India-China ties: Don’t muddy the waters
NEW DELHI: As a new leadership takes charge in Beijing in March, India and China are trying hard to keep the warmth flowing in their relations as the Chinese plan …
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The five trends powering Africa’s enduring allure
Over the course of the past decade, Africa has fundamentally reconstituted its role in the global economy. Emerging from the periphery, African economies, today, are increasingly integral cogs in a …
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Malaysia party bats for Kamal Hassan
KUALA LUMPUR: Kamal Hassan, the besieged actor-producer whose latest film Vishwaaroopam has triggered a raging controversy, has found support from Malaysia’s largest ethnic Indian political party MIC. The party has …
Read MoreWith eye on China, India, Japan poised to expand maritime dialogue
NEW DELHI: With an eye on China, India and Japan have decided to ramp up their strategic cooperation and agreed on expanding the scope of joint exercises in their first maritime …
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In search of the tragi-comic ‘Last Nizam’
John Zubrzycki, an Australian journalist, has authored a finely-nuanced portrait of Mukarram Jah, the last Nizam of Hyderabad. The book conjures up the life and times of a fabulously wealthy …
Read MoreCaste and corruption: Nandy triggers storm in Jaipur
It isn’t novelist Salman Rushdie this time. But controversy and the Jaipur Literature Festival have met yet again. Just three days into the fest, sociologist Ashis Nandy’s controversial comments that …
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Live from Jaipur: On Home, Writing and America
Home is not necessarily a place where you come from, rather it’s a place where you become. – British-born essayist Pico Iyer, the author of The Global Soul. A male writing certain …
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China will slow down, 50-50 chance for India story
Author and analyst Ruchir Sharma could easily be mistaken for a model, with his clean good looks and impeccable manners. But if you were to talk to him and have …
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India is our guru: Dalai Lama
He laughs from that deep down centre of inner peace, his face all radiance and the beauty of a realized soul. In the glorious wintry sunshine at the front lawns …
Read MoreIndia show gets bigger at Davos
DAVOS: The Davos show of the world’s top corporate titans and thought leaders is getting bigger and bigger. And so is the Indian delegation, which has not allowed the relative …
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