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Lesson from Gujarat elections

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By K.N. Pandita

It is Narendra Modi’s triumph in Gujarat not precisely of BJP. Is every body within the echelons of BJP happy on Modi’s landslide victory in assembly polls? Some of them will be licking their wounds imperceptibly. Modi has not been fighting on one front, namely his political opponents, but on more than one, the rivals within the saffron fraternity not less unrelenting. He has shattered the dream of those who aspired for national leadership whether they deserved it or not. There is no end to ambitions once you get into political groves of this country.   Continue Reading…

Cartography of territorial grab

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By K.N. Pandita

In its editorial of December 5, 2012, the Daily Excelsior commented on China’s ambitions in South China Sea and broadly in the Indian Ocean. It spoke of growing commercial rivalry between India and China in the region, particularizing gas blocks in Vietnam, the country with which India has cordial relations. China is now gradually unfolding her grandiose plans in South East Asia and her aspiration for pre-eminent naval power in the Indian Ocean.   Continue Reading…