'RA&W wins over Pakistan -- in the perception wars -- almost every year'

'One of R&AW's greatest achievements is in projecting itself as benign.''This work -- done in tandem with the Diaspora and the MEA -- sells a story of India as mostly the victim.' Illustration:......

Emergency was a windfall for the RSS

The Emergency greatly influenced the RSS' makeover from a fringe force in the Indian political imagination to one that could have its own man sworn in as prime minister in two decades' time.A......

Joe Biden is no stranger to India

The beauty of the relationship between the two countries is that they agree to disagree and perhaps that is the strongest bond between the two governments and their relationships, notes Rup Narayan......

Kamala Harris, masala dosa, Modi and Indian Diaspora

'As far as people like Kamala Harris are concerned, it's okay to share a culture, but wrong to play domestic Indian politics during American elections,' notes Vir Sanghvi. Photograph: Carlo......

NRIs: Fair-weather friends?

The sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations concluded in New Delhi last week. It is a national conclave for non-resident Indians or persons of Indian origin, who are now settled in different......

PM's bonanza for India Inc to go global

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday announced a bonanza for the industry, allowing Indian corporates to make overseas investments up to 100 per cent of their net worth and lifting the......

Pravasi Divas to draw 1,000 delegates

The second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is expected to attract at least 1,000 delegates from 57 countries. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, a convention of Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin,......

'India-UK bilateral trade defied global downturn'

The bilateral trade between India and the United Kingdom has "defied" the global economic downturn and crossed the 5 billion pound mark due to the closer interaction between the countries in the......