India and the World

Restoring India-China Reciprocity on the Border

June 7, 2014June 9, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Under the new dispensation of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is necessary to put the India-China border dispute in a correct perspective. Incidentally, 2014 coincides with the centenary of the McMahon line.

Putting neighbours first: India’s new PM to head on Bhutan journey

June 6, 2014June 7, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Putting South Asia first in his foreign policy calculus, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading on his first foreign trip to Bhutan, a nascent Himalayan democracy and a country that enjoys special time-tested relations with New Delhi.

Home Beckons: Indian students in Ukraine escape turmoil

June 4, 2014June 4, 2014 - by India Writes Network

“Home beckons”! For the first batch of 500 Indian students, who were evacuated to Ukraine’s capital Kiev, leaving all that seething turmoil must be quite a relief. They will be …

Gopinath Munde: BJP’s tallest leader in Maharashtra

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Gopinath Munde rose from the fringes of society to the peak of success. A promising leader who led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra during difficult times, and wielded a profound influence on the masses, has passed away at a time when the party, who he served for years, sought him the most ahead of the state assembly elections.

Goodwill diplomacy: Sri Lanka frees 29 Indian fishermen

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Barely days after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa held his maiden talks with India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s on May 27 in Delhi, Colombo has decided to release the 29 Indian fishermen arrested four days ago as a gesture of goodwill.

India’s 29th state is born: The real journey begins now…

June 2, 2014June 5, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Amid frenzied jubilation and merry-making, India’s 29th state, Telangana, was formally born June 2, marking a culmination of over five decades of sustained struggle for statehood. K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), whose party Telangana Rashtra Samithi spearheaded the decades-long campaign for a separate state to be carved from Andhra Pradesh, was sworn in as the chief minister of Telangana. A jubilant Rao, popularly known as KCR, vowed to make Telangana “a role model for other states in India.”

Oman minister in Delhi: Spotlight on India’s Look Middle East policy

June 2, 2014June 7, 2014 - by Manish Chand

After high-voltage, headline-hogging South Asia diplomacy, it’s time for the new government to infuse spark in India’s “Look Middle East” policy as it gets ready to host the foreign minister of Oman, the Gulf state which is home to 700,000 Indians who send home $3 billion in annual remittances.