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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Venkatesan Vembu
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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...

Over 20-plus years, Venky worked in The Indian Express, Frontline newsmagazine, and Outlook Money, before joining DNA ahead of its launch. Additionally, he has been published, at various times, in, among other publications, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Outlook, and Outlook Traveller.

From his current station in Hong Kong, where he is frequently (and quite inexplicably) mistaken for the bumbling movie character Mr Bean, Venky endeavours to convey through his despatches the dramatic changes that are sweeping across the East Asian region and the glacial but steady Asia-ward shift in the geopolitical and economic centre of gravity.

When he is not scrambling to meet manic deadlines for his contributions across the different sections of DNA, Venky overdoses on Zhang Yimou movies - and struggles valiantly with the tonal complexities of the Chinese language.

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Bend it like Obama

The entire duration of his week-long tour to Asia was given over to projecting, that under his watch, the US wouldn’t conduct itself as a ‘beat cop’ policing the neighbourhood.
November 20, 2009

Before his Asia trip Obama should see 2012

As US president Barack Obama prepares for his maiden visit to Asia this week, his policy advisers are sure to thrust position papers, talking point memos and speeches into his hands.
November 10, 2009

‘Superpoor’ India

A true superpower is one that doesn’t have to claim it’s one.
November 6, 2009

Triple your money! ‘China’s Nasdaq’ fires big

Market madness roared into Shenzhen in southern China on Friday, when the country’s newest stock market board for innovative start-ups and small businesses opened for listing.
October 31, 2009

China is the new bogeyman of the markets

There was a time, not long ago, when making money on the Indian stock market was a piece of cake.
October 27, 2009

The Red Eye flashes

In recent months, barely a week has passed by without some grave militarist or political provocation by China directed at India.
October 23, 2009

Dollar bears are misleading the world

Last week, the global currency markets were rattled by the detonation of what some analysts saw as a monetary nuclear bomb of cosmic proportions.
October 13, 2009

Is Obama really India’s friend?

Under Obama, the Indo-US relationship is perhaps adrift.
October 12, 2009

From afar, a red eye glows

Is India on the wrong side of an emerging Asian détente?
October 12, 2009

The taming of the US

The powerful symbolism of Obama’s genuflection to China.
October 9, 2009

A new China is born

Chinese leaders are in general dour-faced men given to making mind-numbingly tedious speeches about “harmonious society” and “scientific development”.
October 4, 2009

At 60, life begins anew for China

Over these 60 years, which mark a full cycle in the Chinese calendar, China has undergone a mind-bending transformation
September 29, 2009

Slay this dragon!

The dragon, as perceived in Western mythology (which we’ve assimilated unthinkingly), serves adequately as a visual metaphor for a country that — in the popular perception — “breathes fire”.
September 25, 2009
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