Exactly one year ago, India and China announced the end of a 73-day standoff between troops from both sides at the tri-junction of Bhutan, India and China. Since then, many developments have taken place—on political, diplomatic and military fronts. Our Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale brings you the background and the subsequent events.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
Moscow saw a rare confluence. CIA Director Ratcliffe to warn Putin, Vatican Foreign Minister Gallagher to stop Ukraine war, Indian Foreign Minister with a special message from PM Modi. Meanwhile Russia has destroyed "90% Warehouses" in Ukraine.
