The Economic Survey is the flagship annual document which we all look forward to. In the recent past, it has lived up to the expectation of being an indispensable guide on performance, challenges and prospects of the Indian economy
Conscience
Light up the wick of Conscience,
And the waiting lamp within,
Chisel Away
Does too much joy a sadness bring
Must there be little bits of everything,
Tears and Time and the Rivers
Rivers flow but they tell us no more
Where they come from , where they go,
Sermons, Soliloquys, are an awful Bore!
Since we don’t know why we are here
Let’s do what the the Heaven we like,
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Green, Brown, and the Autumn Leaves
Unlike flowers that have a name
Touched by light – a conjecture on how gravity and human thought maybe related
In late 1977, I was walking through a thick pine-grove in Gainesville, Florida, the USA when suddenly a thought came out of the blue that gravity and human thought may be related
India at heart of Quad and Indo-Pacific strategies
The importance attached by the US to the Indo-Pacific places India in an advantageous position, both in defence and economic sectors
Passions All
Nothing but ever lasts, friends
India and Bangladesh have a lot to gain by increased trade with each other
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have tremendous implications for India and Bangladesh because both nations are in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Modi's Bangladesh visit promises to be a potent mix of deliverables and symbolisms
Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi is slated to travel to Bangladesh on 26 March for what will be his second visit as PM to the neighbouring country
The Mirage Called, Reality
There is no smoke without a fire
The connectivity challenge: India, Japan working to link Northeast with Indo-Pacific
In their quest for a free and open Indo-Pacific, India and Japan will continue to make joint efforts to enhance connectivity, especially in India's northeast and Bangladesh, to cope with various challenges the region faces, Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki said
My Tree and I
Do the Trees, I often wonder
Wanderlust
Wandering is never a bad thing
A military commanders’ meet that was packed with significance
The idea to hold the Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) at Kevadia, Gujarat is packed with a significance which strikes those aware of India’s post-Independence history, which was swept under the carpet
Quad puts environment and climate on global front burner
The Quad meeting of leaders on March 12, 2021 has sprung a surprise. From what it has been earlier called - a 'four-member grouping', 'a loose coalition', an Asian NATO and even 'a security dialogue', the Quad has evolved into a robust construct after last week's meeting
What Is Beautiful?
‘Tell me what is beautiful, Mother
After Quad, will India, US resume trade talks?
Proposed talks on free trade agreement (FTA) between New Delhi and Washington is set to gather steam in the coming months as the Quad or the Quadrilateral group, which held its much-awaited meeting on Friday, indicated that the focus of the member countries, India, the US, Japan and Australia, will encompass economic co-operation besides strengthening security ties
