From Mahatma Gandhi to Tata Nano!

During the last 100 years India has produced only two innovative ideas. The first was Gandhiji’s ‘Civil Disobedience’ and now Ratan Tata’s ‘Nano’. Mahatma Gandhi was undoubtedly the most creative Indian of the 20th century. Not since the concept of Taj Mahal was there any such idea that really fired the imagination of the people [...]

American mood is turning ugly!

The United States of America is not used to any kind of prolonged uncertainties. Ever since the end of the ‘World War II’, America has ruled over the world like a colossus. During the first 40 years after the war, Soviet Union worked as a countervailing power to the growing influence of the United States. [...]

Bhai zaraa $4-5 billion dena, thodhi si kadki hai…

Pakistan urgently needs 4-5 billion dollars, says US Senator John Kerry or risk seeing the nuclear-armed country slip into chaos! This was presumably reported by Geo TV of Pakistan, as per The Times of India on February 25, 2009. What is this: begging, blackmail or both? Actually, I was not planning to write about Pakistan [...]

Only India passed the ‘Stress Test’!

Never before, in the history of independent India, has there been such a consensus about our foreign policy. It was the ‘Vajpayee Government’ that broke the ice with former President Bill Clinton and continued a blossoming relationship with the United States through the next administration of George W Bush. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has [...]

Hillary Clinton paid respect to ‘Asian Economies’

The Obama administration is off to a good start with its foreign policy initiatives. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inaugural trip to Asia sent an important signal to the Asian community. This departure from the Anglo-American mind-set promises a new beginning to the ever-changing world. The policy has obvious Obama fingerprints but some [...]

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