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How India Won The 1971 War

December 3, 2021 marks 50 years since the beginning of the 1971 War which ended in a decisive military victory for India and the liberation of Bangladesh.Most analysts of the 1971 War agree that......

Who did you vote for? Why?

In the crazily complex cauldron that is India, where caste, community, class and cash are just the primary ingredients, no one has yet come up with a fool-proof method to ascertain how voters make......

Why Trump's rhetoric scares American desis

Indian-Americans are "very concerned" about the rhetoric from Donald Trump who has "poisoned" the political dialogue with his insults to immigrants and women, US House of Representatives contender......

Why the 1972 Shimla accord was a disaster

'Indira Gandhi proved herself a great war leader, but failed as a statesman,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali......

Bangladesh rolls out red carpet for President Pranab

Bangladesh on Sunday rolled out the red carpet for President Pranab Mukherjee who arrived in Dhaka on a three-day state visit to boost bilateral ties amidst a general strike called by......

The man who saved billions from starvation

Image: Norman Borlaug rescued India from a severe food crisis. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters The work of Norman Borlaug, who helped save billions from starvation, is worth recalling, especially......

Why it's difficult for India to manufacture chips

The country lacks infrastructure required for making chips. The government, however, can use auto sector as a model to frame the right policies.Doubts about India's wafer fabrication ambitions were......

How India transformed its image

The panel on the media's view of 'India: The Decade Ahead' at the 6th Annual India Business Conference of the South Asian Business Association at Columbia Business School spoke of India from a......

Slowdown: US newspapers forced to cut costs

Massive revenue decline as aresult of global economic downturn is fast eroding media's advertising base, forcing major newspapers in the US to lookfor cost cutting measures. The latest victim is......

IHT postpones luxury meet

Till November 26, the International Herald Tribune'sannual luxury conference to be held in New Delhi in the first week of December was on track. Interviews were being set-up and India looked all......

Ecclestone turns assault into an advert

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has turned a mugging into advertising by showing off his black eye in a newspaper advert for a Swiss watchmaker. Ecclestone suffered a head injury after being......

China set to become sporting superpower

Perched in Tiananmen square in the centre of Beijing at the top of the steps leading to the Museum of China stands a giant rectangular digital clock.Less than a month after the conclusion of the......

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