My time in Pondicherry has come to an abrupt end [Read: Pondicherry – First Impressions]. Like always, chaos deemed superior and I had to return to Bombay after only five and a half very eventful months. The how and why isn’t very important and the details are borderline boring. Since I’ve always been told that
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Full transcript of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s interview to The Hindu You were in New Delhi recently for the high-level talks on fisheries. The Sri Lankan side has termed the outcome positive and successful. Has India agreed to ban bottom trawling? The discussion we had in New Delhi last weekend with the Minister
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A photograph of U.S. Presidential-elect Donald Trump is displayed by activists belonging to ‘Hindu Sena’ in New Delhi on Wednesday. Pakistanis fear the business magnate will forge closer ties with their arch-rival India and not be so favourably poised towards their country. Donald Trump’s surprise election as the 45th United States President has Pakistanis wary
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October 31, 2016 by Santosh Baynes What applicants are looking for about the Fellowship Interested in joining the IndianRaga Fellowship programme? Wondering where to start, and looking for insight from fellows on the programme? Read on… My name is Santosh Baynes, and I’ve been part of the IndianRaga Fellowship 2016 programme,
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sacked Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid for the “lapse” on his part to stop a “false” report on a rift between the government and the powerful army from being published in national interest, a senior minister said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference a day after Mr. Rashid was fired by
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With Islamic State claiming responsibility for the police academy attack in Pakistan’s Quetta on Monday, is IS firmly in position in the Indian subcontinent or Khorasan as it terms the region? In an interview to The Hindu , Islamic State expert, Amarnath Amarsingam, a Fellow of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism in the US,
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The Prevention of Terrorism Act was enacted in 1979, under President J.R. Jayawardene, primarily to crush the emerging armed struggle of Tamil youth. — THE HINDU PHOTO ARCHIVES Even as Sri Lanka drafts a new law to counter terrorism, human rights activists and lawyers here fear it might be worse than the Prevention of Terrorism
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Anil Kumar, the Democratic congressional candidate for Michigan, who has attracted support from both Indian and Pakistani community members. Photo: Facebook Rabab Quamar was one of the three volunteers on shift on Monday afternoon, canvassing voters over the phone at the Democratic Party campaign office on the outskirts of the city, which is considered the
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At the previous season of Lakme Fashion Week a designer’s PR manager politely asked me, “can plus size ever become socially acceptable and mainstream? Can plus size be aspirational?” One would assume, with India finally having its first ever plus size fashion show such questions would be a thing of the past. No such luck!
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There was something of a different flavour at Startup Victoria‘s pitch night for September — including the new beverage sponsors! — which may have been helped by the large crowd, and the more polished presentations (judging by the feedback). I will comment on each pitch in order of appearance: Studio Ninja is described as Client
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