K S Subramanian-Frontline

K S Subramanian

The way forward in India-China relations

To reach a settlement with China, India must promote an honest discussion about the history of the boundary dispute and remove the simplistic narrativ

AFSPA

Disturbing Act: The AFSPA's history in the north-eastern region

K.S. Subramanian

For more than 50 years, successive governments have used the AFSPA to perpetuate a reign of terror in the north-eastern region. However, despite the l

Book Review

Building bridges

K.S. Subramanian

This book is a significant contribution to the understanding of India-Pakistan relations and the complex peace-building process.

Ajit Doval IPS address

With advisers like these: Ajit Doval's disregard for letter and spirit of Constitution

K.S. Subramanian

With utter disregard for the letter and spirit of the Constitution, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval shocks civil society by harping on “fourth

Book Review

Book Review: Achala Moulik's 'Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation of 1971' chronicles India and Russia's longstanding relationship

K.S. Subramanian

This remarkable book commemorates a landmark treaty between India and the Soviet Union that played a key role in advancing ties between the two countr

A China focus

K.S. Subramanian

The book explores what Chinese companies would like to do in India in the future.

Recasting the steel frame

K.S. Subramanian

An “insider” account of the Indian Administrative Service and the various “maladies” that plague Indian bureaucracy.

People’s movement

K.S. SUBRAMANIAN

On the MKSS’ long journey, from 1987 to 2005, in fighting corruption and ensuring transparency and accountability in administration.

Problems with policing

K.S. SUBRAMANIAN

The book examines the tensions between the States and the Centre on the role of the police and how they have contributed to the crisis of internal sec

The Revolution and its impact

K.S. SUBRAMANIAN

An important contribution to an understanding of the Russian Revolution’s long-term implications for democratic politics and its relevance for strug

The crisis of the IPS

K.S.SUBRAMANIAN

ONE read with interest R. K. Raghavan' s rapid appraisal of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in Frontline (December 21, 2001). Following the management

Humanising national security

K.S. SUBRAMANIAN

Militarism and Women in South Asia by Anuradha M. Chenoy; Kali for Women, New Delhi, 2002; pages 184, Rs.250.

columns

Are Hindi films problematising history?

After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither

Slideshow

Postcards from Khasi hills

Images that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.

Walking in Indian Cities – A Daily Agony for Millions

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