India
Why Christiane Amanpour Matters to Indian Audiences
Her name invariably figures in the internet of renowned journalists worldwide. Christiane Amanpour, who has said she will quit CNN but not her plans for the future, is well known…
Mahendra Ved
The author is a senior journalist.
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Diplomacy
The Art of Being Pakistan
Days after celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relationship with China, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif participated in an event in Islamabad marking America’s 250th anniversary and “a true and special…
Community
From Khadi to Cartier: The New Style Politics of India
Karnataka’s new Chief Minister D K Shivkumar is said to be worth Rs. 1400 crores and flaunts it in public with a Louis Vuitton scarf and a Cartier watch. The…
Diaspora
Satirical Storm Sweeps Indian Politics
“India has a new political superstar – a cockroach,” screams a headline. “Let the cockroach be,” counsels a newspaper editorial. A third one notes, in seeming disbelief, that the ‘metamorphosis’ of…
India
US-China-Pakistan Moves in Bangladesh Alarm India
As leaders of the United States and China met in Beijing last week for a ‘historic’ summit, not far away and not without their knowledge, South Asia is witnessing a…
Opinion
Democracy’s Most Uneasy Mandate
If gaining independence in 1947 was India’s first coming, then the second was its economic reforms, launched in 1991-92; last week’s outcome of the four assembly elections can be called…
Community
From Carterpuri to “Hellhole”: The Journey of a Relationship
When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an anguished Indian poet invoked the “Ma Nishada sloka,” the first verse (Adi Kavya) of Sanskrit literature, uttered spontaneously by Sage Valmiki in grief…
Middle East
TRPs Over Tragedy: The Business of War Coverage
Nothing about the bride or groom matters, goes an Indian saying, if the priest performing the marriage is fed well. War in the drawing room via TV and social media…
Diplomacy
Balancing Oil, Optics, and Alliances: India’s Tightrope in the Gulf War
How is India taking the Gulf War, taking place next door, but reverberating globally? The question can be asked of any country, but India is special, being the most populous…