Syama Prasad Mukherjee was an unequivocal supporter of the idea that the civilisational identity of India has a continuity which can be best defined in terms of being Hindu.
Any attempt to whitewash the impact of Emergency and tone down its consequences and implications, must be resisted, if we care for our constitutional and democratic wellbeing.
Yoga is steadily becoming a household practice in Thailand. India needs to play a bigger role in creating awareness of its overall spiritual and physical benefits.
Insistence by India of linking the normalisation of trade, economic and other ties with China with peace and tranquility on the border marks a major shift in Indian policy, and is at stark variance with Chinese attempts to delink the two.
The aim of an investigation to go into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not to hound China but to ensure that no other virus kills millions of people across the globe in future.