Vivek Gumaste

WHY PM MODI IS NOT TRUMP

January 21, 2021

Post the unprecedented Capitol siege in Washington on 6 January, the ugly rush to draw parallels between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters and Donald Trump and his rowdy acolytes has assumed an accelerated pace. There has been a plethora of unfavourable commentary on the state of democracy in...

Babri Masjid demolition case: Why CBI must not challenge the verdict

October 9, 2020

After interrogating 351 witnesses, sifting through 600 documents and listening to countless videotapes and nearly 30 years after the incident, Judge Surendra Kumar Yadav of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court declared that the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 was not an act of conspiracy; accordingly...

With Chinese troops at the gates, unity is the need of the hour

July 2, 2020

The current cantankerous wrangling and one-upmanship between India’s political parties against the backdrop of the India-China border standoff is sweet music to China’s ears. It conveys the impression of a weak, fragmented nation totally vulnerable to its hegemonistic designs, emboldening it to act with impunity. In its desperate and shameless...

Delhi should remain firm against Dragon

June 12, 2020

The top-level meeting between Lt General Harinder Singh, the Leh-based 14 Corps Commander, and his counterpart South Xinjiang Military District Commander Major General Liu Lin on 6 June has initiated a welcome thaw in the border dispute. Statements emanating from both sides post the conclave that spoke of “consensus”, “peace...