M.R. Narayan Swamy

M.R. Narayan Swamy

About M.R. Narayan Swamy

The author is a veteran journalist who writes on diplomacy and politics. The views are personal.

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Palace Women, Princes in Sikh Empire

Historian Priya Atwal delves deep into Sikh history to unveil a fascinating story of the women who built up Ranjit Singh and the agonies they faced in a male-dominated society

Why China wants its own Dalai Lama

One thing is clear: a Dalai Lama picked by atheist China will lack legitimacy in the eyes of the world. And if two Dalai Lamas emerge, it will be a test for India: who will it recognize as the temporal head of the Tibetan Buddhists, writes  M.R. Narayan Swamy for South Asia Monitor