A look back at the past seven days.
How Adi Shankaracharya united a fragmented land with philosophy, poetry and pilgrimage
Is our current understanding of Shankara contaminated by the ambitions of his not-so-intellectual followers who relish the idea of domination? Read more here.
The disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs in Delhi is a case of make or break for the Congress
To make sense of Uri, India must understand courage, cowardice – and its own borders
The smokescreen of outrage at the attack masks incompetence and deflects discussion of the roots of conflict. Read more here.
If India is serious about making Pakistan pay, it can't go back to business as usual
A clear and extraordinary focus on addressing the enduring deficits and demands of the defence and security sectors is the need of the hour. Read more here.
Role reversal: When India proposed a plebiscite to solve Kashmir – and Pakistan rejected it
After Nawaz Sharif brought up the plebiscite again at the UNGA, looking back to the time when MA Jinnah said no to one. Read more here.
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