An Asian Century: India, China need to know more about each other
Often we find ourselves speaking of the 21st century being the Asian century. And it is our firm belief that the Asian century dream will remain unfulfilled if India and …
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E-commerce fairytale: Alibaba chases global dreams
The Alibaba fairytale is being repeated in the world of internet-based shopping, far from the sands of Arabia in the 21st century China. The privately-owned Hangzhou-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group …
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Is there really any proof on Syria?
The debate on Syria, in the Western media, is already narrowing down to the timing and modality of bombing as to whether it should be a ‘limited, surgical strike aimed …
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Tipping the northern edge of North America: Within the Arctic Circle
We were at the Fairbanks Airport, waiting for the fog to lift. For four hours we waited in the NATC shack in a corner; meanwhile the fog lay thick in …
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India needs stable external environment to restore robust growth
The world economy is not in good shape. There is some good news of a strengthening of growth in some industrialised countries, but it is not broad based. The prospects …
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Zubin Mehta in Kashmir: Playing Beethoven amid partisan chatter
It looks like a scene from an aesthete’s paradise: the luminous music of Beethoven and Haydn is poised to mingle with echoes of Amir Khusrau’s couplets of longing in the …
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BRICS bond in times of crisis, unveil 100bn currency fund
ST. PETERSBURG: Amid the festering global slowdown, the BRICS club of emerging economies has underlined its commitment to add more economic traction to the five-nation grouping by unveiling progress in …
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China-Eurasia Expo: India pitches tent, eyes a new Silk Route
Underlining its growing economic stakes in Central Asia, India is making its presence felt at the third edition of the China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, the first time New Delhi has …
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Travel Tales: A journey from North Pole to South Pole
“What brings the two of you to US?” asked the immigration officer at Seattle Airport. It was the first step in a long series of steps we are to take. …
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Akhil Bakshi: A born tramp heads on One World voyage
Akhil Bakshi suffers from a curious affliction: the perpetual itch to explore new places and connect distant lands and cultures. He is a perennial voyager in the archetypal sense of …
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