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My humble Homage to the great man, Ratan Tata
October 10 , 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
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Ratan Tata my friend whom I admired immensely is no more. My 5 decades of relation with him became more intense during & after globalisation hit Indian industry like a tsunami. Indian businessmen we...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Jamshed Tata , Ratan Tata , Tata group

Taiwan’s Tipping Point
October 10 , 2024 Rup Narayan Das
Article Views: 36
As Taiwan, officially known as Republic of China, celebrants its ‘Double Ten’ National Day on 10 October, there is gnawing anxiety of its existential survival since Chiang Kai-shek, its founding father,...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP Mao Zedong , China , Chips Act , Kissinger , KMT , Nixon , Shanghai Communique , Taiwan , Taiwan Strait Crisis , US

Myanmar's Civil War: A Turning Point, or a Descent into Chaos?
October 9 , 2024 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 88
Myanmar's civil war has taken a major turn. The rebels have scored big wins, pushing the military out of many border regions. The conflict has become increasingly militarised, with a rise in violence fr...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : ASEAN , Conflict in Myanmar , Myanmar Civil War , Myanmar military

West Asia Peace: The Lost Chance in Camp David Summit of 2000
October 8 , 2024 Rajesh Singh
Commentary Views: 63
The Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis and all those others pitted against Israel in the ongoing conflict in West Asia have demanded that Israel should vacate the territories it has occupied; territories they th...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bill Clinton , Camp David Summit 2000 , Ehud Barak , Hamas , Iran , Mosab Hassan Yousef , Palestine , Yasser Arafat

The Art of Escape: From Fleeting Getaways to Profound Journeys/ Purushartha
October 7 , 2024 Anshika Agrawal
Commentary Views: 87
Have you ever gotten burnt out from the mundane routine and yearned to lose yourself amidst the towering peaks of majestic mountains or the soothing caress of sun-kissed shores by leaving all the weight...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Balance , Escape , Journey , LIFE , Meaning , Philosophical , Purushartha , Travel , Weekend , World

The Kursk Incursion – An Analysis
October 4 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
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This work attempts to analyse the issues related to the recent incursion of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia. In that, it examines the so-called 'gains' from such an incursion in the light of existing realities.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Kursk , Nuclear , Putin , Russia , Ukraine , Zelenskyy

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