Navtej Sarna

Nasvtej Sarna was India’s Ambassador to the United States till 2018 and also served as India’s High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to Israel. Sarna is the author of the novels Crimson Spring, The Exile and We Weren’t Lovers Like That, the short story collection Winter Evenings, non-fiction works The Book of Nanak, Second Thoughts and Indians at Herod’s Gate, as well as two translations, Zafarnama and Savage Harvest.

Opinion

4 weeks ago

Fences Broken, Borders Redrawn

When fences erode, or nobody is at home, neighbours tend to take advantage. A nibble at a patch of land, a fence post pushed a yard away, a wall extended, a fact

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When Widows Howl and Orphans Cry

Each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face….” Shakespeare’s lines, which once described Scotland’s sorrows under his tragic hero Macbeth, resonate widely in our

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5 months ago

Soviet Skylines: How Moscow’s Iconic Ukraina Hotel Became a Symbol of War and Memory

The Soviet Union of yore had a straightforward way of naming places. Moscow’s railway stations, for instance, are named after destinations, broadly defined. Before the war, the beautiful Kievsky station used to

Fundamentally Flawed: The World’s Descent into Chaos

A tour d’horizon—a global survey of hotspots—is standard ambassadorial practice. Conducted usually over lunch with a counterpart in some comfortable diplomatic perch, it helps suss out mutual positions and makes for a

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Opinion

Navtej Sarna

Fences Broken, Borders Redrawn

When Widows Howl and Orphans Cry

Soviet Skylines: How Moscow’s Iconic Ukraina Hotel Became a Symbol of War and Memory

Fundamentally Flawed: The World’s Descent into Chaos

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