The Aam Admi (Common Man) Party’s victory is yet again a crying reminder that the people’s power and poll verdict remain the final and unequivocal arbiter of the
Tit-Bits The Internet and digital social networks have revolutionised old-style handling of political perception and some autocratic countries even see Internet-accelerated public perception as a powerful viral threat.
One would hope that Europe regained its composure since our economic interests are also at play in what is going on in Europe. The less they dither over
As in politics, so too in relations between countries: there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. These are so many that, as we regularly observe at UN
Narendra Modi has scripted a new paradigm for the largest democracy in the world. There has never been such a feel-good factor in India for a long time.
“The vicious circle of austerity is over” — Alexis Tsipras The stunning victory of the leftist party, SYRIZA led by youngish Mr Alexis Tsipras in the general elections
Seventeen persons, of different faiths and walks of life, were mowed down last week in France, triggering mass protests and unity marches in numerous places to condemn that
Todos somos americanos. We are all Americans is Barack Obama’s rallying call as he extended United States’ hand of friendship to Cuba. In a bold step he took
‘Politics should take up maybe a tenth corner of a good citizen’s life. The rest (of life) should be philosophy, friendship, romance, family, culture, and fun’ — David
Majorities and minorities in legislatures are not all there is to it when it comes to determining a country’s progress Voters in Mauritius are caught up these days
A famous British mountaineer, George Mallory, died in his third attempt to climb Mount Everest in June 1924, and his frozen, well-preserved body was only discovered in 1999.
BRICS: Emerging Economies on the world stage The term “BRICS” was coined in 2001 by economist Jim O’Neill in his publication “Building Better Global Economic BRICs”. Brazil, Russia,
