• The Federal

    Opinion

    If Qatar, China and Norway can be mediators, why not India?

    KS Dakshina Murthy
    27 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST

    While New Delhi has played quiet diplomacy and has been on the margins of peacemaking activities, it has never formalised mediation as a foreign policy tool

    India as a mediator in international politics
    Opinion
    Indian state adopts Kautilya principles
    Opinion

    Iron fist and velvet glove: Inside India’s Chanakyan strategy against Naga insurgents

    26 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Oil tanker
    Opinion

    India should keep buying Russian oil, but not from Rosneft and Lukoil

    25 Oct 2025 5:13 PM IST
    Rare earth mineral - stock photo
    Opinion

    Rare earths: Deng Xiaoping's vision, China’s advantage, and India’s race against time

    25 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Sarfaraz snub, Shamis anger and selection storm: Why Indian cricket’s trust deficit is worrying

    Sarfaraz snub, Shami's anger and selection storm: Why Indian cricket’s trust deficit is worrying

    25 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Bangladesh elections February 2026

    As Bangladesh totters towards polls, India can only keep fingers crossed

    24 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Nepal flood and drought

    Nepal reels from climate extremes as droughts and floods wreak havoc

    22 Oct 2025 4:36 PM IST
    Why signing PM SHRI does not mean ceding ideological ground

    Why signing PM SHRI does not mean ceding ideological ground

    22 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
    A panel of emojis used for customer feedback

    Say it with a smile :) Why emojis are stealing the spotlight from words

    21 Oct 2025 6:44 PM IST
    Amir Khan Muttaqi

    India forgot its idealistic roots when it broke bread with the Taliban

    19 Oct 2025 4:58 PM IST
    India ’s urban deluge: A crisis of climate and accountability

    India’s cities are drowning in a crisis of governance, not rains

    19 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Xi Modi and Trump are involved in a complex trade conflict

    Clash of titans: How US-China economic cold war is squeezing India

    18 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Narendra Modi, Donald Trump

    Modi’s ‘promise’ to Trump, an evasive MEA, and a fresh opportunity for Rahul

    17 Oct 2025 6:36 AM IST
    Taliban 2.0’s U-turn in ties with India, Pak, a game-changing moment for South Asia

    Taliban 2.0’s U-turn in ties with India, Pak, a game-changing moment for South Asia

    16 Oct 2025 2:55 PM IST
    Nepal Gen Z protest social media ban

    Spectre of student-led revolution: Why India must focus on education quality

    MK Raghavendra
    16 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST

    India’s demographic dividend risks becoming a threat due to poor education quality, lack of skills for modern jobs, and increasing student political...

    India has to cement Taliban ties as China advances, Pak reels back in Afghanistan

    India has to cement Taliban ties as China advances, Pak reels back in Afghanistan

    15 Oct 2025 6:26 PM IST
    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    Decoding Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speech: A wordy declaration of truce with Modi

    14 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Decades-old Maoist movement faces oblivion as BJP

    Why decades-old Maoist movement faces oblivion as its last stronghold is set to fall

    13 Oct 2025 9:03 AM IST
    US President Donald Trump

    Why Donald Trump could still deserve a Nobel Peace Prize

    11 Oct 2025 6:25 PM IST
    Benjamin Netanyahu

    Netanyahu can’t win Gaza war by flexing military muscle; two-state policy only fix

    11 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Gaza

    Israeli destruction of Gaza shatters myth of ‘modern, progressive’ world

    8 Oct 2025 11:04 AM IST
    Bihar election

    From Champaran to SIR to vote chori, Bihar’s electoral soul at stake

    7 Oct 2025 5:19 PM IST
    Ladakh protest in Delhi Jantar Mantar

    In Ladakh, deploy subsidiarity, not repression

    7 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Modi and Bhagwat

    RSS centenary celebrations: Modi, Bhagwat rely on duplicitous rhetoric, gloss over real issues

    5 Oct 2025 2:48 PM IST
    Muhammad Yunus

    What’s behind Yunus’ anti-India tirade? Fear of Awami revival, power goals

    3 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    RSS completes 100 years

    RSS at 100: Hindutva is an ideological camouflage for its Brahminical core

    2 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Mahatma Gandhi was unique in India’s Independence struggle because he was not just a politician or strategist

    How Gandhi used tact, tradition to unite elites, masses for freedom struggle

    1 Oct 2025 5:41 PM IST
    Why Modi Asia Cup post knocks sportsmanship, military valour

    How Hindu Right ends up justifying Muslim communalism

    1 Oct 2025 3:24 PM IST
    Kitchen sinks to Gaza: How two rogue powers are reshaping the world order

    Kitchen sinks to Gaza: How two rogue powers are reshaping the world order

    1 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why Modi Asia Cup post knocks sportsmanship, military valour

    Why Modi's Asia Cup post undermines sportsmanship and military valour

    30 Sept 2025 12:49 PM IST
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