Henry Kissinger: Modern Day Chanakya

Kissinger's approach of balance of power, secret diplomacy and moderating ideology are the need of the hour.That is the greatest tribute to an intellectual who had a major impact on the world in......

Time We Understood America's Game

Sections of our media and elite take Western reports/judgements at face value and are ready to condemn the targets without understanding the deeper power linkages behind such actions, asserts......

Why Indians won't trust Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger's perspectives on India have changed over the years. So how does India take to the mellowed Dr Kissinger? India's elites may have dropped their earlier allergy toward Kissinger,......

'BJP Takes Electorate For Granted In Its Arrogance'

'The ceaseless process of privatisation is shrinking the space of reservation.''Where will reservation go if you keep privatising?' IMAGE: Anshul Avijit Kushwaha, the Congress candidate from the......

Pepsi to double China workforce: Nooyi

Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer, PepsiCo Inc, at a discussion at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences on Tuesday in Beijing, China. Nooyi joined other CEOs of......

'India to be world's knowledge hub'

The year 2035 will see the "arrival of India," the knowledge hub of the world, and Indo-US relations evolving into a "binary" partnership encompassing technology transfer and exchange, Commerce and......

Asia Society leadership award for Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director ofReliance Industries Limited has been awarded the prestigious Asia Society Leadership Award, by the Asia Society, Washington DC. Leo Daly, chairman,......

'BPO backlash may become political problem'

India must evolve a bold and effective strategy to deal with the opposition it is facing in the United States over the outsourcing issue as this could soon become a 'political problem,' outgoing US......

What's the big deal about Parasite?

'Are we too close as well-off Indians, all with servants and drivers and tuition teachers ourselves, to be able to understand why it is all so awful?', asks Aakar Patel. I saw the movie Parasite......

10 Lovely Stories From Across The World

After an interruption of two years, the Berlin Film Festival returned in full force. A range of remarkable films were show, from new discoveries, return of old masters and a celebration of classic......

Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas to be divorced

A lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images It seems like the season for breaking marriages as Antonio Banderas and Melanie......

How Pele elevated football's popularity in US

Pele was eventually convinced to sign a multimillion-dollar deal with US club New York Santos in June 1975, aided by then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who wrote a letter to the Brazilian......

Kissinger to promote US WC bid

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, architect of President Richard Nixon's detente with China, faced a new diplomatic challenge on Monday -- helping craft a U.S. bid to host the soccer......

Japanese billionaire quits IOC

Japanese billionaire Yoshiaki Tsutsumi has quit his role as honour member of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC said on Wednesday.The 70-year-old, once the world's richest man, was......

Bayern edge past Mainz, Dortmund beat Leverkusen

Bayern Munich retained their two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a nervous 3-1 victory against Mainz 05 on Saturday as champions Borussia Dortmund kept up the chase with a 3-0 win over......

Passion and trust in New York 2012 bid

Trust and passion were twin elements cited on Thursday by the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission at the end of their intense, four-day inspection of New York's......