Manish Chand | India Writes

Walking the talk: Indian to be first CEO of BRICS Bank, Shanghai will host NDB

July 16, 2014July 16, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Don’t write off BRICS; bank on BRICS. The journey that started in Delhi two years ago culminated in the Brazilian seaside resort town of Fortaleza July 15, with the formal launch of a BRICS-patented New Development Bank that seeks to provide an alternative source of infrastructure finance to emerging economies and the larger developing world.
In a pithy and eloquent speech at the plenary session of the BRICS summit at the Ceara Convention Centre in Fortaleza, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi encapsulated the spirit and essence of the BRICS Bank. “The vision of a New Development Bank, at the Delhi Summit two years ago, has been translated into a reality, in Fortaleza. It will benefit BRICS nations, but will also support other developing nations. And, it will be rooted in our own experiences, as developing countries.”

BRICS summit: India pitches for reforms of UN, warns against selective targeting of terror

July 15, 2014July 17, 2014 - by Manish Chand

In his first major foreign policy address after taking charge of the world’s most populous democracy, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need for restoring “a climate of pace and stability” in a crisis-ridden world and made a strong pitch for the reform of global governance institutions.
In the complex chessboard of global geopolitics, Modi, dressed in a dapper grey bandh-gala suit, looked at ease as he alluded to the traditional Indian ideal of vasundhara kutumbakam and called for the world to unite to collectively face a host of cross-cutting threats and issues, including terrorism, climate change and sustainable development.

Modi-Xi meeting: Mapping ambitious agenda for India-China relations

July 15, 2014July 16, 2014 - by Manish Chand

The maiden meeting between India’s newly-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping July 14 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Fortaleza has set the stage for a multi-pronged acceleration of India-China ties in the days to come.

Live from Brazil: Banking on BRICS, the Modi way

July 14, 2014July 15, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Underlining the importance of the BRICS grouping as a force for stability in the conflicted international landscape, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck a hopeful note about the “successful conclusion” of two signature BRICS initiatives – a New Development Bank for the global south and Contingency Reserve Fund to insulate emerging economies from currency volatility.

India and Latin America: It’s time to tango

July 12, 2014July 15, 2014 - by Manish Chand

It’s time for Latin America in India’s diplomacy. When India’s newly-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Brazil July 15-16 for the sixth BRICS summit, he will probably become the first Indian leader to meet the leaders of a dozen South American countries at one place.

BRICS by brick: Re-crafting a new global order

July 9, 2014July 12, 2014 - by Manish Chand

They are the bricks of an emerging new world order. And building it anew, brick-by-brick. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are steadily and incrementally rewriting the rules of global engagement.

Chalo Paris: High on Rafale optimism, France offers India 1 billion euro

July 1, 2014April 23, 2015 - by Manish Chand

“Trust and partnership” –- the two words French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius love to use to describe the India-France relations have acquired a new resonance, with Paris pledging 1 billion euro for bolstering India’s urban development and sustainable development projects.

Paris Calling: France to Modi-fy ties with India

June 29, 2014July 1, 2014 - by Manish Chand

India is poised to rejuvenate its multi-pronged strategic partnership with France, a top arms supplier and a leading backer of New Delhi’s global nuclear entente, during French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius’ visit to the country. The talks in Delhi June 30 between India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her French counterpart are expected to focus on ramping up economic ties, resolving lingering issues to fast-track civil nuclear cooperation and expanding the canvas of strategic partnership between the two countries. The signing of a clutch of preliminary pacts on higher education will underline the increasing salience on bolstering innovation-driven knowledge partnership between the two countries.

Delhi-Dhaka Connect: Crafting a narrative of opportunity

June 26, 2014May 3, 2015 - by Manish Chand

It’s time for South Asia and the new government is resolutely pushing ahead with its “neighbours first” policy. The Bangladesh political elite is now looking with renewed hope at the new Modi government to free up India-Bangladesh ties from the vagaries of politics.

Delhi-Dhaka bonding: India to revitalise Bangladesh ties

June 25, 2014June 26, 2014 - by Manish Chand

The talks will seek to revive the momentum that tapered off in the last two years of the Manmohan Singh government, largely due to the failure of the last regime in New Delhi to sign the Teesta water river sharing agreement and the ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement.