Recalling Mother Teresa’s Grace
Mother Teresa will be canonized on September 4. The world seems to be converging at the Vatican to witness the…
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RSS, BJP and India’s Independence Struggle
“Even during the British times, the Congress party would not have faced so much adversity that we, our dedicated workers,…
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Secretary Kerry’s visit: India unfurls its big power vision
The military agreement signed with the US (LEMOA) has stolen all the thunder in two recent high-level interactions with the…
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Method in US Madness
It is possible to sense relief, even guarded optimism, among US Democrats and right-thinking people everywhere. Donald Trump, the tycoon and…
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A Bharatiya Parivar Bill: The ‘rent-a-womb’ practice to go
In a bid to check commercialization of surrogacy, the new draft Bill approved by the Union Cabinet has gone to…
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The Paranoid Art of Nationalism
A great scholar once claimed that patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels. If he had lived another hundred years, he…
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US Honors Indian Festival of Lights: Issues Commemorative Diwali Stamp
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): What gift could have been better than the US magnanimously offering a Diwali Commemorative Stamp? The…
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Talk is not sedition: Case against Amnesty International premature
A case of sedition has been registered against Amnesty International India in Bangalore after it organized an event to highlight alleged human…
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BJP, Dalits, and the ‘Cow politics.’
In these four years, I also saw with, some disquiet, forces of divisiveness and intolerance trying to raise their ugly head.…
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Point Counterpoint – Hillary Clinton Immigration Policies Would Widely Benefit the South Asian Community
Donald Trump's criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Pakistani American parents of the United States Army Captain Humayun Khan who was…
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Point Counterpoint – TRUMP WILL BE A BETTER SUPPORT FOR INDIA THAN HILLARY CLINTON
Hillary will be an extension of Obama Administration a proven anti-India administration. Since April 2015 to March 2016 only Obama gave…
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Enthusiasm Marks Celebrations of India’s 70th Independence Day
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The 70th Independence Day of India was celebrated with great enthusiasm with parades, flag hoisting and…
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Modi asserts importance of good governance in Independence Day Address
NEW DELHI (TIP): In what can be viewed as a significantly aggressive shift in India's foreign policy, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi…
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WHY TRUMP’S CRAZY TALK ABOUT OBAMA AND ISIS MATTERS
On Thursday, August 11 morning, Donald Trump doubled down on his latest verbal outrage: the claim that President Obama was the…
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Beyond the Gandhinagar drama
Eleven months ago this column had reflected on the long-term corrosion the Patels' agitation for reservations had caused to the durability…
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Turkey talks tough with the EU
Turkey's European Union Affairs Minister, Omer Celik, has yet again said his country cannot overhaul its counter-terrorism laws in return…
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India’s Independence Day belongs to all Indians and all people who wish India well
As an American proud of my Indian ancestry, and my name unchanged, I am more than merely delighted that these United…
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The Eye Foundation of America Founder Dr. V K Raju and Dr. Ahmad Kheirkhah invited to deliver lectures at University of Baroda
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. VK Raju and Dr. Ahmad Kheirkhahvisited the University of Baroda by invitation. On Sunday, 31st July…
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The Russian Angle in US Elections – What we know so far…
The intrusion into the Democratic National Committee’s computers, allegedly by Russian hackers, has put a renewed spotlight on Donald Trump’s…
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Who will win and why?
Right now (July), polls suggest that Hillary Clinton will win the presidential election, but I think Donald Trump actually has…
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Another SAARC farce: Much ado about nothing in Islamabad
Another ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has come and gone, this time in Islamabad,…
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A Trump Victory is a Scary Thought; A Disputed Loss might be Scarier
We have a tradition in the United States. When you lose an election, you take the L, and you move…
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Kashmir Turmoil: Demystifying a few Myths
""With the death toll rising daily in the Valley, it is no time to get involved in blame game. Deaths…
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Democratic Convention, Philadelphia July 25-28, 2016
Obama Steers 2016 Presidential Election away from Trumpism
PHILADELPHIA (TIP): Barack Obama, July 27 made a powerful endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the next US President, saying no…
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MAHASWETA DEVI 1926-2016 | She gave voice to those on the margins
Mahasweta Devi, the 90-year-old eminent writer-activist who passed away, July 28, symbolized writing for life's sake. As she herself said,…
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DEMOCRATS DISPLAY UNITY AND ELAN AT THE CONVENTION
Democratic Convention concluded July 28, with powerful endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the President of USA and an exultant Hillary…
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The finest Obama Moment: Lessons in Leadership in Times of Trouble
Thursday (July 28) morning, many of us found ourselves riveted to television screens, listening to President Barack Obama deliver one of…
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Why Use the Terror Tag Arbitrarily?
The frightful and bloody hours of Friday night (July 22) and Saturday morning in Munich and Kabul - despite the…
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India: Investing in a Child’s Early Years for a Stronger Economy
India has the world's largest number of young people, and 1 million of them enter the workforce every month. It…
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Hillary makes history as Dem nominee
PHILADELPHIA: The US is just one step shy of electing its firstever female President. Already , Hillary Clinton has made…
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