Vir Sanghvi

India's politicians will have to place national interest ahead of electoral benefit to combat the emergence of the new Khalistan movement

India's Presidents were never intended to be rubber stamps, but could they manoeuvre things to strike fear into the heart of a Prime Minister?

If Mrs Gandhi were here today, there is much about current Indian attitudes that she would find familiar

Every debate is recast in left vs right terms in the urban mindscape, but it is hard to tell one from the other

Two stories this week showed what's wrong with the attitudes of airlines and passengers

His book about pop songs is a strange, slightly self-indulgent romp through songs that have been selected with no particular theme in mind

The mixture of sport and politics has always worked to the advantage of humanity

Kejriwal may have shrewdly given up his secular positions, but he is no Hindutva hero. He has simply been able to sense which way the wind is blowing

It sounds silly and trivial to compare the death of a beloved monarch to a stunt involving spotted animals. But there are parallels

Her book offers a useful maxim for philanthropists to live by

They, including Rishi Sunak and Freddie Mercury, have made themselves indispensable in nearly every field

India is fighting an old battle again, with two ideas of the country colliding with each other

At most foreign editions, JLF makes some attempt to encourage discussions on issues directly concerning the host city

His legacy has been all but drowned out by social media lies and mainstream media forgeries that have replaced his ideas of a pluralistic, diverse and free India

This is what PM Modi believes but Prashant Kishor and Opposition leaders are of the opinion that the BJP can still lose

No matter who wins the Assembly elections, the idea of India has already lost

The parallels between 9/11 and 26/11 are many, but the differences in the ways in which the two countries have coped in the aftermath are also striking

In supporting Mr Sidhu in Punjab, the Congress has created more confusion over what it stands for

After West Bengal, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have recognised the next run on their bank might come in Uttar Pradesh

Despite the disastrous handling of the pandemic, Narendra Modi could still bounce back