India and the World

Iraq crisis won’t impact Indian economy: RBI chief

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Amid apprehensions about the likely fallout of the Iraq crisis on Indian economy, the head of the country’s central bank has assured that India is ready to deal with any …

Militants onslaught: Iraq, US should equally share blame

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 - by India Writes Network

On June 11, hundreds of Sunni militants aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the al-Sham (ISIS) captured Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s home city. …

Wang Yi’s Delhi visit: Why China is courting Modi

June 16, 2014June 19, 2014 - by Srikanth Kondapalli

Three missions characterised China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to New Delhi. To a large extent, these missions were fulfilled and the trip can be stated as successful from the Chinese point of view.

Modi visit should decide how Bhutan relates to China: S.D. Muni

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

Prof. S.D. Muni speaks about the growing Chinese influence in Bhutan and contends that the forthcoming prime ministerial visit should be used to discuss with Thimphu the latter’s ties with Beijing in the spirit of special partnership between India and Bhutan.

India and Bhutan: Model Neighbours, Twinned destinies

June 13, 2014June 18, 2014 - by Manish Chand

What makes India-Bhutan ties special, unique, time-tested and exemplary? Indeed, it’s a long roster of laudatory adjectives that’s generously used to describe the India-Bhutan relationship; they evoke an organic relationship that is grounded in idealism as well as realism.

Modi Agenda: Inclusive development, uplifting Muslims top priorities

June 13, 2014 - by India Writes Network

In an effort to reach out to not just all sections of society but also to the opposition, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck a conciliatory note and underlined …

Modi’s Thimphu journey: ‘India-Bhutan ties an anchor in changing world’

June 12, 2014June 17, 2014 - by India Writes Network

In this wide-ranging interview with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), Sudhir Vyas, a former ambassador of India to Bhutan, speaks about the reasons why the prime minister chose Bhutan for his first foreign visit and the message behind this trip.