Hindustan Times
The remarkable decline of Britain in the average Indians’ consciousness over the past half century is quite dramatic. It is not based on any hostility to Britain. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.55 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 12:19 am
Filed under World · Tagged 1948 British Nationality Act, Britain, Commonwealth, emigration, HINDUSTAN Times, immigration, Labour Force Surveys, Margaret Thatcher, migration, news, tabula rasa
(An informal remembrance of the Indo-Pak foreign ministers’ meeting in Islamabad on July 15)
1. Press conference scheduled for noon is suddenly put off. Oooh. Something big in offing. I’m asked if I would like to ask the sixth and last question of the Q and A. I say aye. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 1:19 am
Filed under World · Tagged Balochistan, Deadlock, HINDUSTAN Times, kashmir, Krishna, news, Pakistan Foreign Ministry, Qureshi, stalemate
World football is globalised and inequal. The first is now countering the second. A score or two articles appear every World Cup to see if the football world has any lessons for globalisation in general. Read more
(3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 9, 2010 at 12:40 am
Filed under World · Tagged Africa, Club class, England, Euro-dilution, European economies, fifa, football, germany, globalisation, Glocal World Cup, glocalisation, Italy, Nationalism inversion, soccer, Spain, sports, Uruguay
One provides IT services, the other footballs. And so are their economic futures defined.
The two biggest South Asian countries share at least one thing: they both stink at football. But they have a presence at the South Africa World Cup. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 12:59 am
Filed under World · Tagged child labour, economic fortunes, fifa 2010, HINDUSTAN Times, India, IT-enabled services, Jabulanis, machine-made footballs, Mahindra Satyam, news, pakistan, Pakistan's football makers, Tango balls, Telstar, World Cup
