An Ode to Nirbhaya, the Fearless
Nirbhaya, the Fearless One, The radiant dreamer, yearning to touch the sky Assaulted, wounded and stricken, Your body the Cross, you die; So that we may live, love and lie. …
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Welcome to “the new normal” in India-China ties
As the new 5th generation leadership takes charge in Beijing this week, India has ruled out rivalry with China as “inevitable,” reflecting what National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon has described as …
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India’s role in Afghanistan: Is US speaking in many voices?
Chuck Hagel, Barack Barack Obama’s new defence secretary, has sparked off a thoroughly gratuitous controversy at a time when the Obama II dispensation has shown a renewed interest in encouraging …
Read MoreBRICS by Brick
The air was thick with scepticism when the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), the world’s top five emerging economies, began their fourth summit in Delhi …
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Maldives: India tries to douse the fire, power play vitiates peace
The Maldives, the idyllic Indian Ocean atoll nation, famed for its high-end luxury resorts and the otherworldly serenity of its islands, is giving the Indian diplomatic establishment a major headache …
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‘Hindu terrorism’? How to save India from its saviours…
The contrast and disconnect between the pulse of ordinary Indians and its political class can’t be more glaring. Just when the Indian government is struggling to put the slowing economy …
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Transforming India-UK ties: It’s more than business, sky’s the limit
Moving beyond business and cricket, Britain is poised to transform its relationship with India by forging new collaborative ventures in areas ranging from education and health to infrastructure and new-age …
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Democracy connect to Afghanistan: India ‘most preferred partner’
It’s perhaps a first in international diplomacy. Amid the ongoing flux and volatility in their country, 94 out of 102 members of the Upper House of the Afghan Parliament are …
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The Water Snake Cometh…
KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING: Fireworks singing in the skies, emotional family reunions, feasting and gift-giving. Millions of Chinese nationals, one fifth of the world’s humanity, ushered in the ‘Chinese Year of the …
Read MoreLook East: Flowering of India’s Asian dream
Intertwining the destinies and dreams of 1.8 billion people, India and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are poised to pitch their mutually empowering multi-faceted relations into a …
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