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Singapore: The battle that changed Asia

February 20, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha
Exactly seventy years ago the Japanese overran Britain’s ‘Impregnable Fortress’ of Singapore, unleashing forces that dramatically changed the map of Asia.

A little piece of Russia in Mumbai

February 20, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran
Since 1975, the Russian Centre for Science and Culture has been a landmark in Mumbai, with ballet classes, impressive library and a film club offering free screenings of Russian films.

The politics and arrogance of British aid to India

February 10, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha
Despite being officially told to keep its ‘peanuts’, London wants to continue ‘aid’ to India for entirely selfish reasons.

Dealing with the friendly neighbourhood policeman

February 9, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran
Having your documents in order and knowing the registration and visa laws help to be on good terms with Russian police.

A night alone in the Ussuriski taiga

February 9, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran
Trekking a 1 km high mountain near the Russia-China border, spending a chilly night alone in the taiga forest, and later being interrogated by FSB (former KGB) on the suspicion of spying – it was a very special week-end.

Rafale: Why it is the last plane standing

February 3, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha
Big-ticket defence deals are rarely based on technical merit alone. The French-built Rafale isn’t the first – nor will it be the last – aircraft to be picked for geopolitical or strategic reasons.

Tablet wars - India's Adam takes a bite of Apple's ipad

January 27, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Led by a small Indian start-up founded by a bunch of college kids, Indian companies are taking on the global giants in the tablet computer market.

Target Iran: The morality of killing nuclear scientists

January 20, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
The serial murder of Iranian nuclear scientists is a pointer to the West’s moral compass. It is also a sign of desperation and double standards.

Stereotyping Russian women? India needs to rethink...

January 20, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
The reported instruction by India’s foreign office to its missions in the region to filter out potential sex workers threatens to revive distorting stereotypes and could deter female visitors from coming to this country.

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.

Beyond Goa: Far Eastern Russians look at the lesser travelled path

January 17, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran
Russians, particularly those in the Far East, are famous for their sense of adventure. They keep off the tourist track and discover real India.

Post New Year break, Russia faces the January blues

January 11, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran, RIR
It is against the Russia’s labour code to make an employee work between December 31 and January 10. While the holidays are a wonderful time for toasts and social gatherings, getting back into the work groove tends be a real challenge.

'अर्थ की तलाश में आदमी'

December 28, 2011 Sasha Gordeeva
कैदियों की मानसिकता को लेकर लेखक ने अपने पाठकों को मानसिक विश्लेषण की अपनी नई पद्धति 'लोगोथैरेपी' से परिचित करने का प्रयास किया है. लोगोथैरेपी का तात्पर्य है मनुष्य के जीवन को सार्थक करना.

Five things we never thanked the Soviet Union for

December 22, 2011 Aanchal Anand
Women’s right to vote and weekends are just a couple of things that we owe the USSR

Anti-thesis – Gorbachev and Churchill

December 21, 2011 Aanchal Anand, specially for RIR
Gorbachev and Churchill were not contemporaries but if you switched their places in history, India may never have suffered a partition and the Soviet Union may never have collapsed

Gita row: Is there a hidden agenda? In the name of Gita, don’t spoil India-Russia relations

December 20, 2011 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
Right after the visit of Manmohan Singh to Russia, media reports on the Tomsk prosecutors’ move to ban Svami Prabhupada’s translation of the Bhagavad Gita mar the aftertaste of the meeting between Indian and Russian leaders.

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

MTS blazes a new trail in mobile broadband: CEO

December 13, 2011 Aanchal Anand, specially for RIR
Vsevolod Rozanov, CEO and president of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), shares his company’s strategy and bets big on the magic of mobile broadband.

Australia’s Darwinian blunder

December 13, 2011 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Australia’s decision to host a permanent US military presence in the northern city of Darwin is likely to spark a fierce arms race in the Asia-Pacific region.

An ode to the great Russian Far Eastern winters

December 7, 2011 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
Ajay Kamalakaran believes that minus 50 degrees Celsius and ice on the sidewalks are not a cause for concern. Indian can easily fall in love with snow.
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