India, China focus on border peace
Amid the boisterous carnival of Indian elections, India has intensified engagement with China, with officials of the two Asian powers holding a crucial meeting of their joint border mechanism in …
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The Indian Navy’s ‘China’ dilemma
The Indian Navy’s premier warship, INS Shivalik, has just completed a maritime exercise at Qingdao with the PLA-N and the navies of six other countries, including Pakistan. China’s invitation to …
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Bollywood’s global journey: Florida chants ‘Namaste India’
Bollywood’s global journey has notched yet another milestone with the glamour-studded International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards being held in the US for the first time.
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Transformative elections bring post-identity politics
The 2014 elections will be a verdict on the performance of the two terms of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that are increasingly seen as ineffectual and leaderless and that have drowned the much talked about “India story” through a combination of scandals and policy blunders.
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India, Japan bond amid poll fever, raise their sights
Amid the raging election fever in the world’s most populous democracy and fraying Beijing-Tokyo ties, India’s top diplomat is in Japan to lay the groundwork for sustaining momentum in this …
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Where is Ukraine headed?
There was hardly any good reason to expect any significant agreement to work together for de-escalation of the mounting tension by the four participants – US, Russia, EU, and Ukraine …
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India names first envoy to ASEAN
Marking an upswing in India’s relations with Southeast Asia, India has named Mr Suresh K. Reddy as the country’s first ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to ASEAN and East …
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Modi versus Togadia: No place in India for politics of hate
The politics of hate and divisiveness has no place in a civilised time-tested secular polity as India. But the daemons of communalism are always itching to rare their ugly heads.
Read MoreWorld’s Biggest Carnival of Democracy
World’s Biggest Carnival of Democracy: A short film by Mr Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes, www.indiawrites.org, on India’s parliamentary elections, which are seen as the world’s greatest democratic carnival. It’s a carnival …
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The India I have seen – A Kuwaiti viewpoint
India and Kuwait enjoy traditionally friendly relations even before the discovery of oil. Geographic proximity, historical trade links, cultural affinities and the presence of nearly 700,000 Indian expatriates in Kuwait strengthens this long standing relationship.
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