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At an altitude of 14,150 feet Nathu La is the highest point in Sikkim reachable by car. It is the Gateway to Tibet on the Old Silk Route. It is one of the trading posts between China & India. Kupup and Baba Harbhajan Singh Mandir are the other points of interests near Nathu La

The Pan Tsu-li moment

A strong thread of continuity in China’s approach runs for six decades, from 1959 to this day. India ignored the hints, with two consequences. China c

Modi & Zionism

The Hindu right wing’s admiration for Israel and the Zionist ideology is born out of its antipathy to Muslims.

For Frontline : PUDUCHERRY, 23/04/2015: (Attention to R.Vijayasankar sir) Photos from the Dr.Babasaheb.Ambedkar Photo Biography book. Photo: T.Singaravelou

Ambedkar’s warning

Proponents of Hindu supremacy knew that democracy could be used to establish a Hindu Raj. They and their followers have sought to use the vote for end

Human shields & pellet guns

It is a particular outlook that shuns conciliation in and on Kashmir, resolves to “settle” the matter by brute force condoning pellet guns and hostage

Glimpses into 1942

A rich collection of documents that offer insights into the political currents that rocked the year 1942 in India.

War on Indus waters?

The Indus Waters Treaty was not unfair to India, and the belligerence over it under the present regime is harmful for peace between the two nations.

Glimpses of a rich life

These volumes of the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru are a useful record of Nehru’s talks with Ayub Khan on the boundary question.

Mahatma Gandhi conversing with Dr. Zakir Hussain.

A blot on India’s secularism

The country failed to give the Jamia Millia Islamia University its dues as an institution founded by a minority community with the objective of servin

At the historic conference in New Delhi on June 07, 1947 at which Lord Mountbatten disclosed Britain's 'partition' plan for India. (left to right) Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Ismay, Adviser to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, and M.A. Jinnah, President of the All-India Muslim League.

The roots of 2017

Lord Mountbatten did his best to work out a realistic solution regarding Kashmir in the months preceding and following the 1947 Partition, but first M

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a joint news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File photo

Flawed hearing

The Panama Papers shattered Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s image, but the court proceedings against him were not founded on solid evidence.

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PRIME MINISTER ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE WITH THE CHIEF MINISTER OF JAMMU & KASHMIR MUFTI MOHAMMAD SYED WAVING THEIR HANDS TOWARDS THE CROUD AT SHER-I-KASHMIR.CRICKET STADIUM DURING PM TWO DAY VISIT IN KASHMIR ON FRIDAY 18 APRIL03 PHOTO NISSAR AHMAD21-04-2003

Myths and falsehoods

A.B. Vajpayee, often thought to have genuinely attempted to resolve the Kashmir impasse, hawkishly derailed dialogue and made sure that the dilution o

Gilgit games

Kashmiris have objected unanimously to Pakistan’s move to make Gilgit-Baltistan one of its provinces. Rather late in the day they have discovered that