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‘Barefoot Grandmothers’ – if this expression conjures up images of poverty-ridden wizened old women, you could be forgiven for being out of sync. For they are the new elite of …
Read MoreNirbhaya, the Fearless One, The radiant dreamer, yearning to touch the sky Assaulted, wounded and stricken, Your body the Cross, you die; So that we may live, love and lie. …
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As the new 5th generation leadership takes charge in Beijing this week, India has ruled out rivalry with China as “inevitable,” reflecting what National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon has described as …
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Chuck Hagel, Barack Barack Obama’s new defence secretary, has sparked off a thoroughly gratuitous controversy at a time when the Obama II dispensation has shown a renewed interest in encouraging …
Read MoreThe air was thick with scepticism when the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), the world’s top five emerging economies, began their fourth summit in Delhi …
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The Maldives, the idyllic Indian Ocean atoll nation, famed for its high-end luxury resorts and the otherworldly serenity of its islands, is giving the Indian diplomatic establishment a major headache …
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The contrast and disconnect between the pulse of ordinary Indians and its political class can’t be more glaring. Just when the Indian government is struggling to put the slowing economy …
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Moving beyond business and cricket, Britain is poised to transform its relationship with India by forging new collaborative ventures in areas ranging from education and health to infrastructure and new-age …
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It’s perhaps a first in international diplomacy. Amid the ongoing flux and volatility in their country, 94 out of 102 members of the Upper House of the Afghan Parliament are …
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KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING: Fireworks singing in the skies, emotional family reunions, feasting and gift-giving. Millions of Chinese nationals, one fifth of the world’s humanity, ushered in the ‘Chinese Year of the …
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