Anais Nin: Creating a world of one’s own
Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which …
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Why India is getting Wagah all wrong
The suicide bombing that killed over 60 Pakistanis just outside the Wagah border parade area seems to have affected the usual suspects in India far more than it has the …
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Roald Dahl: No master except his soul
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why …
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John Green: Home amid suffering
I believe there is hope for us all, even amid the suffering – and maybe even inside the suffering. And that’s why I write fiction, probably. It’s my attempt to …
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Geo-strategic Implications of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
When the Chinese President Xi Jinping recently inaugurated the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank [AIIB] at Beijing along with 21 other member countries, including India, a new and …
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Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Being more intimate with myself
Why am I compelled to write? . . . Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I …
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Chinese intrusions in India: Reining in a ‘rogue’ Army
The actions or adventures of China’s People’s Liberation Army just before the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India had grabbed headlines in India, China and many other countries. …
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South China Sea: The ‘Shared Interest’ of India and US
The India-US Joint Statement, released following the meeting between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama on September 30, suggests the tasks that the two countries will pursue to deepen and strengthen the bilateral relationship.
Their common view on the SCS dispute is related to their Asia-centred policies, which are at the intersection of their foreign policy directions. The two countries are pursuing a synergy effect in Asia via their bilateral collaboration in the region. The joint statement states that “the leaders committed to work more closely with other Asia Pacific countries”, noting “India’s “Act East” policy” – the new version of the Look East policy – and “the United States’ rebalance to Asia”.
Sylvia Plath: Order life in sonnets
I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can’t be satisfied with the colossal job of merely …
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Nicole Krauss: Rephrasing the world
Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the …
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