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I agree in this age of instant gratification, it's difficult to appreciate path breaking knowledge. We simply lack the patience for it.

Software development done in offshore centers undergo rigorous testing, on condition and parameters set by the client. They under go further testing and calibration at the client side before reaching production. If software is to be blamed, then Boeing needs to take the blame. But then when...

Historically speaking all path breaking thoughts have emerged from thinkers who have been universally acclaimed as elites. The progressive thinker, due to the very nature of his thought process, excludes himself from 'common' thinking and seeks to elevate his thought to higher plane and in doing...

Seen from our angle, Iran has signed the NPT, adhered to the rules of the JCPOA agreement. America on the other hand has unilaterally withdrawn from the deal, imposed unfair sanctions on Iran, threatens to sanction other countries trading with Iran, yet we are to believe Iran is equally...

I'm not just talking about Indian govt response. Look at the general opinion. Here we are assigning blame on Iran or holding them equally responsible, when clearly Iran decided to stick to multilateral nuclear deal, despite US unilateral withdrawal. We are parroting US allegations on the...

Not just SEA there are huge opportunities opening up in Africa and Latin America. But our diplomatic corp is hugely understaffed (and at times underqualified) to carry-on multi pronged engagements. It's variously estimated that our foreign service is 1/10 the size of its Chinese counterpart. We...

Take for instance the ongoing tensions between US and Iran. The general sense one gets, if one survey Indian electronic and print media, is that Iran is responsible for the ratcheting up of the tension and US is somehow trying to bring order. However we know that US is solely responsible for the...

Independent perspective is mostly a fiction. Forget about China or any other country, how much of our own opinions about India, her history, society, religion and other facets are result of western schooling. I certainly don't mind if Indian and western (mostly US) strategic paradigms, regarding...

Precisely and invariably this also reflects their national self confidence. I believe we need to start reflecting on Chinese development from a fresh perspective and with less western induced bias.

The opinions displayed in the video reflects the diversity of opinions that exist on India among Chinese. One individual refers to the BRIC and thinks Chinese subconsciously see India as a rival, the other girl thinks Indians are unhygienic because they eat using their hand. So on hand you deep...

China is today a remarkably welcoming society. At any rate they receive more visitors than us and sends out more tourists than anyone. Language barrier will be a spoiler, but I don’t see any reason for lack of people to people contact. However I don't place much premium on such interactions...

I'm sorry I didn't understand, what can be done by people to people contact?

Nehru's dual faced diplomacy is what the Chinese call Indian ambivalennce or insincerity in its China policy. Unfortunately all govt, post Nehru have retained this ambivalence. Can you imagine the position of the the foreign office team, when Chinese counter our charge of Chinese insincerity, by...

Such irritants will remain until there is comprehensive peace and friendship, which I don't foresee in near future. However we should try not adding any irritants and see how Chinese respond. If China is willing to a step forward let's move along and see where it leads. If it leads to nothing...

And if we make deft moves we can take advantage of access to worlds two largest economies. One thing is certain neither China nor US will pave the path for india to become a great power. We don't necessarily have to be with both of them, nor should we be openly against them.

It was poor tactic to concede on recognizing Tibet while not forcing reciprocity in at least Arunachal pradesh. Anyway we can set aside disagreements on one side and forge ahead on aspects where agreement converge.

No nation acts against another's interest, they all act in their own interest. India should too. If India has chosen itself to geopolitically handcuffed to Pakistan, neither China nor US are responsible for it. We need to de-hyphenate ourselves from Pakistan and expand our horizon. The ledger...

We Host the govt in exile for a province which GoI itself recognizes as part of China... We both have trodden each other's toes. We need to look beyond this.

This same US had blocked cryogenic engine sale to India, continues to forestall talks on reforming the UNSC and arms pakistan to the teeth. Transactional diplomacy has its place, but it should not foreshadow our strategic vision. India understands US penchant for disregarding Indian interest...

We need to be realistic about our assessment of China. It won't serve any strategic purpose to close the door on possibility of cooperation with China. Issues like Azhar are not serious enough to burn bridges with China, on the other hand strategic and diplomatic windfall from cooperation could...