Ved Shinde

Two very different volumes on the legacies of imperialism expose the parallax of coloniser and colonised.

Many in the West will be annoyed by the sight of India’s PM shaking hands with Vladimir Putin, but they should remember the shadow of China’s leader.

Forests and foresight set an isolated nation apart.

The weak needn’t suffer what they must.

Two recent history books that improve our understanding of India's present

Delhi is reinvigorating its outreach to overseas Indians - even as attracting talent from India is becoming an urgent necessity.

The might of the US military no longer guarantees world order. There are new actors and new ecosystems in play.

By keeping the Himalayan dispute alive, China locks India on land to prevent it from going to the seas.

Delhi needs to reach out to constituencies outside the policy circles in Washington.