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Author: Manish Chand

Why world’s biggest carnival of democracy matters

April 12, 2014April 22, 2014 - by Manish Chand

The world’s biggest carnival of democracy is in full flow. It’s a carnival in every sense of the word – in terms of sheer drama, spectacle and colour, along with all that hurly-burly and exuberant noise, the parliamentary elections in India have set new benchmarks that are hard to match anywhere else in the world.

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Protocol and Diplomacy: Blending style with substance

April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 - by Manish Chand

When a French president visited India for the second time, he asked for a particular Sikh gentleman who was assigned as protocol officer to take care of him during his …

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Afghan muddle: China seeks closer cooperation with India

March 5, 2014March 17, 2014 - by Manish Chand

BEIJING: Against the backdrop of the impending drawdown of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan, China has sought closer cooperation with India in combating terrorism and promoting peace and stability in …

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BIMSTEC: Building bridges between South Asia & Southeast Asia

March 4, 2014March 6, 2014 - by Manish Chand

A rainbow bridge between South Asia and Southeast Asia, the summit of leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping in Myanmar promises to be an important milestone that could entwine this dynamic …

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India and Africa: Shared Cultures, entwined destinies

February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 - by Manish Chand

It’s an unending journey, laden with history, nostalgia and cross-cultural intermingling. If the two-way trade between India and Africa is now racing to touch $100 billion by 2015, it all …

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Moving beyond right and left, creating a new politics and poetics of India

January 18, 2014January 18, 2014 - by Manish Chand

JAIPUR: Dovetailing the preciosities of the high-brow with the pugnacities of popular culture, the seventh edition of the Jaipur Literary Festival is in full flow in this famous touristy city …

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Maid’s Manhattan Dream: Finally, India-US relations turn reciprocal!

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 - by Manish Chand

Forgive the exaggeration, but in the end, it has taken an Indian maid in Manhattan to spoil the party, and unravel all that grand rhetoric about “the defining partnership of …

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Diplomat’s humiliation unites India, pressure on US to mount

December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 - by Manish Chand

In a rare show of unity and solidarity, India’s fractious political parties have set aside their partisan differences to join hands with the government and the country’s diplomatic-strategic establishment to …

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Hamid Karzai’s 14th visit to Delhi: A ‘new role’ for India

December 10, 2013December 10, 2013 - by Manish Chand

It’s rare to see a head of state/government visiting another country three times in a year and 14 times spanning his tenure. But the India-educated Afghan President Hamid Karzai is …

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India, US keep the fire burning in bilateral ties

December 7, 2013June 27, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Defying the sceptics’ chant about the India-US relations plateauing and slipping into a lacklustre phase, the two countries are poised for wide-ranging discussions, which seek to revitalise their strategic and …

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