More On Nannygate
There are complex historical reasons for India’s outrage over the recent arrest of one of its diplomats. Read Here – The Diplomat
Tag: India
Reinventing Politics In India
Indian democracy took a turn toward ancient Athens this week after the Aam Aadmi Party (“Common Man’s Party”) went to the people a second time in an attempt to resolve a political dilemma. Read Here – Bloomberg
Eyeing Karzai
Afghans are afraid of the country reverting to anarchy; an overwhelming majority of the people, including Pashtuns, feel that the residual presence of U.S. and NATO forces after 2014 is essential for the stability of the country. Read Here – The Hindu
Nannygate Troubles
The diplomatic row over the arrest and strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by U.S. law enforcement officers has built to a genuine crisis in bilateral relations. The dispute threatens to derail a decade of hard work at the foundation of the India–US “strategic partnership.” Read Here – The National Interest
Why Are Indian Leaders So Old?
How many Indian Prime Ministers have been born in independent India? If you said “none so far,” you’re right. Read Here – The Diplomat
Kerry Calls As India-US Row Over Diplomat Deepens
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his regret toIndia over the arrest and strip-search of a consular official inNew York, as the top American diplomat sought to calm a deepening row over the incident. Read Here – Bloomberg
Tibet’s Reality
From nearly any point in Lhasa, capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, you can see at least two police checkpoints. Read Here – The Atlantic
The World As It Was in 2013
Silvio Berlusconi is out and Angela Merkel was reelected. Nelson Mandela and Hugo Chavez passed away. Fidel Castro didn’t. People took to the streets in Kiev and Bangkok, Cairo and Khartoum. The president of Syria ignored Barack Obama’s red line and used chemical weapons, while Iran was willing to engage in negotiations with the United […]
Nanny Scandal Tests India-U.S. Ties
There’s a major diplomatic rift developing between the United States and India over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York for underpaying her nanny. Read Here – Slate
The Indian Volcano
Multiple Indias have always existed in Gandhi’s land of 700,000 villages, but never perhaps in such proximity or with such access to one another, a rising class of conspicuous consumers hoisted through a decade of now faltering growth hard by villages where unemployed men dim boredom with alcohol. Read Here – New York Times
looking beyond borders 