India & Bhutan: Model Neighbours, Intertwined destinies
India & Bhutan: Model Neighbours, Intertwined destinies
Read MoreAuthor: India Writes Network
Let’s accept it, China has risen
The recent slugfest involving the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the one hand and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Japanese Prime Minister Abe on the other at the Shangri …
Read More
Modi visit should decide how Bhutan relates to China: S.D. Muni
Prof. S.D. Muni speaks about the growing Chinese influence in Bhutan and contends that the forthcoming prime ministerial visit should be used to discuss with Thimphu the latter’s ties with Beijing in the spirit of special partnership between India and Bhutan.
Read More
Modi Agenda: Inclusive development, uplifting Muslims top priorities
In an effort to reach out to not just all sections of society but also to the opposition, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck a conciliatory note and underlined …
Read More
How should beginners begin?
A British writer of Indian lineage, V. S Naipual, who is credited with the creation of works like, A house for Mr. Biswas, The Middle Passage, An Area of Darkness …
Read More
Saudi Arabia-Iran: Resilient animosity?
One of the main policy agendas of Iran’s President Rouhani’s government is ‘constructive engagement’ with all six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif visited …
Read More
Pakistan’s balancing act in West Asia
Saudi Arabia’s recent $1.5 billion grant to Pakistan re-affirms the depth of the relationship that the two countries share. It has also brought into focus their expanding defence ties and …
Read More
Modi’s Thimphu journey: ‘India-Bhutan ties an anchor in changing world’
In this wide-ranging interview with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), Sudhir Vyas, a former ambassador of India to Bhutan, speaks about the reasons why the prime minister chose Bhutan for his first foreign visit and the message behind this trip.
Read More
China’s SAARC games: Nepal’s balancing act
Sino-Nepal relations have been strengthened by Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala’s recent visit to China for the second China-South Asia Exposition at Kunming held on June 6-10. He was the …
Read More
Reforms in education to spur India’s resurgence
“In 60 months from now, we should be able to say with confidence and pride that we have done it,” India’s President Pranab Mukherjee said in an address to the …
Read More