Richard Rossow is an old India hand. From his perch at the CSIS in Washington DC, he told Strategic News International that Donald Trump could come down hard on India on the issue of trade. He said the waiver on buying Iranian crude was not the last word on the subject and the two capitals had divergent views on the Quad and the Indo Pacific.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
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.
