Sonia Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party and India’s most powerful politician, has been out of the country for more than 10 days, opening the door to political attacks and a fevered game of Rahul-watching. On Aug. 4, the Congress Party revealed — just barely — that its leader had gone abroad to have treatment for an undisclosed medical condition. The Gandhi family enjoys a deference usually reserved for gods and kings, and it has been on full display in the Indian media since the announcement of her illness.
August 16, 2011
August 16, 2011
.Fifteen years after India granted the ‘Most Favored Nation’ (MNF) status to Pakistan, the latter has reciprocated by according similar status to India. Earlier Pakistan consistently refused to grant this coveted status to India on political as well as economic reasons.
For all the talk of India’s increasingly strong partnership with the United States, what the latest WikiLeaks documents published in The Hindu show are far slower, foot-dragging ties with a suspicious Delhi in one corner and a frustrated Washington in the other struggling to find common ground and trust.
While Rahul Gandhi is young India’s hope, old horses in the Cong are not ready to run with him
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