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A Free and Prosperous India: Five Principles of Foreign Policy

November 4, 2013November 5, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Underlining India’s development-centric foreign policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has enunciated the five core principles that animate the country’s engagement with an increasingly globalised world, which include prioritising the economic …

Central America: An Obstacle Course, filled with adventure

November 4, 2013November 14, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Leaving the ruins of Tikal and the squabbling Scarlet Macaw couple residing on a tree opposite our room, we left for Guatemala City driving through verdant hills resplendent with wild …

Identity and Citizenship: An Indian Perspective

November 2, 2013November 4, 2013 - by India Writes Network

India counts amongst its citizens the third largest Muslim population in the world and the largest Muslim minority anywhere. It is a truism that the human being is a social …

India, China seal border pact, stress on Asian resurgence

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Unveiling the vision of an Asian resurgence based on cooperative relations between the two rising Asian powers, India and China have sealed a defining border pact that will help insulate …

‘India-Russia strategic ties to grow in a changing world’

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Relations between India and Russia are built on abiding links of commerce and culture, which go back many centuries. In the 20th century, which was an era of momentous change …

In Mesoamerica: Retracing glories of Mayan culture

October 20, 2013October 20, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Leaving Mexico City and its hillsides covered thick with humble dwellings of the poor, we drove through the remarkable southern and northern Sierras, furrowed with deep canyons, dimpled with lakes, …

‘India-Russia ties without parallel’

October 20, 2013 - by India Writes Network

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an ardent proponent of robust and multi-layered relations between India and Russia. In this interview to Russian journalists ahead of his visit to Moscow …

India and Francophone Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 - by India Writes Network

India’s historical and traditional ties with Africa go back centuries. Due to geographical realities and historical reasons, these ties were confined to the East African seaboard from the Horn of …

India raises the bar for ASEAN ties, chases the Asia Dream

October 11, 2013October 15, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Signalling an upsurge in India’s thriving ties with Southeast Asian countries, India has unveiled a slew of steps to galvanise relations with this economically vibrant region, which includes the setting …

India’s Mars Dream: An Asian Space Race?

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 - by India Writes Network

A decade ago when Robert Kagan famously wrote that the Europeans are from Venus and Americans from Mars in the post 9/11 New World Order, the world’s fastest growing economy …