There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974?

The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.

There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.