Mohamed Zeeshan

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An election in two Indias

Which India fits your reality as you go to vote?

27 April 2024, 20:28 IST

An election in two Indias

27 April 2024, 20:28 IST

Manmohan Singh’s boring governance is missed

Whatever you might think of him, Manmohan Singh was objectively great at being mellow, and it won him many admirers around the world.

06 April 2024, 22:22 IST

Manmohan Singh’s boring governance is missed

06 April 2024, 22:22 IST

Vishwaguru India flies under the radar

Many American observers see these incidents as signs of a changed India — one that is willing to violate its own traditions of rule of law and democracy. The old India, they contend, did not try to take out dissidents, separatists, or even terrorists, extrajudicially; it followed the due process of law religiously.

02 March 2024, 21:19 IST

Vishwaguru India flies under the radar

02 March 2024, 21:19 IST

Social media is hijacking diplomacy

It wasn’t always like this. Before the social media age, governments often had more time and elbow room to act rationally.

03 February 2024, 23:42 IST

Social media is hijacking diplomacy

03 February 2024, 23:42 IST

What’s in an election?

The Z Factor

06 January 2024, 19:35 IST

What’s in an election?

06 January 2024, 19:35 IST

Climate change tests human empathy

To combat climate change, therefore, mankind needs to combat its basest impulses and showcase extraordinary altruism and empathy. That was the impossible brief for diplomats in Dubai this week at the UN climate summit — also called CoP28.

16 December 2023, 20:15 IST

Climate change tests human empathy

16 December 2023, 20:15 IST

Cricket is India’s great unifier

The Z Factor

18 November 2023, 20:12 IST

Cricket is India’s great unifier

18 November 2023, 20:12 IST

Palestine brings out the Orwellian in us

The Z Factor

21 October 2023, 19:04 IST

Palestine brings out the Orwellian in us

21 October 2023, 19:04 IST

Is the UN failing, or are nations?

The Z Factor

24 September 2023, 13:18 IST

Is the UN failing, or are nations?

24 September 2023, 13:18 IST

Should people be allowed to question elections?

This week, former US President Donald Trump faced charges in the state of Georgia for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential elections.

26 August 2023, 20:12 IST

Should people be allowed to question elections?

26 August 2023, 20:12 IST