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While political &trade negotiations may hit roadblocks, this quieter counter-narrative -of pilgrims, innovators, tech users, and wanderers—needs to be recognised more. It may not fix every trade rift, tension, but it creates fertile ground for deeper cooperation, shared purpose
The lighter side of #Cambodia, currently in the news, and #cricket, perennially in the news. This is also a luminous marker of the lighter side of insomnia and the attempt to declutter my room. This was written in 2005, 20 years ago.
One of the weirder things I am seeing my social media feed is that the 'Falang' (Western Expats in Thailand) and the 'Barang' (Western Expats in Cambodia) seem to be some of the most jingoistic, falling in line with whichever country they live in.
Nimisha Priya case: Death sentence of Indian nurse cancelled in Yemen; Grand Mufti’s office confirms breakthrough timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nimisha-…
JOINT PRESS RELEASE ON THE SPECIAL MEETING HOSTED BY MALAYSIA TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT SITUATION BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND
The Bangkok Post has implemented temporary country-based access restrictions on its Facebook page in response to a coordinated cyberattack believed to originate from Cambodia. The Post’s Facebook page was targeted by what appeared to be an information operation (IO), with…
Thailand and Cambodia will enter into an unconditional ceasefire starting at midnight on Monday, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced. "Both Cambodia and Thailand reached a common understanding as follows: One, an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with…
This is smart. Put out a press statement acknowledging every one who gave advice and then spell out what you are going to do. Also brilliantly preempts subsequent statements by self-appointed peace makers who may want to grab credit. Being part of a regional network helps.
Slow poisoning of gau mata...
Having been in senior leadership roles at Vistara and Oberoi Hotels, I am well aware and proud of the "world class India". We can be the best if we want to be! For this we need to not accept the status quo. We need to benchmark the best, and demand more, better from ourselves!
Ouch! In many countries, you would get sued by your 'driver' for saying this and legitimately so.
“The Indigo sandwich is so horrible and tasteless, I don’t think it is fit for human consumption, so I give it to my Driver to consume”
India’s credit card economy,symbol of growing consumer confidence, digital empowerment, is showing some signs of strain. Credit card delinquencies in the 91–360 days overdue category have soared by a staggering 44.34 % over the past yr, reaching Rs 33,886.5 crore as of March 2025
While we debate laban vs noon, and which dialect of Bengali is spoken by whom and where and why, here is something to chew on. Tucked away in the business pages. indianexpress.com/article/busine…. What does it tell us?
While we debate laban vs noon, and which dialect of Bengali is spoken by whom and where and why, here is something to chew on. Tucked away in the business pages. indianexpress.com/article/busine…. What does it tell us?
Male nurse sedates patient, sexually assaults her in UP hospital ICU, held indianexpress.com/article/cities…
VIDEO | Kerala: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a four-day education conclave in Kochi said, “Bharat is a proper noun and should not be translated. ‘India, that is Bharat’ is a truth, but Bharat is Bharat and that’s why, in our conversations, writing, and public discourse, we should…
There was even an Air India aircraft called Rajaraja Chola, way back in the 1980s.
Apparently no one discovered the Cholas till yesterday
India's demographic dividend?
I pass class 10 in 1997, icse board. And i had no chaoters on cholas, pandyas, shivaji maharaj. Nothing.