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Ramayana weaves a trail across South and Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
Thailand calling
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 07/10/2019
» Anurag Gupta and his friends -- Kanan Tagger of Jammu, Mohit Thakur of Shimla, Shriyansh Gupta of Mumbai and Abhishek Sharma of New Delhi -- had only one destination in mind when they discussed a destination for a bachelor party.
Modi looks east
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/03/2018
» Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be bringing a long to-do list when he touches down in Thailand in early June. It includes joint defence manufacturing, cruise tourism, maritime transport, a possible "white shipping" agreement, highway transport via Myanmar, and strengthening of cultural links, among others.
Balancing the scales
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/09/2017
» Concerned about India's continuing trade deficit with Asean, parliamentarians are pressing the Delhi government to do more to lift exports and correct the imbalance.
Partnership paralysed
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/06/2017
» The negotiations between Asean and its six partners in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) seem to be going nowhere. The outlook has become so dim that experts fear that unless national leaders call for an end to some forms of protectionism to salvage the agreement, the final document may not yield substantive benefits or may end up leaving out a large market such as India.
India-Asean engagement deepening in 2017
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/03/2017
» India is preparing to help celebrate 25 years of relations with Asean in style with a plethora of meetings, summits, fashion shows, IT events and business fairs in the country and abroad throughout this year.
Thailand on front lines of tobacco control
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/11/2016
» Thailand has won praise from a United Nations conference on tobacco control for its success in fighting off legal challenges from the tobacco industry in the last two years.
Rama on the rise
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/08/2016
» It seems to be the season for exploration of all things Rama, the Hindu god and hero of the Ramayana (Ramakien in Thai), who vanquished the demon king Ravana to free his wife Sita from captivity.
India’s battle over beef
Business, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/11/2015
» The politics of cows and the huge depreciation of the Brazilian currency have threaten to scupper India’s efforts to increase beef exports to Southeast Asia and China and maintain its position as the largest supplier of beef in the world.
In the land of the Buddha
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/10/2015
» Greater Noida: Suttisa Lappermsap, 39, feels at home in her international research scholar hostel at Gautam Buddha University (GBU). Pursuing an MA at the School on Buddhist Studies & Civilisation, attached to GBU, sponsored by Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), Suttisa, a resident of Patum Thani, does not miss Thailand.