Because of the size and skills of its domestic population India is a global force. Inevitably, trends inside India will affect the world. In its turn, the world influences India.

The coming hours and days will reveal how America responds to the Trump-incited bid by armed civilians to take over the US Capitol in Washington DC and corresponding buildings in several states. But two other events, also significant for American politics, should be noted.

The unpredictable impact of Trump's post-defeat temper on Georgia's January 6 Senate runoffs intrigues me as I wait and watch in Illinois.

As a hard year closes out in the US, and the electoral college voting seals Joe Biden’s win, the oft-ignored power that individuals possess in a democracy has once more been highlighted.

That Indian politics and American politics are similar is being repeatedly sensed by everyone who follows both.

The US possesses a sense of independence at local level, even when divided at national level

By obliging millions of Americans to vote by mail, Covid has lengthened the counting process in America's elections.

Inclusion of the word fraternity in Preamble is of historic importance and contemporary relevance

Amicable relations with Pakistan may seem remote but they are worth striving for

Yogendra Yadav's understanding of Abhay Dubey's book on Indian secularism is indisputable. But let's not forget that secularism forced even RSS to accept lower-caste Hindus.