Indian quest for global presence and relevance… 15 August 2023 India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih As India marks her Independence Day, there is much to be satisfied about as a country that emerged from the ashes of rabid […]
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27 May 2023 The ghost of Nehru will perhaps know no peace, invoked as a screen, a smokescreen, as a veneer of aggrandisement in the first five decades of his mortal demise and now clearly the scapegoat for any has been, from Mohenjo Daro and perhaps even beyond to the latest twist or turn at […]
16 August 2022 The Indian PM Mr Modi made a feisty speech full of slogans and narrative exhortation that would leave audiences spell bound. He had a clear image of India in the arc of his narration, one where the youth would dedicate themselves for the next quarter of a century to the cause that […]