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Vietnam: A Boat Ride To Remember!

A boat ride through Vietnam's most glorious landscape.

Go Gaga Over Vietnam's Delicious Egg Coffee

Who knew Egg + Coffee would make such a stunning pairing!

What Is Rajnath Singh Doing In Vietnam?

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in Vietnam, meeting with his counterpart in Hanoi.

How Indo-Pak tension helps US gameplan in Afghanistan

The current Indo-Pak crisis over Kashmir is a godsend for the US. With tensions running high, Pakistan is in no position to militarily help the Taliban. Once this realisation dawns on the Taliban, they are likely to be more amenable to a compromise on American terms, says Colonel Anil Athale (retired).

Who's the Greatest General of the 20th Century?

My candidate for the best general of the last century hailed from a little, poor colonised Asian nation whose impact on world affairs rarely amounted to much, notes Shankar Acharya.

'Chinese influence began with army, Indian with monks'

Speaking at a seminar in New Delhi, Madhav stressed that culture and religion have been the major aspect of ties between India and Southeast Asia

'I'm very opposed to our war in Iraq'

40 years on, lessons from the US defeat in Vietnam

'Vietnam has become an adjective as well as a verb -- the Americans, for instance, were driven by the passion to do a 'Vietnam' on the Soviet Union when that country invaded Afghanistan in 1979.'

Revealed: Nehru didn't trust the Chinese

'Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai? Don't you believe it. I don't trust the Chinese one bit,' Nehru told Gopalaswamy Parthasarathi before he traveled to China as India's ambassador. Asking GP to be ever vigilant, Nehru advised the diplomat to send telegrams on important matters only to him. Many such anecdotes from a long and eventful career as diplomat and bureaucrat crowd the pages of GP: 1912-1995, discovers Uttaran Das Gupta.

Now you can take a vegan vacation

Food is one of the biggest incentives for travellers to start a vegan tour.

When my mother danced for Chou Enlai and the Dalai Lama

No one on that glittery occasion could possibly have imagined that the Chinese were conspiring to invade India, nor could anyone have predicted that the seemingly benign Dalai Lama was plotting to flee Tibet and seek asylum in India. A fascinating excerpt from Sukanya Rahman's must-read Dancing In The Family: The Extraordinary Story Of The First Family Of Indian Classical Dance.