PRIYADARSHI DUTTA

China’s ‘capitalism’ weighs heavy

India’s import basket from China is heavily laden with capital goods. This segment, unlike consumer durables, does not render itself…

3 years ago

A battle to save democracy?

The famous Inchon landing by US marines 70 years ago this week marked the United States joining the ‘battle for…

5 years ago

For China, map is not the territory

Beijing has always valued actual control on ground more than legal and historical credentials of its frontiers. As a result…

5 years ago

What led to the eclipse of Sanskrit?

The Sanskrit Week (2-8 August) is being celebrated, though mostly online, this year. Circa 1290 AD (Saka 1212), a teenaged…

5 years ago

How Nehru gave Tibet on a platter to Mao

On 31 October, 1950 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel celebrated in last birthday. His mind, however, was occupied with reports of China’s…

5 years ago

The man who triggered Hindu resurgence in West Bengal

Tapan Ghosh’s fame shot up in 2008 when he founded ‘Hindu Samhati’ to fight Islamist aggression in West Bengal, thereby…

5 years ago

Great Wall against democracy must go

One-party rule has become anachronistic. China no longer has a justification to firewall democracy, 70 years after the People’s Republic…

5 years ago

China’s ‘capitalism’ weighs heavy

India’s import basket from China is heavily laden with capital goods. This segment, unlike consumer durables, does not render itself…

5 years ago

The post-colonial problem of elephantine proportions

The latter half of the 20th century exerted great pressure on the natural habitat of Asian jumbos. Both elephants and…

5 years ago

Do we need a new Parliament complex?

It would be best not to commission a new and larger Parliament building without anticipating the consequences of a drastically…

5 years ago