No official talks, Pakistan PM prays for better relations
In a clear message to Pakistan that it can’t be business-as-usual after the brutal beheading of Indian soldiers a couple of months ago, India showed due courtesy to the visiting …
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In Conversation with Mahasweta Devi
“I have read more books than I have eaten food. The matter for my writing comes from there. Writing is activism for me.” Mahasweta Devi. Meeting Mahasweta Devi was an …
Read MoreCelebrating Shakti: Myth and Reality
Genuine women empowerment still remains a distant dream despite all the big talk. Not a day goes by without reports of rapes, sexual assaults and beastly domestic violence against women. …
Read MoreIncredible China! Chinese students’ tryst with India
“A half-finished democracy, a harmonious co-existence between past and present, and Indians who are good at thinking” – this was the impression of some journalism students from Shantou University, located …
Read MoreChina hikes defence budget by 10.7%, says don’t worry
China has hiked its annual defence budget by 10.7 per cent in the coming year to $115.7 billion, but has sought to allay apprehensions about its growing military muscle, saying …
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Demystifying Exotic Africa
My Mother’s Lovers by Christopher Hope My Mother’s Lovers is the story of Alex who reminisces about his glamorous multi-faceted mother and the adventurous life she lived in Africa. Kathleen, …
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Scripting politics of change: If India triumphs, so will we all, says Pavan Varma
Pavan K. Varma is an incorrigible optimist. Varma, who was till a few weeks ago India’s ambassador to the idyllic Himalayan state of Bhutan, has fashioned a new vocation for …
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Transforming ties: Amid violence, Dhaka rolls out red carpet for President Pranab
In a sign of new solidity in the transforming India-Bangladesh ties, Dhaka has literally rolled out the red carpet for India’s President Pranab Mukherjee amid spiralling violence in that country …
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US targets India opportunity, bullish on future of South Asia
With India planning to spend around $1 trillion to bolster its infrastructure, the US has smelt “an enormous opportunity” in the India growth story and has underlined its resolve to …
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India’s GDP growth rate pegged at 6.1-6.7%, Reforms poised for upswing
India’s economic policy planners are finally getting it right. The country’s economic survey for 2012-13 sees the current slowdown as “a wake-up call” for stepping up reforms and conjures up …
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