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Why this unique grouping of India, Brazil and South Africa must be revitalised
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Foreign policy in Indian elections
The Indian elections 2019, being conducted over seven phases, reaffirm all the values electoral democracy stands for, but this time, it has also become a referendum on Prime Minister Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party which had won a clear majority in 2014. Outcomes are therefore unpredictable
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Getting back on track
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to India helped further strengthen bilateral ties. The presence of a South African president at the Republic Day parade was especially pertinent, as this year is the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a common hero to both countries
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India must build the capacity to make its G20 presidency in the future a success
Our Director of Research, Akshay Mathur provides his views on India’s G20 presidency in 2022 in an op-ed for The Indian Express. Read the full article here.
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A Continent’s Heart Beckons
India’s engagement with Africa is admirable, but its scale has to be widened further
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Colombo’s perceptions
A delegation of experts visiting Sri Lanka last month found that while the smaller nation needs to engage with India, it feels dwarfed by it. Its resistance to India’s overtures has to be seen as a part of its assertion of independence and self-identity
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A futuristic agenda for India & Canada
Manjeet Kripalani and Sameer Patil’s article, “A futuristic agenda for India & Canada”, was republished in Young Bhartiya. Read the full article here.
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It’s time to take India-Canada ties out of the US’s shadow
Manjeet Kripalani and Sameer Patil’s article, “A futuristic agenda for India & Canada”, was republished in Quartz India. Read the full article here.
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What India’s love for a World War II-era motorbike says about its millennials
Mark Hannant’s article, “India’s millennial moment”, was republished in Quartz India. Read the full article here.
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Train To Tibet
The romance of the Sky Train—which runs 3,757 km and connects Lhasa to Beijing—lies in the stark beauty of the Roof of the World, an ancient land long closed to the public and foreign gaze as also in the modern engineering of the railroad and the train