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India, China Show Military Grit December 22, 2011   The latest defense dialogue between the Chinese and Indian militaries had some constructive ideas for improving military ties. Can they follow through? For all the tension generated by the last-minute cancellation of border talks at the Special Representatives level, India and…

Outside the Kremlin …and Inside waiting for the Press Conference to begin India and Russian flags One of the many Czars who ruled Russia Vladimir Lenin’s Musoleum, just outside the Kremlin Journos busy at work in the media center

December is proving to be a month of nostalgia. First Dev Anand’s passing away brought back several memories of what he meant to us when we were young and triggered a search for my old scrap books, clippings and photographs. Rummaging through an old steel trunk, I discovered a virtual…

India’s military establishment is finalizing plans to train thousands of Afghan Army officers. Will New Delhi secure a first movers’ advantage?     ‘Iran has Afghan Peace Role’ History’s Bleak Afghan Lesson Will India’s Military Revolt? Afghan Parliamentary Elections India’s Central Asia Soft Power On Monday, more than 85 nations…

  Dev Anand with Nutan in Tere Ghar ke Samne— my personal favourite   Pune city in the early 1980s was a movie-goers delight.    Some 37-38 theatres (now they are called cinema halls!!) spread across the city offered a rich menu of movies—English, contemporary Hindi films and the Hindi…