We now have a better appreciation of the linkages in such terror attacks and a better assessment of how to articulate it in public.

There is a certain element of risk for a step like this.

I’m cautiously optimistic there is enough resilience to carry dialogue forward.

I don’t think it poses a security threat.

Though there has been no dramatic breakthrough on Kashmir, both sides are reaching for, and plucking, the low-hanging fruit of the peace tree,

There’s a lot of dash in the announcements, but if they have to be meaningful they have to be negotiated away from the glare of the media at the bilateral level,

I do not recollect in the public domain such an explicit commitment to nuke China. I’m sure it will have antennae up in China.

Unless there’s a consensus on both sides, the implementation of the statements on relief will hit a cul-de-sac. The only institution that provides aid is the army, and if that is not allowed, then the...

It moves in the direction that we are hoping it will take, but there may be no agreement yet on doctrine and strategy about no first use or nuclear parity. It is modest but encouraging.

The hike is modest and marks a standstill kind of a situation and it just about caters to inflation.

This is a major proposal – it can’t be implemented overnight. There has to be coordination, mechanisms for screening people who come across.

The real significance is that it marks the end of the isolation that India had to live with. The outcome in terms of energy needs is miles away.

There is a symbolism in the attack. It seems to be an attempt to sow discord when civil society on both sides is showing greater compassion.

The message to Khaleda Zia should be that it is in your own interest to crack down on Islamic militants.

A stable democratic government in Afghanistan is the larger strategic objective. The intention is to ensure that Afghanistan does not become in any way a haven supporting radicalism and terrorism, as it had in the...

Six policemen have been injured. Additional policemen have been deployed on the streets to maintain law and order.

In principal, having carrier capability is desirable and ditto for nuclear propulsion. An aircraft carrier is all about presence and adds to the navy’s capability.

Everybody is very angry just now, but emotions should not deflect the framework,

The political process will become meaningful only if level of violence and support to cross-border terrorism comes down and those who are supporting it must distance themselves from this deviant activity.

We forget that at the height of the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union were spending $500 billion on their nuclear arsenals,