|
|
Venkatesan Vembu
Venkatesan 'Venky' Vembu attained his first Fifteen Minutes of Fame in 1984, on the threshold of his career, when paparazzi pictures of him with Maneka Gandhi were splashed in the world media under the mischievous tag 'International Affairs'. But that's a story he's saving up for his memoirs... |
 | | Venkatesan Vembu |
|
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Ahead of a black-tie state banquet being hosted in his honour by US President Barack Obama later today, Chinese President Hu Jintao has ‘thanked’ his host by dropping a rhetorical low-yield thermonuclear device on the front lawns of the White House. Read the entire column »
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
In an earlier era, Indians applying for visas to countries in the developed West would queue up on the roads outside embassies or consulates overnight to get their foot in at the door and beat the daily visa quota. Read the entire column »
Saturday, December 25, 2010
The onion’s centrality in the political discourse has also been reinforced by the upsurge in the volume of political commentaries revolving around the aromatic plant. Read the entire column »
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Given the strained relationship of the past 50 years between India and China, nobody will ever go bankrupt betting against a dramatic reconciliation or an overnight diplomatic détente between the two Asian giants. Read the entire column »
Friday, December 17, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
India and China are counting on galloping trade to thaw bilateral relations, but it won’t be easy. Read the entire column »
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Chinese scholar and campaigner for democracy and human rights, Liu Xiaobo, is serving time in a Chinese jail after being pronounced guilty of “inciting subversion of state power”. Read the entire column »
Friday, December 3, 2010
It is hard for anyone but the most fawning supporters of Congress dynastic politics to fathom precisely what distinctive skills Rahul Gandhi has that qualifies him for anointment as the prime minister-in-waiting. Read the entire column »
 |
Archive page 1 of 19 |
 |
|
|
C
|
