Hindustan Times
Unlike her husband and former US president Bill Clinton, who administrated a sugar coated pill to Indian Parliamentarians post-Pokhran on non-proliferation, CTBT and dialogue with Pakistan in March 2001, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton does not mince words or believe in diplomatic parlance of the bygone era. Read more
(26 votes, average: 4.54 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Filed under India, World · Tagged afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Cameron Munter, china, George Bush, Hafiz Saeed, Hillary Clinton, hindustan times, Iran, mamata banerjee, New Delhi, news, pakistan, US secretary of state, West Bengal
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
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
After driving at a snail’s pace on an axle breaking virtually non-existent mountain road from Gangtok, truth hits one hard at the windy 14,140 feet high Nathu La on the ancient silk route to Lhasa in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China. Read more
(31 votes, average: 4.16 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Shishir Gupta on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Filed under India, World · Tagged china, Daulat BegOldi, hindustan times, India, infrastructures, inside story, LAC, Line of Actual Control, Nathu La, news, Raisina Hill, Shishir Gupta, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, UPA
