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'Clinton should apologise to Meera Shankar'

The president of the South Asian Studies Association -- a non-profit professional association comprising professors and students at universities and colleges dedicated to 'understanding South......

Sharat Sabharwal, Meera Shankar Pak,US envoys

Senior Indian Foreign Service officials Sharat Sabharwal and Meera Shankar will be the next envoys to Pakistan and the United States respectively. This was stated by Minister of State for External......

Meera Shankar, India's first woman envoy to US

Key representatives of US and Indian business and industry -- and the Indian-American community -- have hailed Meera Shankar's appointment as India's new ambassador to the United States. Shankar......

India Caucus to host reception for Meera Shankar

In yet another sign of deepening relationship between India and the United States, the Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a rare Congressional reception for the new Indian......

Meera Shankar given warm send off in the US

India's outgoing ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, was showered with praises as the US administration gave her a warm send off, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauding her......

Shankar rules out total carbon emission-cut by Ind

Amidst growing concern that India and the United States are on a collision course over reduction of carbon emissions in the run-up to the climate change conference in Copenhagen later this year,......

'India, US to take ties to a new level'

Describing US as a natural economic partner of India, a top Indian envoy here has said that both the nations are committed to take bilateral relations to a new level. Indian ambassador to the US,......

'Congress victory a boon for economic reforms'

In reiterating her contention at virtually every event that she has spoken at, Meera Shankar, Indian Ambassador to the US, asserted that the election results in May -- where the Congress Party was......

'Indian economy has covered significant ground'

Over the past decade, India has been one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world and, in recent years, has reached a growth trajectory of 8-9 per cent a year, writes Meera Shankar. The......

Urban development: India, US to deepen cooperation

As India witnesses a boom in its urban population, New Delhi and Washington have agreed to deepen their ties in the urban development sector. The decision in this regard was taken when urban......

'Sitar meant Ravi Shankar and Ravi Shankar meant the Sitar'

Photograph: Herwig Prammer/Reuters Not too many know this, but the music for India's favourite patriotic song Saare Jahan Se Achcha was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose birth centenary we......

Satellite Shankar Review

Satellite Shankar is a fun, time-pass, film, feels Prasanna D Zore. If the audience can somehow cope with the first half of Irfan Kamal's Satellite Shankar, the second half rewards are sweet. It's......

When Lata Refused To Sing For Hema Malini

'It will remain my one regret that Lataji didn't sing for me in Meera.' IMAGE: Hema Malini and Raj Kapoor in the song Nadaan Ki Dosti Jee Ki Jalan from Sapnon Ka Saudagar. Hema Malini feels Lata......

'He is up there with Tansen, Beethoven, Mozart'

On the occasion of Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth centenary, April 7, Lata Mangeshkar pays tribute to one of Indian classical music's greatest legends. IMAGE: Pandit Ravi Shankar with his 'choti......

When a pickpocket is the hero

G Anantha Narayanan's (inset) Valmiki released last week is truly a different film to hit the screens in recent times. The Tamil film on the life of a pickpocket is the director's......