India’s new untouchables: Marx, Engels
April 18, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
A quarter century after the Russians gave communism the boot, the Indian state of Paschim Banga has decided to purge Bolshevism from school history books. But a billion Indians sill are fed other varieties of phony history
Foreign hand: How big a threat is it?
April 2, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha
Virtually everyone has rubbished Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s claim that the “foreign hand” is working against India’s interests. And yet India is a hive of intelligence activity, as foreign powers vie for influence in New Delhi.
How India brought down the US’ supersonic man
January 17, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Chuck Yeager is an American icon and will go down in history as the first man to break the sound barrier. But during the 1971 War, when an Indian pilot shot his personal aircraft, the air ace lost his cool, and demanded retaliation against India.
1971 War: How Russia sank Nixon’s gunboat diplomacy
December 20, 2011 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Exactly 40 years ago, India won a famous victory over Pakistan due to its brilliant soldiers, an unwavering political leadership, and strong diplomatic support from Moscow. Less well known is Russia’s power play that prevented a joint British-America
The Czar is Back - But why is the West worried?
December 5, 2011 Rakesh Krishnan Simha
Vladimir Putin is the man the West loves to hate. There is such a huge industry of commentators, leaders and media people so completely obsessed with the return of the Russian leader as President that the gravity defying jobless rate in the West woul
