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Democracy: India’s New Tool of Diplomacy
Written by Sanskar Shrivastava Often folks over social media take a dig on US policies of preaching democracy. Nevertheless, can democracy become a central point of Indian diplomacy? India’s new Prime...
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Modi – Not The Leader India Wants, But The Leader India Needs
Written by Swaminathan Kumar Prime Minister Narendra Modi being congratulated by President Pranab Mukherjee. Source hindustantimes.com Much has been said about Narendra Damodar Modi before, during and...
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Marketing in Politics
Written by Sanskar Shrivastava Photo by AP This is not yet another Congress Vs BJP Vs AAP article! However in between, this article uses examples from the winning political party, BJP. BJP is a...
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Отношения Индии с Россией изменились в лучшую сторону, в связи с недавними...
Written by Sanskar Shrivastava (c) Reuters Read in English Перевод: Пономарева Ксения За последнее время развития событий в Крыму, большинство стран проголосовали в пользу ЕС и США, склоняя к этому...
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Great Indian election drama; J&K is new hotbed for Dynasty Raj
Written by Abhinav Verma flickr/mhatrey If politics is a game of power, than no one is ready to pass on the baton other than to his own family, has exactly become evident in Jammu and Kashmir, India...
View ArticleMy Tryst With ‘The Last Hug’
Written by Pardeep Singh It was last spring of the season and the Indian administered-Kashmir Valley was at the zenith of exhibiting its scenic beauty. The green trees, nascent flowers scattering...
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India’s daughter documentary snow balls into controversy, banned in India.
Written by Kaveri Mishra Credits:transitionofthoughts.com It is a shame that at a time when India is projecting itself as a world super power and a country when women are seen heading top corporate is...
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Why The US Engineering Industry Is Bouncing Back
flickr/usacehq The US engineering industry has been far from perfect for a long time. Even before the global financial meltdown, many companies had been moving their operations overseas. There were...
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Traveling to India? Here are some money saving tips
flickr/pankaj India is always in my mind, I am pulled by its charm almost every year. My career ambitions of becoming a software engineer brought me to India in 2012. Since then I have made a number of...
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Contemplating the Indian Independence Day
flickr/cdinesh Some people seem to be celebrating simple minded Independence day. I wish I could be this simple minded. I am celebrating and contemplating the very complex Independence day. A day that...
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India doesn’t have shortage of role models, we just don’t look around!
Written by Sukant Khurana Source: The Hindu businessline In the process of emulating our role models, we become a bit like them. I say a bit, because not everyone succeeds in reaching the heights of...
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Indian Renaissance starts from a place older than history itself
Written by Sukant Khurana Source: rediff.com Fearless Arvind Kejriwal has decided to take on the bull of Hindu Fascism by its horns in Varanasi. It would be a direct battle, of several more to come, in...
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Will Indian voters put a full stop to Vote Bank Politics this elections?
Written by Sukant Khurana Image by © Bhaskar Mallick/Demotix/Corbis Given the unfortunate history of ethnic conflicts and colonialism in South Asia, minorities, whether on the name of caste, region,...
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The Nutted Affair with Kerala
Written by Gayatri Sivakumar The waiter was in a hurry as he brought in two huge bowls and a large plate with something on it that looked like pieces of white frost cake. He placed them on the table,...
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Big Fat Indian Weddings and Social Responsibility: A Case
Written by Sukant Khurana Photo by flickr/rsmith4321 Indians like weddings. Big ones: with all the pomp and show. In these occasions there are third and fourth degree, almost unrelated relatives and...
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North East India: A paradise unexplored or a paradise lost?
Written by Sukant Khurana Sikkim flickr/ahinsajain Sikkim and seven sisters of North East India represent seven percent of Indian area and 3.7% of Indian population. These figures hide the immense...
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Higher Education Under Attack From 10 Janpath
Written by Sukant Khurana IIT Delhi, photo by flickr/ramesh_lalwani While opinions vary on the performance of the first Indian governments in different sectors, higher education is a sector where...
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Quest For India’s Sustainable Development Model
Written by Sukant Khurana Photo flickr/studiobeeldruis Development is much needed in a country that has the 3rd of the world’s poorest people. While development is talked about as a buzzword, the...
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HIV AIDS: Where government has gone wrong, What government can do
Written by Sukant Khurana Photo: The Hindu As another world AIDS day passes by and the epidemic shows no sign of end, we need to evaluate the status of AIDS in India. Our country is one of the hotspot...
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Repair Rupee: Two-way currency exchange in trade
Written by Sukant Khurana flickr/mikealex What makes Rupee’s Dollar value oscillate every full moon night or anytime when you look at the Rupee wrong? Is it that the Indian economy fluctuates so very...
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India and Russia naturally find each other with the recent geopolitical...
Written by Sanskar Shrivastava (c) Reuters In the recent development in Crimea, majority of the countries voted in the favour of EU and US backed Crimea resolution, yet it was the failure of western...
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Streets of India: the stories that never end
Written by Gayatri Sivakumar Any street in India begins as an example. These are areas where unwinding and chatter happens. Where the pace of life is something you’d have to indulge in, where the...
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Nuclear Briefcase of India
Written by Praful Yadav A nuclear briefcase is a specially outfitted briefcase used to authorize the use of nuclear weapons. U.S.A has one that has been codenamed “Nuclear Football”. It is a black...
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Tamil Nationalism, Ceylon and Imperalism
Written by Rohit Sachdeva Source: University of Texas Library The recent comment of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka on Modi winning absolute majority in the general elections of India...
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Solo budget Travel – Destination Andaman Isles
Written by Gayatri Sivakumar Being a lady in India, marks a new denomination when one is on pursuit of solo travel. Folks call over a hundred times to check if you’re okay, two bottles of pepper spray...
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Behind the “rising intolerance” in India
Written by Shamit Shrivastava Those who can’t tolerate long posts, please ignore It’s interesting to see Bihar results being analysed differently by different people on my feed. Some consider it as a...
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The Greatest Challenges Businesses Face This Year
It has already been a rough year for business owners, and we’re only at the halfway point. Brexit shocked the economy across the globe, and it wasn’t just British companies that took the hit. Every...
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How self proclaimed liberals and conservatives are hurting the Indian growth...
flickr/amash In these 3 years encompassing 2014 India elections, Brexit and 2016 US elections, Demonetisation, I have noticed a few things Firstly, people are so embedded into their own bubbles of...
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RSS on Women’s Right: Then and Now – Reforming Indian Conservatives
flickr/vineetradhakrishnan Not long ago, when RSS mooted the idea of replacing its knickers with trousers, I put forth a conjecture — “If you start dressing like an adult, you start thinking like one.”...
View ArticleDr. J. Jayalalithaa, an icon
A Woman’s era (1948-2016) I don’t find it easy to write. Words wouldn’t come or if they do, they are not the right words. I am probably just one of the millions of mourners who is in the process of...
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Why India is the Perfect Asian Country for an Adventure Holiday
There is no doubt that when it comes to an adventure holiday, heading east to Asia is a fantastic idea. There are many unique, fascinating and historic countries to consider, but none more so than...
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Uttar Pradesh-The Biggest Prize in Indian Politics
On the summer of 2014, India overwhelmingly voted one man to 7, Race course road. Behind that huge election victory was a huge propellant- a state named Uttar Pradesh. This mega hinterland of the...
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Why Visit Ooty in Summers?
Written by Andra Tudor Ooty is branded as the Queen of Hills, and it is because of its sheer beauty and radiance. The city is alluring throughout the year, and it makes up for a perfect destination for...
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The EU Commission seeks to ban cash: A cashless democratic sham?
Written by William Russell Belgium, Denmark, France, Canada, the UK, Sweden and many other countries from the Eurozone and Western world are amongst the most prominent countries to move away from cash,...
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Struggling over Water Resources: The case of India and Pakistan
Written by Alexandra Goman flickr/lensnmatter Have you heard about conflicts over water? Have you ever wondered how hard it is to ensure water access in a conflicted area? Well, what I can tell is...
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It’s Been 70 Years Since India Became An Independent Nation: What’s Changed?
Written by Andra Tudor It has been 70 years since India became independent and a lot has changed. On the 15th August 1947, India finally won its independence, after a long struggle for freedom. The...
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Get Acquainted with Mumbai Through its Diverse Food
Written by Andra Tudor Popularly called India’s financial capital, Mumbai is known for more than just Bollywood and its stock markets. It is one of the more famous cosmopolitan cities in the country...
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Creating Perceptions: What is Really Happening with the Indian Economy?
Written by Manak Suri In just a little over a year, Indians will take to the polling booths again to decide whether the Narendra Modi led BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government’s much anticipated...
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A comprehensive guide for visitors to Sunderbans
Written by Andra Tudor West Bengal’s most famous landmark is undoubtedly the Sunderbans, which is located at the South Eastern tip of the 24 Parganas. It is a part of the world’s largest delta formed...
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Diamond Diplomacy: India and Russia Natural Allies in Reshaping Diamond Industry
Written by Andra Tudor India and Russia traditionally enjoy warm relations since the Soviet era. It has been recently due to several geopolitical changes in a short period of time that the two...
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At Attention! Is the National Anthem the New Test of Patriotism?
Written by Manak Suri Source: www.baas.ac.uk A fundamental question on patriotism has been plunged into the limelight during the course of the past few weeks: what role does the national anthem play...
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A Choking City: What the Ongoing Toxic Week in Delhi Means for its People
Written by Manak Suri flickr/pamnani A joke on the morbidity of New Delhi is circulating among Delhiites (people from Delhi) that while the lives of the citizens were disrupted in November last year...
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Iran’s Chabahar Port: How India, Afghanistan, and Iran Gain From it
Written by Manak Suri November 11, 2017 was a significant day diplomatically and geopolitically for Iran, India, and Afghanistan. A trilateral cooperation between the three countries saw Afghanistan...
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India’s Victory at the International Court of Justice is the World’s...
Written by Manak Suri flickr/romanboed For the past week, both the Indian and British media have rigorously covered the story of the re-election of India’s justice Dalveer Bhandari to the bench of...
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Explore the royal city of Mysore
Written by Andra Tudor Call it the Heritage City or the City of Palaces, the city of Mysore still emanates a feeling of au royale even in a 21st century India. A place of heritage for royal families,...
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A Historical exploration of Khajuraho
Written by Andra Tudor The UNESCO world heritage temples of Khajuraho are situated in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. Built by the kings of Chandela dynasty during 950 to 1050 AD, these...
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Why is It Important to Cross-Check Hotels in Mussoorie In Advance?
Written by Andra Tudor Mussoorie is one of the lovely places that one can visit while having a trip to Uttarakhand. The hill station is known for its majestic natural beauty that is always appreciated...
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Congress’s Electoral Enervation
Written by Yanis Iqbal BlakeShramster / CC BY-SA Lately, the Grand Old Party of India has been suffering from severe political lacerations. It is bleeding profusely but it still refuses to recognize...
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Humanity Endures During Coronavirus Pandemic
Written by Elsa Joel Photo by Press Information Bureau, Government of India The world changed exponentially since the pandemic broke out. We changed too. Emotions are running high. We have learnt to...
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Government Changing Syllabus to Include Sikh History in India
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Moon Jae-in jointly inaugurating the Samsung manufacturing plant, Worlds Largest Mobile Factory, in Noida, Uttar...
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