Divya Delhi: Why do international assessments suddenly claim India's democracy is declining? Is it a coincidence that this voice has gotten louder as the civilization-nation develops in world stature and strives to implement challenging but independent military and external affairs policies? Under the numerical ch...

Divya Delhi: At the state's election later this year, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may take the guard one last time. Kumar, a great political schemer, has swung between hard-core Socialist caste politics and soft Hindutva. Kumar's government has maintained a progressive image for 25 years, whether with th...

Divya Delhi:  Israel and Iran are in their second week of aerial and ballistic missile exchanges with no respite. Israel attacked more than 100 Iranian nuclear assets and command structures last week with 200 fighter planes in a much-anticipated preventative air operation. Iran's anti-aircraft assets were neu...

Divya Delhi: Wartime indignation is easy. Not diplomacy. Given the Gaza crisis, with bombs falling, civilians dying, and world opinion fracturing, the pressure to take a moral stand might be overpowering, especially for a democracy like India, long considered as a voice for the voiceless. Some critics think India has ...