Hindustan Times
The UPA was embarrassed when the proposal, first suggested by Rahul Gandhi, to confer constitutional status to lokpal was voted out by the Lok Sabha, but the Congress and the government may still be able to ride on the anti-corruption storm generated by Gandhian Anna Hazare. Read more
(53 votes, average: 3.15 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, assembly polls 2012, Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri, BJP, Harish Rawat, inside story, lokpal, Manipur chief minister Ibobi Singh, MMRDA ground, Punjab, Rahul Gandhi, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Ramlila ground, SAD, Shishir Gupta, Team Anna, UPA, Uttarakhand
National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently but he negotiates with Beijing in English. He is a pedigreed diplomat with roots in Kerala, but he is equally at ease with Punjabi aggressiveness in Delhi — including all the cuss words. Read more
(62 votes, average: 4.85 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing, Brajesh Mishra, china, Dalai Lama, Gulf of Aden, Hu Jintao, India, Mandarin Chinese, Manmohan Singh, MK Narayanan, National Security Advisor, ONGC, Shishir Gupta, Shiv Shankar Menon, South China Sea, Tibet, UPA government
For the record, the cancellation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s high profile official visit to Nepal and Myanmar next week was due to domestic compulsions or what has been described as economic and budgetary issues back in Beijing. Read more
(20 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Baburam Bhattarai, Beijing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Dalai Lama, hindustantimes, India-Nepal border, inside story, Irrawaddy River, Kathmandu, King Gyanendra, Myanmar, Nepal, New Delhi, Prachanda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, QTR, Raisina Hill, Shishir Gupta, Tibet, UPA
A decade ago on February 10, 2001, I was among the privileged few who were allowed to cross over on foot to a one horse border town named Tamu in Myanmar from Moreh outpost in Manipur along with then external affairs minister Jaswant Singh. Read more
(13 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Assam, Aung San Suu Kyi, china, Food Corporation of India, Hillary Clinton, India, Indian Border Roads Organisation, Jaswant Singh, Manipur, Mekong Ganga Economic Cooperation, Moreh outpost, Myanmar, Shishir Gupta, Tamu, Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyo road, Than Shwe, Thein Sein, Yangon
