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Looks like INDIA has been caught in a zugzwang. Whatever they do is getting them in a worse position than they were in before making the move. They thought they got a good acronym for a name, but now the rest of us say, INDIA is falling apart. Their Prince Charming thought that instead of spending his winter evenings in Delhi having chai-pakodas and feeding his Pidi, he should ride out to reconnoitre the field, and rouse his troops for the poll battle. Now allies are blaming him for going on a joyride when he should have been in the war-room crafting strategies.
But why pick a chess term to describe political parties’ pre-poll predicament? It is just that our treasurer Nirmala Sitharaman gave me some food for chess thoughts in her budget speech. Hailing the prodigy Praggnanandhaa who nearly checkmated world champion Magnus Carlsen, she proudly claimed “today India has over 80 chess grandmasters compared to little over 20 in 2010.”
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 18, 2024 من THE WEEK India.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 18, 2024 من THE WEEK India.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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Neighbours With Benefits
There has never been a better time to pursue a trade deal with China
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Shabbats in 10 Downing Street
Diwali lamps are out, Shabbat candles are in— at 10 Downing Street.
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Are the Brits racist or are we?
While an Indian-origin UK PM has lost his premiership, in the emerging line-up for his succession as leader of the Tory party are two ladies of Indian origin-Suella Braverman and Priti Patel and two contenders of African heritage, James Cleverly and Kemi Badenoch. There appears to be only one aspirant of indubitably British origin, Tom Tugendhat.
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Stories by saris
I had a Hindu-Muslim wedding more than 20 years ago.
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Copy editors, Oxford commas and other pestilences
SOMEONE TOLD ME years ago that J.K. Rowling, author of all that Harry Potter nonsense, had her first manuscript rejected eleventy-six times before becoming a sensational bestseller.
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TOUCH OF THE DUTCH
Chef Jacob Jan Boerma wants a Michelin starred restaurant in India
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The unique Anant Ambani
Anant Ambani, 29-Mukesh and Nita Ambani's youngest child and second son-may turn out to be the most googled man in India when he ties the knot with Radhika Merchant.
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The fact that we humans can break any tyranny is beautiful
A journalist reporting from conflict zones for The Times London, Paul Pickering turned novelist to tell the story of Josef Mengele, the 'Angel of Death' at Auschwitz, whom he met in Paraguay.
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RACE TO THE FUTURE
China and India aim at reducing STI interdependency risks and enhancing industrial performance through investments
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PRECIOUS FREEDOMS
There is little comparison with China on civil liberties. But India could heed the lessons