SANJAYA BARU

Tomorrow belongs to me

SANJAYA BARU

Blame it on Xi Jinping. In 2012 he urged his people to look to a great future and called it the ‘China Dream’. A decade later Narendra Modi promised a bright future for India with his Amrit Kaal and Viksit Bharat slogans. Donald Trump said he would ‘Make America Great

Feudals in fashion

SANJAYA BARU

The Indian Express and the Taj hotels recently sent out invitations for an evening with Radhikarajae Gaekwad, described as the ‘Maharani of Baroda’. The Hyderabad Literary Festival saw the launch of a coffee table book on the ‘Nizam of Hyderabad’. The media routinely informs us that the Dassehra festival in Mysuru is

MAGA is not MIGA

SANJAYA BARU

Indian prime minister once said that MAGA (Make America Great Again) can also help MIGA or Make India Great Again. The end of a quarter-century-old India-US ‘strategic and global partnership’ has just been announced. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, the deputy secretary of state of the United

Politics of futurism

SANJAYA BARU

In the excitement generated in urban India by the election of Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York, few have asked where the mayors in India are. Many cities do have mayors but few know of them given their limited powers. Most in the nation’s capital would know that