS for involvement in Mahatma Gandhi’s murder. The judges have a delicate task before them.
Indian voters do not elect criminals out of ignorance. Instead, candidates with serious criminal records are sometimes preferred because their criminality signals their credibility.
Caste politics are partially returning to Gujarat, as the Patel caste has begun to back Congress once more. Their shift away from the BJP is in response to growing inequality.
India can’t compel Pakistan to join the project of South Asian integration. Instead, New Delhi must devote itself to bilateral, sub-regional, and trans-regional cooperation with its neighbors.
Intensifying strategic competition between India and China does not have to hinder cooperation in economic and social development, as long as both countries make development their ultimate goal.