Hindustan Times
(A shorter version of this article appeared in HT on April 29.)
The author of the Mandarin book India that you may not know pointed to the glass and steel skyscrapers looming in Beijing’s version of Nariman Point as he narrated his government’s eye-popping encounter with infotech in its competitive neighbour. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Filed under China, Rest of Asia · Tagged A B Vajpayee, Beijing, China, Chinese dynasty, elephant, Ganesha, Hindi, India that you may not know, India’s caste system, infotech, Nariman Point, Rising India, Taj Mahal
An English newspaper affiliated to the Communist Party of China’s mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, has a fascination for polls. The website of the Global Times is asking readers — until November 2010 — ‘which country or region do you think is the most dangerous?’
When I checked on Sunday morning, India with 8.5 per cent votes was more dangerous than North Korea and just one percentage ahead of the closed East Asian state. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Filed under China · Tagged biryani, Communist Party of China, Global Times, iftaar, india culture center, People’s Daily, strained relations, Taj Mahal
At this time last year I was on a flight from Mumbai where I had spent six years, to Beijing where I had spent six days on a previous recce trip.
I have now lived in China for one year, a year that seemed very long on my own in 21M. I like to think that the M in my apartment number stands for Mumbai and suburban Malad where I used to live. My only friend in this 42-storey apartment is a young professional migrant from Mumbai. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Arabian Sea, Beijing, Chennai, China, Great Wall of China, Indians, Malad, Marine Drive, Mumbai, shanghai, Taj Mahal
