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Venkatesan Vembu
Venkatesan Vembu
  • China’s ‘dollar bark’ is worse than its bite
     - 2 years ago
    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.
  • Star-kaapi, anyone?
     - 2 years ago
    Coffee found itself at the centre of a religious war in the 16th century.
  • Imagine a world with easy visas on arrival…
     - 2 years ago
    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.
  • When Barkha Dutt joins Sun TV, it’s time to eat your noodles
     - 2 years ago
    10 over-the-top wishes for 2011 that could make it a sizzling year.
  • Tears, squeals and onion peels
     - 2 years ago
    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.
  • Big Business is a moth drawn to China’s flame
     - 2 years ago
    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.
  • 4 iPhone killer applications to make sense of Indian scams
     - 2 years ago
    Getting the low-down on scandals and scamsters would be a breeze with these applications.
  • Wen a neighbour comes calling…
     - 2 years ago
    India and China are counting on galloping trade to thaw bilateral relations, but it won’t be easy.
  • China’s might vs the power of an empty chair
     - 2 years ago
    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”.
  • Rahul Mao and Modi Zedong
     - 2 years ago
    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.

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