India & Nepal Open Borders, Open Hearts
Open borders, open hearts – no two countries are as intimately bound and their destinies interlinked as India and Nepal. Now, these fraternal ties, bound by geography, nature, history and …
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ZARB-e-AZB: Phony War or Paradigm Shift?
Touted as the ‘mother of all’ anti-insurgency operations, the much demanded (by the US) and long delayed (by Pakistan) military operation in North Waziristan (NWA), Operation Zarb-e-Azb has turned out …
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Indian Army’s Modernisation Plans: Call for Pragmatism
The NDA government has identified defence reforms and building a self sustaining defence industrial base as a priority reform sector. To transform this into reality, it is not so much …
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India to US: Snooping unacceptable
In the first high-level formal diplomatic engagement between India and the US since the formation of a new government in Delhi, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has conveyed concerns …
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US think tank launches India: 2020 to improve India-US ties
A top US think tank has launched a programme entitled “India: 2020” to identify policy priorities in the India-US strategic partnership and provide recommendations that can be translated into reality by …
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US disappointed with India’s WTO stance, but remain optimistic
The United States is “very disappointed” with India’s tough stance on multilateral trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation, but remains optimistic that New Delhi will sign on to the …
Read MoreIt is far more likely that China will move closer to the political system represented by India than the other way around –Yasheng Huang
It is far more likely that China will move closer to the political system represented by India than the other way around –Yasheng Huang
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China’s interest in India’s infrastructure is opportunity and challenge
The BRICS decision to give all its members an equal stake in the New Development Bank should be welcomed. But let’s not have any illusion about what this means. China remains far …
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India-US Strategic Dialogue: Focus on the Big Picture
There were expectations that the new Modi Government will set out new policies on many fronts, including foreign policy and security arena. But starting from his swearing-in ceremony to the …
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Chinua Achebe: You have struggle and story, and these two are quite enough for me.
Good stories attract us and good stories are also moral stories. I’ve never seen a really good story that is immoral, and I think there is something in us which …
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