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Sifting Through the Himalayas

August 16, 2014August 16, 2014 - by India Writes Network

It seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi is drawing his strategy from Kautilya’s“Rajamandala” for visualizing circles of friendly and enemy states. Both his Bhutan and Nepal visits were in line with the …

Remembering sacrifices of Indian soldiers in World War-I

August 15, 2014August 15, 2014 - by India Writes Network

This year India marks 67 years of independence from British colonial rule. Independence Day serves as a timely reminder for the inestimable sacrifices of our noble freedom fighters. But delving …

Modi’s Independence Day anthem: Re-make India and Make in India

August 15, 2014August 15, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Freedom from poverty. Freedom from the poison of casteism and communalism. Liberating India from the curse of gender bias. Making India a manufacturing and export hub. Building a new and clean India, based on financial empowerment and inclusion of all Indians, cutting across all parochial categories.

These were some strands of Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s anthem of national renewal outlined in his maiden Independence Day address. On a radiant and bright morning, Modi spoke to thousands of people assembled at the Red Fort complex, kindling new hopes about his vision of a national renaissance. Refreshingly, Modi, sporting a polka-dotted blazing orange turban, spoke extempore, without notes, and eloquently underlined the need to forge a national consensus on key issues and making the country into a formidable manufacturing hub, underpinned by enterprise and innovation.

Indo-US Cooperation in Defence Production: Hagel’s visit to India

August 14, 2014August 14, 2014 - by India Writes Network

The high point of US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit to India is the offer he made last week of joint development of seven defence technologies. Two years back US …

India to Pakistan: Stop denials, terrorism remains a core concern

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Denials and equivocations don’t alter hard facts on the ground. And the fact is that terror remains “a core concern” of India in its relations with Pakistan.

In a hard-hitting response to Pakistan’s repudiation of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s contention that Islamabad was engaging in a proxy war of terrorism, New Delhi sharply reminded Islamabad that “mere denials of selective approaches towards terrorism are not going to drive away its concerns.”

In a forceful assertion, New Delhi underlined that India will use all means available to deal with cross-border terror.

Market wars erupt as e-commerce industry booms

August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 - by India Writes Network

A wave of hedonistic consumerism is sweeping India. And all the fun is online – whatever you are tempted to buy is just a click away…. And no need to …

Modi to Pakistan: Stop proxy war of terrorism against India

August 12, 2014August 18, 2014 - by India Writes Network

In his maiden visit to Kargil, the site of a bitter India-Pakistan war 15 years ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a tough stance against Islamabad’s use of terrorism in its proxy war against New Delhi.

“The neighbouring country has lost the strength to fight a conventional war, but continues to engage in the proxy war of terrorism,” Mr Modi told personnel of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force in Kargil, located in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, August 12.

Innovative India: A hub for wearable technology

August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Vibrating shoes that guide you to your destination, a ring that enables your fingers control over most gadgets, and a coin-sized electronic device that can help you track your valuables. Indian startups, engaged in innovative wearable technologies, are creating a buzz as they build India’s reputation as a hub for innovative consumer electronic inventions.

Ducere Technologies Pvt., an Indian startup, has designed Bluetooth-enabled footwear — aptly named Lechal shoes — which vibrate to let the user know where and when to turn to reach a pre-set destination.

South China Sea: US, China spar, India backs freedom of navigation

August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Stability in the South China Sea – a region disputed by China and Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam – dominated discussions at a series of meetings held in Myanmar focused on the ASEAN and East Asia region. The meetings saw a prickly verbal exchange between US and China, with Beijing forcefully rejecting a US proposal for countries to refrain from “provocative” acts in the South China Sea

In Naypitaw, US Secretary of State John Kerry worked hard to ease tensions between China and its neighbours on the issue of the South China Sea Islands.

India-Myanmar ties: Buddha, Business and Bollywood

August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 - by Manish Chand

The “neighbours first” policy of the new government in India will again be in focus when India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj goes on her maiden visit to Myanmar August 8-9 for bilateral talks, as well as to attend ministerial meetings connected with ASEAN, East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum. Myanmar will be the first Southeast Asian country Sushma Swaraj will be visiting after trips to three important neighbours in South Asia: Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. The minister’s visit will take place soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s path-breaking trip to Nepal, and underlines the centrality of immediate and extended neighbourhood in India’s foreign policy matrix.