K Natwar Singh, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

A letter from K.P.S. Menon

After Independence, Menon became India’s first Foreign Secretary. K.P.S. Menon was born in Ottapalom in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History at...

A letter from K.P.S. Menon

After Independence, Menon became India’s first Foreign Secretary. K.P.S. Menon was born in Ottapalom in Kerala in 1898. He got a first in History at...

G20 delivered a rebuke to Russia

Most members were of the view that the war in Ukraine was causing immense human suffering. Leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations (G20) met in...

G20 delivered a rebuke to Russia

Most members were of the view that the war in Ukraine was causing immense human suffering. Leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations (G20) met in...

G20 delivered a rebuke to Russia

Most members were of the view that the war in Ukraine was causing immense human suffering. Leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations (G20) met in...

The world is spared a Trump ascendance

The impartial voter in the midterm elections made sure that Trump should be taken care of by the electoral guillotine. The outcome of the midterm...

The world is spared a Trump ascendance

The impartial voter in the midterm elections made sure that Trump should be taken care of by the electoral guillotine. The outcome of the midterm...

The world is spared a Trump ascendance

The impartial voter in the midterm elections made sure that Trump should be taken care of by the electoral guillotine. The outcome of the midterm...

Justice must for Gujarat bridge victims

What was the load capacity of the bridge? Not more than 125 people. In fact there were 400 to 500 people on the bridge...

Justice must for Gujarat bridge victims

What was the load capacity of the bridge? Not more than 125 people. In fact there were 400 to 500 people on the bridge...

Justice must for Gujarat bridge victims

What was the load capacity of the bridge? Not more than 125 people. In fact there were 400 to 500 people on the bridge...

When Gandhi spoke in Benares

‘No amount of speeches will ever make us fit for self-government. It is only our conduct that will fit us for it.’ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,...

When Gandhi spoke in Benares

‘No amount of speeches will ever make us fit for self-government. It is only our conduct that will fit us for it.’ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,...

When Gandhi spoke in Benares

‘No amount of speeches will ever make us fit for self-government. It is only our conduct that will fit us for it.’ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,...

60 years of the China war debacle

Responsibility for the debacle rests with Nehru, V.K. Krishna Menon and Brigadier B.M. Kaul. A melancholy anniversary passed unremembered three days ago. China’s invasion of...

60 years of the China war debacle

Responsibility for the debacle rests with Nehru, V.K. Krishna Menon and Brigadier B.M. Kaul. A melancholy anniversary passed unremembered three days ago. China’s invasion of...

60 years of the China war debacle

Responsibility for the debacle rests with Nehru, V.K. Krishna Menon and Brigadier B.M. Kaul. A melancholy anniversary passed unremembered three days ago. China’s invasion of...

A powerful China is always hegemonistic

China is the only P5 country in the UN Security Council which is opposed to India becoming a permanent member of the Security Council. Today,...

A powerful China is always hegemonistic

China is the only P5 country in the UN Security Council which is opposed to India becoming a permanent member of the Security Council. Today,...

A powerful China is always hegemonistic

China is the only P5 country in the UN Security Council which is opposed to India becoming a permanent member of the Security Council. Today,...

The Nobel Laureates I met

I have met 21 Nobel Laureates. Pearl Buck, USA; Kawabata Yasunari, Japan; Pablo Neruda, Chile; Nelson Mandela, South Africa; Robert Manchu, Guatemala; Desmond Tutu,...

The Nobel Laureates I met

I have met 21 Nobel Laureates. Pearl Buck, USA; Kawabata Yasunari, Japan; Pablo Neruda, Chile; Nelson Mandela, South Africa; Robert Manchu, Guatemala; Desmond Tutu,...

The Nobel Laureates I met

I have met 21 Nobel Laureates. Pearl Buck, USA; Kawabata Yasunari, Japan; Pablo Neruda, Chile; Nelson Mandela, South Africa; Robert Manchu, Guatemala; Desmond Tutu,...

Back seat driving won’t revive Congress

Sonia Gandhi is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No. What a week where the Congress party has all but...

Back seat driving won’t revive Congress

Sonia Gandhi is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No. What a week where the Congress party has all but...

Back seat driving won’t revive Congress

Sonia Gandhi is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No. What a week where the Congress party has all but...

Two letters from Indira Gandhi

‘Lord Louis is, as you know, incorrigible. He is friends with all the wrong sort of people and presumably believes what they tell him...

Two letters from Indira Gandhi

‘Lord Louis is, as you know, incorrigible. He is friends with all the wrong sort of people and presumably believes what they tell him...

Two letters from Indira Gandhi

‘Lord Louis is, as you know, incorrigible. He is friends with all the wrong sort of people and presumably believes what they tell him...

Does British monarchy have a future?

At Palam airport, Prince Charles took me aside and said, ‘I would very much like to come again in October for a longer stay....

Does British monarchy have a future?

At Palam airport, Prince Charles took me aside and said, ‘I would very much like to come again in October for a longer stay....

Does British monarchy have a future?

At Palam airport, Prince Charles took me aside and said, ‘I would very much like to come again in October for a longer stay....

The Queen, Mrs Thatcher and Mrs Gandhi: The tale of a diplomatic minefield

The Commonwealth Heads of State and Government was held in New Delhi in November 1983. The Prime Minister appointed me Chief Coordinator. Her Majesty Queen...

The Queen, Mrs Thatcher and Mrs Gandhi: The tale of a diplomatic minefield

The Commonwealth Heads of State and Government was held in New Delhi in November 1983. The Prime Minister appointed me Chief Coordinator. Her Majesty Queen...

The Queen, Mrs Thatcher and Mrs Gandhi: The tale of a diplomatic minefield

The Commonwealth Heads of State and Government was held in New Delhi in November 1983. The Prime Minister appointed me Chief Coordinator. Her Majesty Queen...

Gorbachev had a soft corner for India

I met him half a dozen times. His personality was engaging, his determination to change and reform a stagnant USSR was genuine. ‘The morning has...

Gorbachev had a soft corner for India

I met him half a dozen times. His personality was engaging, his determination to change and reform a stagnant USSR was genuine. ‘The morning has...

Gorbachev had a soft corner for India

I met him half a dozen times. His personality was engaging, his determination to change and reform a stagnant USSR was genuine. ‘The morning has...

Britishers who became Congress president

Not even a couple of dozen Congresspersons would know the names of four Britishers, each of whom became President of the Indian National Congress. The...

Britishers who became Congress president

Not even a couple of dozen Congresspersons would know the names of four Britishers, each of whom became President of the Indian National Congress. The...

Britishers who became Congress president

Not even a couple of dozen Congresspersons would know the names of four Britishers, each of whom became President of the Indian National Congress. The...

India at 75 moving towards a bright future

India of 2022 is spectacularly different from the India of 1947. There is one vital element that has remained active, unchanged—democracy. I am 18 years...

India at 75 moving towards a bright future

India of 2022 is spectacularly different from the India of 1947. There is one vital element that has remained active, unchanged—democracy. I am 18 years...

India at 75 moving towards a bright future

India of 2022 is spectacularly different from the India of 1947. There is one vital element that has remained active, unchanged—democracy. I am 18 years...

India, a soft power on its way to become a hard power

M.D. Nalapat’s book, 75 Years of Indian Foreign Policy: War, Peace and a World Realigned, is riveting, erudite and provocative. I am not for the...

India, a soft power on its way to become a hard power

M.D. Nalapat’s book, 75 Years of Indian Foreign Policy: War, Peace and a World Realigned, is riveting, erudite and provocative. I am not for the...

India, a soft power on its way to become a hard power

M.D. Nalapat’s book, 75 Years of Indian Foreign Policy: War, Peace and a World Realigned, is riveting, erudite and provocative. I am not for the...

Droupadi Murmu’s election is path-breaking

The spirit of Mahatma Gandhi will have conveyed its blessings to this remarkable daughter of India. This has been a memorable week. A path breaking,...

Droupadi Murmu’s election is path-breaking

The spirit of Mahatma Gandhi will have conveyed its blessings to this remarkable daughter of India. This has been a memorable week. A path breaking,...

Droupadi Murmu’s election is path-breaking

The spirit of Mahatma Gandhi will have conveyed its blessings to this remarkable daughter of India. This has been a memorable week. A path breaking,...

First two phases of LS elections confuse parties

American universities are next battleground between U.S. and China

HINDUISM: The worship of idols

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