Kim Jong Un's love for train
Though Kim has a private plane, he prefers the Moving Fortress
By Navtej Sarna October 08, 2023
Columns
- R. Prasannan
- Anita Pratap
- Anuja Chauhan
- Shobhaa De
- Namrata Zakaria
- Navtej Sarna
- Mani Shankar Aiyar
- Swara Bhasker
- Lakshmy Ramanathan
- Barkha Dutt
- Shashi Tharoor
- Amitabh Kant
- Meenakshi Lekhi
- Sachidananda Murthy
- Bibek Debroy
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Sanjaya Baru
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Bose Krishnamachari
- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
- Ashwini Nachappa
Guest Column
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The Iran nuclear deal is dead. And it is a good thing, writes Jeff Jacoby
By Jeff Jacoby April 10, 2022 -
Case for coalitions
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020
Navtej Sarna
Navtej Sarna is the former Ambassador of India to the US and the author, most recently, of the novel Crimson Spring.
LAST WORD
Some knights are forever
Knight Bachelor got no insignia with the title
By Navtej Sarna September 10, 2023
Why west wants to de-risk China ties, not de-couple from it
Beijing seems to be enjoying the fun and games
By Navtej Sarna August 13, 2023
Need a direct flight between Male and Delhi
It should be a strategically important decision, not a purely commercial one
By Navtej Sarna July 16, 2023
Why British refused to return the remains of Prince Alemayehu of Ethiopia
The British are immaculate record keepers and well know where the bodies are buried
By Navtej Sarna June 18, 2023
How Punjab is becoming an old age home
Political parties have promoted schemes that facilitate migration
By Navtej Sarna April 23, 2023
What are the implications of Sunak’s effusive overture to Macron
Greater cooperation with France is critical
By Navtej Sarna March 26, 2023
Is Nikki Haley the generational change Republicans are looking for?
Haley has kicked off her bid for the 2024 Republican nomination
By Navtej Sarna February 26, 2023
Arrogance of little achievement and cancer of entitlement
Somewhere in this rush for material success, we the people have lost something
By Navtej Sarna January 29, 2023
When Jerusalem called on Mukteshwar
A curious case of vaccine maitri and bureaucratic verve
By Navtej Sarna January 01, 2023
Donald Trump’s 1,001 insults
There is no shortage of nicknames for Trump: one website alone lists 409
By Navtej Sarna November 27, 2022
Will Camilla wear the Kohinoor?
Charles is occupied by thoughts of his coronation next May
By Navtej Sarna October 30, 2022
The urbane and dignified Naresh Kumar
Kumar’s passing was tucked away amidst the hoopla surrounding Federer’s retirement
By Navtej Sarna October 02, 2022
How and why Japan wants its youth to booze more
Alcohol taxes have now plummeted to 1.7 per cent in Japan
By Navtej Sarna September 04, 2022
Navtej Sarna on the diplomat as scholar
Diplomats bring their intellectual rigour to their research of archival material
By Navtej Sarna August 07, 2022