A frosty namaste and some extraordinarily harsh tongue-lashing is what Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received during his two-day visit to India, the first by his country’s foreign minister in 12 years.
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No expectations of bilateral meeting between India and Pakistan during Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s visit
As the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries, including Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, meet in Goa on May 4 and 5, there are no expectations of any significant bilateral engagement between India and Pakistan on the sidelines.
Congressman Ro Khanna: Focus on unifying issues, not Hinduphobia
Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna has urged those among the Indian diaspora who have been raising the bogey of growing “Hinduphobia” lately, to focus on unifying issues.
Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav passes away at 75
Former Union Minister and veteran socialist leader from Bihar Sharad Yadav passed away on late Thursday evening at the age of 75 after a prolonged illness.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A right-of-center pluralist with a firmly Hindu worldview
Mayank Chhaya- As India marks former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 97th birth anniversary on December 25, he ought to be viewed as one of the finest practitioners of India’s enlightened pluralism as embedded in its ancient civilization rather than an obligation as mandated by the constitution of a young nation-state. He died on August […]
India and the world miss this amazing man
One of his fans remembers Atal Bihari Vajpayee I grew up as a kid in 60s and 70’s hearing my father praise Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was then president of the Jan Sangh (which later evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party). We would read about Vajpayee in newspapers and discuss how he […]
‘He was humble, friendly and curious’
Atal Bihari Vajpayee earned a lot of respect in the United States Ritu Jha Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India’s 10th prime minister, who died August 16 at the age of 93, had a lot of fans in the US, including intellectuals and community leaders. “He was an intellectual person. He was committed to kind of […]