The Water Snake Cometh…
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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The romance of reading lives on
In the age of multi-media anarchy and digital seductions, the romance of the printed word has not lost its lure in India. The culture of reading is alive and humming. …
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Will India embrace twin goals of prosperity and security?
Until recently, we had taken a very compartmentalized view of national security. Each threat to national security was neatly fitted into one compartment. The first, of course, was a war …
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Asia’s biggest air show: Seeking self-reliance and markets
Touted as Asia’s premier air show, the Aero India-2013 has kicked off in India’s IT hub Bangalore with a scintillating aerobatic display by India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas and the …
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India eyes high-value transit tourists
If you are transiting via New Delhi and Mumbai, you could soon make a quick dash to relish the Taj Mahal glory in Agra or the famed Hawa Mahal in …
Read MoreIndia toughens anti-rape laws, no mercy for sexual offenders
India is finally taking a deep, serious look at replacing the British-era laws to give them more teeth and build a legal framework that makes women feel safer and create …
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India-China ties: Don’t muddy the waters
NEW DELHI: As a new leadership takes charge in Beijing in March, India and China are trying hard to keep the warmth flowing in their relations as the Chinese plan …
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Rescuing India from enemies of freedom
A wave of intolerance and “cultural terrorism” seems to have swept India, the world’s largest democracy that is often touted as a model of pluralism and secularism. It is Tamil …
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In search of the tragi-comic ‘Last Nizam’
John Zubrzycki, an Australian journalist, has authored a finely-nuanced portrait of Mukarram Jah, the last Nizam of Hyderabad. The book conjures up the life and times of a fabulously wealthy …
Read MoreCaste and corruption: Nandy triggers storm in Jaipur
It isn’t novelist Salman Rushdie this time. But controversy and the Jaipur Literature Festival have met yet again. Just three days into the fest, sociologist Ashis Nandy’s controversial comments that …
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