World

I'm a little puzzled about China. In spite of the fact that the country's leaders look wrinkly and ancient, they behave like brats.

Part of the summer this year was spent in Samarqand, the city of fruits. The apricot here is no longer worth its weight in gold.

French ballet creates a classical love tangle with Rajasthani puppets Hitesh Kanwar Jaipur

A recent World Bank report points out that adverse perceptions about entrenched corruption and law and order are among the major bottlenecks for the development of UP Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow

Post-Obama, Syria wants an end to the international isolation enforced by the Bush administration Shubha Singh Damascus

Indians are mingling with Pakistanis to find out “what is happening inside”. On hindsight, Pakistanis seemed to have greater understanding. They talk about Indian interference in Balochistan and resumption of composite dialogue Sanjay Kapoor Sharm-El-Sheikh

It is now only a question of time before the demand for the reunification of all their people becomes a rallying call for the Pashtun nation across the artificial, colonial Afghan border Mohan Guruswamy Delhi

Now that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s infinite wisdom has put Balochistan on the agenda, let’s talk self-determination Mohan Guruswamy Delhi

Presence of nuclear weapon in the hands of Islamabad would restrain US and India from looking at options of splitting a country that is rapidly fraying at the margin. Sanjay Kapoor Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt)/Delhi

If we listen to this babble of voices whose sole aim seems to be to present their own country’s case as better than the other’s, we’ll never get anywhere. There is an old saying in our part of the world, ‘Taali dono haatho se bajti hai’ — it takes two hands to clap