INDIA-US sign crucial pact

At the 2+2 talks held here in New Delhi between the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries India and United States Signed a crucial military pact named COMCASA  which stands for “Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement”. The pact was signed after India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman met their US counterparts, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim … Continue reading INDIA-US sign crucial pact

KIMCHI AND MASALA

A lowdown, on India’s view of the Korean peninsula. Its historical underpinnings and the latest churning, their impacts and possibilities.

At the outset this piece may seem a fusion foodies paradise to have the most popular Korean export and the famous Indian spices, But the ambit is far wider and seeks to look upon the latest churning going on in the Korean peninsula, its larger global implications for the world as a whole,  East Asia in general and India in particular. Continue reading KIMCHI AND MASALA