Issue 7

Season of the Underdog: How Lanka trumped Proteas in South Africa

Sri Lanka became the first Asian side to beat the Proteas in their own backyard in a Test series

India should have a 3D vision for Pakistan: downgrade, degrade and deflate

The worst thing India can do is jump the gun and re-engage Pakistan, even if at a low level

Modi’s muscular policy is not working, time to talk to Pakistan

Exploring dialogue with Pakistan, alongside a sensitive approach to Kashmir and firm measures against terror groups, can be beneficial

Narendra Modi’s Pakistan doctrine

In dealing with Pakistan henceforth, inaction has been taken off the table of any future prime minister

Who’s Afraid of the Horror Movie?

Despite impressive evolution, the horror film continues dwelling in the fringes and is yet to find mainstream recognition

Should the Congress play from back foot to beat BJP?

The Congress' predicament is that it must improve its abysmal 44-seat Lok Sabha tally to about 120-130 if it wants to head any coalition government

Two years on, Jagmeet Singh on a slippery slope

Once Hailed as Trudeau’s ‘worst nightmare’, the New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh has seen his popularity crater, his party is in a bad shape and his first election win is scratchy at best

Where friends turn foes and foes turn friends

At Moscow peace talks, Afghan leaders who fought each other and the Taliban found themselves on the same side

The Modi-fication of Tamil Nadu politics

The demise of both Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi, within two years of each other, has left a vacuum in the state famous for personality cults

Life amid shelling on the Line of Control

Decades of conflict between India and Pakistan have been hard on the families that live in border villages. There is no war, but it's no less than war