On Tuesday the 27th of October 2009, S.M. Krishna, Yang Jiechi and Sergei Lavrov had a tripartite meeting at Bangalore, India. The gentlemen mentioned are Foreign Affairs ministers, respectively of India, China and Russia. The meeting itself was given the fancy name ‘RIC’ for Russia, India and China. ‘RIC’ represents 20% of our earth’s land [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘People and Politics’
26/07/2009
INS ARIHANT, INDIAN NAVY FIRES A BROADSIDE
Hmmm… Whether you like it or not, India today launched her first indigenously built nuclear submarine, INS Arihant. For those who sneer at the Indians, the good news is that it will not be operational for another two years while it undergoes extensive tests in the Bay of Bengal off the port of Visakhapatnam, where [...]
26/10/2008
WHAT AILS INDIAN POLITICS
It is the second day of October again. The newspapers doggedly carry the same old monochrome pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and his trusted lieutenants. We see them conferring, marching with and speaking to the Indian Public. Carrying these pictures is an annual ritual rather reluctantly observed by the newspapers, losing a fortune in column centimetres [...]
Born and grown, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Educated at Model High School, Arts College and University College, all Trivandrum based. Have worked in Marketing, Teaching, Banking, Copy & Commercial Writing, Content Editing, Print Production, Advertising etc. Currently living in a small town in West Sussex, UK. Been chipping away on my first book of collected poems for the last twenty five years or so. The trouble is, more is chipped off than written ;-(
