Debate: Why force schools to show Modi’s speech live?
NDTV HINDI | The question that interests me most is the mindset behind this decision
Calibrating India’s terms for engagement with Japan
BUSINESS STANDARD | Sticking points in the India-Japan nuclear deal and how Tokyo can fix them
The Indo-Pak talks mystery, and a possible happy ending
THE TIMES OF INDIA | For years, Pakistan opposed moving ahead on other issues citing the Kashmir dispute. Is India now doing the same?
Debate: Is the humiliation of Opposition leaders a BJP conspiracy?
HEADLINES TODAY | Parties have won and lost power at the Centre in the past but never before have we seen supporters of the winner behaving in this manner
The futility of not talking to Pakistan
MINT | Just how misplaced this strategy is can be seen from the number of times India resolved not to talk to Pakistan because it was unhappy with Islamabad, only to back off with its primary goals unmet.
Is the Modi power vertical the dominant force in government?
FORBES | The Modi power vertical has quickly asserted itself as the dominant force in the Indian system, serving notice to all pillars of the state that it will not be restrained or intimidated by their influence or oversight.
PM Modi’s Pakistan Outreach Ends in Predictable Whimper
NDTV | The Modi government has strengthened the hands of Pakistan’s military and the political ecosystem it supports, and also set a bar for future dialogue that is too high
A Fatal Flaw in the Bill on Judges
NDTV | The changes being contemplated will affect the Indian judiciary – and the Indian polity and society — for years to come. It’s best to get them right.
A spectre is haunting Big Media in India — the spectre of transparency
QUARTZ | The crisis of the Indian media is also primarily a crisis of its business model and this is where the TRAI report delivers its deadliest blows.
Don’t Mistake Rahul Gandhi’s Outburst as a Turning Point
NDTV | Rumours of Rahul Gandhi’s resurrection are greatly exaggerated.
Renunciation is a card that a dynasty can only play once
HINDUSTAN TIMES | Rahul hoped to avoid the taint of misgovernance by staying outside government. Unfortunately, power is poison; if you have it, you must drink it too, and suffer the consequences.
Why John Kerry’s Great Expectations Won’t Be Met By India
NDTV | The US knows its ‘strategic partnership’ with India has lost both direction and momentum in recent years and getting it back on track will not be easy.
India And Pakistan Must Seize The Moment
NDTV | While the atmospherics are positive, previous attempts at peacemaking have floundered because of a mismatch in the political capacity of the governments in power in the two countries.
The onus is now on the Leader himself
ECONOMIC TIMES | Modi fought and won a presidential-style election promising helmsmanship of mythic proportions, but the system he now heads is parliamentary not presidential, federal not unitary
Siddharth Varadarajan 