Every time one of our honourable ministers or venerable political pundits compare India with Pakistan, I feel a personal sense of shame. The United States invited India into the nuclear club with the India-United States Civil Nuclear Agreement. Wise old Dr Manmohan Singh signed that deal despite his communist allies threatening to bring his government down. Sadly, from the time that India entered the age of Hindutva, our own brethren seem to want us re-hyphenated. AdvertisementThe war on Iran has begun to affect us domestically in an alarming way.

Source: Indian Express March 29, 2026 01:36 UTC