India watches with bated breath the change of leadership in Britain, as Keir Starmer — who cemented the historic Indo-UK Free Trade Agreement benefitting his country — hands over the …
Opinion
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South Asia Notes: Hedging Bets in An Uncertain World
by Elizabeth Roche 3 minutes readPrime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a tour of three key countries in the Indo-Pacific region — Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand on July 11. The visit, however, has been …
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Turning Pages: Cricket Books Need More Spin
by TCA Srinivasa Raghavan 4 minutes readCaricature…focus on lawyers acting as door keeper to the flow of information…Indians love their cricket but do they love books on cricket? I have read over 50 such books and …
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The Unspoken Weight: The Loneliness of India’s Great Cities
by Vivek Dasby Vivek Das 5 minutes readThere is a peculiar silence that descends over India’s great cities long after midnight. The traffic thins, office towers surrender their lights one floor at a time, and thousands of …
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What the Nuns of Canterbury Can Teach You About PR
by Farzana Baduel 6 minutes readA thousand-year-old piece of embroidery, a hundred-page resignation letter and a man dressed as a bin have almost nothing in common, except that all three explain, better than any textbook, …
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When President Donald Trump speaks of communism and communists it is clear that he is merely sounding the political bugle of the time, especially as mid-term elections are around the …
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The New Currency of Textile Trade Isn’t Cost, It’s Trust
by Mithileshwar Thakur, Special to South Asian Herald 5 minutes readThe rules of global textile trade are being rewritten-not by lower costs, but by higher expectations. For decades, competitiveness in the textile industry was defined by cost, capacity, agility and …
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Blue Skies Over Delhi are a Rarity, but Will the Haze Lift
by Rajiv Theodore 7 minutes readBorn in 2000, Sarath grew up in the city of Delhi. He does not remember spotting a blue sky ever since. Today, Sarath, who is 26 years old, joins over …
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South Asia Notes: India, Japan Fortify Ties Amid Slide in US Interest in Asia
by Elizabeth Roche 3 minutes readIndia and Japan sat down for their 16th annual summit in the first week of July with India hosting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae for the occasion. The India-Japan Summit …
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The searing heat in some parts of the country did not stop the fireworks or the celebration as America stepped up to a historic milestone of 250 years. A land …