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Trade trouble: GSP loss sours India-US relations
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/06/2019
» When Ajay Thakur heard that India would be losing preferential trade treatment from the United States under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), he took the bad news in stride.
Kashmir calculation
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/03/2019
» Air strikes by India on alleged terror bases in Pakistan last month may not have hit their targets as claimed, but they have added to the pressure that was already mounting on Islamabad to deal decisively on militants operating from its soil.
Ghost tourism
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/06/2018
» One evening last December, Swayam Tiwari was looking for the sepulchre of John Nicholson in a Christian cemetery in old Delhi.
All religions under one roof in hospital prayer room
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/02/2018
» Every time Prakash Singh gets stressed about the condition of his brother-in-law Harbansh Singh, he leaves the visitors' waiting area in the hospital and goes into a prayer room where he can share his feelings with Waheguru (God).
Epic attraction
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 18/09/2017
» Anakagung Susila Panji believes it is inappropriate to connect the Ramayana with religion. The head of Wiraga Sandhi, an Indonesian dance troupe currently performing different episodes of the Hindu epic across India, he works with Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Christian performers. Most of the 300 artists belonging to the group back home on Indonesia are Muslims.
Cold war in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/04/2017
» As the sun begins to scorch the earth and demand for cold foods and drinks is on the rise in India, a cold war has broken out between companies manufacturing ice creams and frozen desserts.
Tata tumbles down brand table after bruising conflict
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/02/2017
» For the first time since 2007, Tata Group does not figure among the top 100 brands in the world.
Tata in turmoil
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» The coup-like ouster of Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and the subsequent slugfest between him and predecessor Ratan Tata has opened a huge can of worms in India.
India's citizenship debate
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/09/2016
» Ramchandra Gadgad recalls how he had to pay three or four times the price of a cup of tea that ordinarily cost the equivalent of six baht for other patrons of stalls in and around his town.
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.