Are We Making A Chinese Mistake Again?

'Xi is an individual led by a harder calculus and would scoff at melting over gestures.''That we did not know this was our failure,' asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with......

Indira Gandhi Or Modi: Who's India's Strongest PM?

Mrs Gandhi's power ebbed and peaked with the times. Mr Modi's has almost been constant, barring the few months of hard dip after the 240 seats of 2024, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime......

Henry Kissinger, 100, Passes Away

Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100, The Washington Post reported. IMAGE: Dr Henry Kissinger seen here, October......

'We Cannot Trust China'

'However, we must implement a tit-for-tat approach -- reciprocating their conduct with precision.''If they demonstrate respect, we respond accordingly. If they adopt hostile positions, we mirror......

REVEALED: Rajiv Gandhi's role in Boeing deal

The recent Kissinger Cables released by Wikileaks might have suggested that former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, could have been an "entrepreneur" for Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab-Scania for......

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......

Abhijit Banerjee and the mystique of the Nobel Prize

Does Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel Prize help India reduce extreme poverty, asks Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. Photograph: Brian......

Saare Jahan Se Accha Review: Gripping Thriller

The always dependable Pratik Gandhi finds a match in Sunny Hinduja and they are surrounded by a top notch supporting cast, observes Deepa Gahlot. As Independence Day approaches, there has to be at......

Does Kangana Look Like Indira Gandhi? VOTE!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kangana Ranaut/Instagram Kangana Ranaut has unveiled the first look of her film Emergency in which she plays then prime minister Indira Gandhi. 'Presenting......

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......

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......

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......

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......