Spies in the cold
Coincidences matter. As the world raced to the end of 2020 like a parched man to an
By Navtej Sarna January 24, 2021Navtej Sarna is an author, translator, diplomat and was India's Ambassador to the US and Israel. He also served as the high commissioner to the Court of St James's.
Coincidences matter. As the world raced to the end of 2020 like a parched man to an
By Navtej Sarna January 24, 2021And when the snow falls, you’re found in St Moritz With the others of the jet
By Navtej Sarna December 27, 2020Just when we as a nation were wondering how Indian would Kamala Harris be, an
By Navtej Sarna November 29, 2020CNN’s fact-checker Daniel Dale, clarifying details after the Kamala Harris-Mike
By Navtej Sarna November 01, 2020So Richard Nixon found Indian women unattractive and sexless. We shall not ask what
By Navtej Sarna October 04, 2020A closely guarded barrier—part concrete wall, part fence—separates the West Bank
By Navtej Sarna September 06, 2020London steals a march over Washington, DC with its drollery, if that is the mot
By Navtej Sarna August 09, 2020But for the occasional, accidental one, we do not get too many revealing books by
By Navtej Sarna July 12, 2020Pandemic pictures have given way to visuals of spiralling protests against the
By Navtej Sarna June 14, 2020Grandpa buried his pa with his own hand, done it in dignity, an’ shaped the grave
By Navtej Sarna May 17, 2020This too shall pass, though the price will be high. Human nature will bounce back.
By Navtej Sarna April 19, 2020Green has long been part of the strategic lexicon. Green politics, green banking,
By Navtej Sarna March 14, 2020The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and its recent predecessors—SARS, Ebola,
By Navtej Sarna February 15, 2020Before Donald Trump mercifully dropped a presidential-sized damp squib on the
By Navtej Sarna January 18, 2020At the heart of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University stands the majestic Maha
By Navtej Sarna November 23, 2019