On the occasion of Chinese New Year, we bring you a look at what 2015, the Year of the Sheep has in store for you!
The announcement of the formation of the BRICS bank will have as much an impact about how the non-G7 countries manage their economies and their foreign reserves, as it does on the intellectual discourse. The development priorities and agenda which was hitherto set by western experts responding mostly to western priorities and notions will now have to compete with an intellectual tradition that is and can be very different, says Mohan Guruswamy.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
The entire selection process of the IOC chairman was shrouded in mediocrity and mystery.
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