When former Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao recently suggested that women from India and Pakistan should come together to explore new avenues of engagement, it was presented as a thoughtful, forward-looking idea. But for many in India, the statement raises an uncomfortable question. This
Former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has claimed that the UPA government in 2008 faced strong international pressure—especially from the United States—to avoid military retaliation following the Mumbai terror attacks. In a recent interview, he said that Condoleezza Rice, then US Secretary of State, visited New Delhi days after the attacks and urged India not […]















