The Chinese don't want to fight a war

'They know it can embarrass them, as this surely isn't 1962.' 'They also know the moment they fire the first shot, all insecure powers in their front-yard, Australia to Japan and all the way......

Repositioning India's brand

Part I: Is South Asian Studies undermining India? Brand Management by other countries in USAIndia is under-represented in American academia compared to China, Islam/Middle East and Japan, among......

Rebuilding America's job machine

As staff at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering wait patiently in a conference room, a loud rumble shatters the silence. "Must be him," someone says. Alain E. Kaloyeros has just pulled......

Shanghai rising!

Benjamin Wood swings his bulky frame over the saddle, straps on his helmet, and settles onto a vintage motorcycle with sidecar. The American architect kicks the engine into life with a single......

Top 10 tech trends for India

Check out the happening infotech, communications and entertainment trends of 2006.1. Blu-Ray of hope Remember the 1.44 MB humble floppy? Now we only talk about CDs (can store around 650 MB) and......

How India can be the most innovative place

The author is CEO, BrainReactions LLC, and has been named among the Top 5 entrepreneurs in the US under the age of 25 by BusinessWeek. I lived in India for 19 years, and feel fortunate for my wide......

What's keeping Dia Mirza busy?

The actress is exploring the winter wonderland that is Japan. IMAGE: Dia Mirza, clicked by Ajay Kadam. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dia Mirza/Instagram From modelling to acting to hosting television......

Box Office boost for Oscar-winning movies?

Arthur J Pais analyses Oscar 2014 big wins and losses.  For months now, audiences have been watching the riveting 12 Years a Slave with palpitating hearts and seething emotions at......

Freida Pinto's Immortals dethrones Spielberg's Tintin

The mixed reviewshardly mattered to the nearly 10 million viewers who saw Immortals, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar's action adventure set in ancient Greece. The viewers in 36 world markets including China,......

A promising Golden Compass

It could be the biggest hit of the year or it could be one of those also-ran films. But there is no doubt that adventure film based on an internationally acclaimed bestseller The Golden Compass......