Pak elections will change nothing
The stage is set for the third successive democratic elections in Pakistan. While
By Mani Shankar Aiyar July 22, 2018
Columns
- Sachidananda Murthy
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- Amjad Ali Khan
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- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
- Nupur Sharma
- Derek O Brien
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Guest Column
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Joint effort
By Dr Yash Gulati July 15, 2018 -
Why mammograms are safe
By Dr Mukta Mahajan June 03, 2018 -
It is our responsibility
By Jose Louies June 03, 2018 -
Allow captive cultivation of cannabis
By DR Ram Vishwakarma May 20, 2018 -
50 plus? Take care of your bones
By Dr Jatin Talwar & Dr Gaurav P. Bhardwaj May 13, 2018 -
Data protection rules and 2019 elections
By Kamlesh Bajaj April 22, 2018 -
Why this desperation to win?
By Sanjay Manjrekar April 08, 2018 -
Break the walls
By Jorge Ramos February 18, 2018
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former Union minister who has held portfolios like Panchayati Raj, Petroleum and Natural Gas and Youth Affairs and Sports, is an MP and a social commentator.
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A pen for peace
The last published words that Shujaat Bukhari, editor of Rising Kashmir, wrote a few
By Mani Shankar Aiyar July 08, 2018
Diplomatic damp squib
It is all but forgotten that the Korean War (1950-53) was brought to an armistice
By Mani Shankar Aiyar June 24, 2018
United colours of opposition
Now that everyone has had his or her say about Karnataka, let me get in my two bits.
By Mani Shankar Aiyar June 10, 2018
Don’t target history
In 1938, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was at the nadir of his quest to become the sole
By Mani Shankar Aiyar May 27, 2018
Serial hugging in Wuhan
Maurice Couve de Murville, the highly regarded foreign minister of France in the
By Mani Shankar Aiyar May 13, 2018
Mehbooba’s tragic flaw
It would require Aeschylus, not a mere columnist, to tell the full tragedy of
By Mani Shankar Aiyar April 29, 2018
Coercive federalism? No, thanks!
Meenakshi Lekhi, my fellow columnist, has argued the case for simultaneous elections
By Mani Shankar Aiyar April 15, 2018
Beirut diaries
The Mediterranean Sea lapping at the edges of Beirut, Lebanon, is placid as a lake.
By Mani Shankar Aiyar April 01, 2018
Saffron hills? Look closer
Has, indeed, the BJP swept the northeast? If one looks beyond the hype, it is only
By Mani Shankar Aiyar March 18, 2018
The Pakistan that loves India
Which is the last place on earth that we, as Indians, would expect to listen to a
By Mani Shankar Aiyar March 04, 2018
Bhutto vs Bilawal
Quite fortuitously, Syeda Hameed’s Born To Be Hanged: Political Biography of
By Mani Shankar Aiyar February 18, 2018
Filth in the White House
Like everyone in the universe, I have immersed myself in Fire And Fury, Michael
By Mani Shankar Aiyar February 04, 2018
Fight and flight
On November 17, 2017, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, defending the Rafale deal
By Mani Shankar Aiyar January 21, 2018
Desperately seeking a partner
With under 1,500 votes, lesser than NOTA, what can the BJP take away from the byelection in...
By Mani Shankar Aiyar January 07, 2018