PM Cameron’s admission of colonialshame, while short of an apology orreparations to the heirs of thoseslaughtered, is welcome by all who insistthat history must be honest and not a tool ofadded insult to those who […]
Just as Herodotus is the father ofhistory, Thucydides is the father ofrealism. To understand thegeopolitical conflict zones of the 21stcentury, you must begin with the ancientGreeks. Among the many importantlessons Thucydides teaches in his Historyof […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama saidon Thursday that Americans needed more than just hisword to be assured he was not misusing his powers inwaging a secret drone war overseas.The president was asked about the debate […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Foreign Ministryspokesman called for calm andrestraint from all concerned partieson Thursday after the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)vowed to conduct “a higher-levelnuclear test.””It is in the common interests of allparties concerned to […]
Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious […]
Nuclear’ Iran is getting to be a bigger botherfor the US and the rest of the world thanmany had assumed in the earlier stages. It isfallacious to argue that Tehran will become a stablepartner in […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan andQueens) joined Congresswoman GraceMeng (D-Queens) and South Asiancommunity leaders led by Ranju Batra,President of the Association of Indians in America-NY to rally grass-roots supportto press the Citizens Stamp […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP):Nirupama Rao,Ambassador of India to theUnited States, inauguratedhere January 28 an ApparelTrade show organized bythe Apparel ExportPromotion Council of India(AEPC), in cooperationwith M/S Trade Good, atthe PENN Plaza Pavilion.Ambassador PrabhuDayal, Consul General […]
Senate committees will soon be asked to vote on President Obama’s nominees to head the departments of State and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. Many, if not most, of the senators’ questions will be […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-Americansmay have the distinction of being thehighest-per capita income group amongethnic communities but they lag far behindtheir European counterparts when it comesto owning a house in the US.According to the ‘HomeownershipAmong the Foreign-Born […]
WASHINGTON (TIP):Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) this week cosponsored a HouseResolution calling for the U.S.Postal Service to establish a postagestamp to commemorate Diwali, the”festival of lights” marking theHindu New Year. Diwali is observedby Hindus, Christians, Jains, […]
Toyota officially recaptured the title ofworld’s largest automaker Monday, January28 as its final 2012 sales total toppedGeneral Motors, which held the lead in 2011. NEW YORK (TIP): Earlier in January, General Motors(GM, Fortune 500) announced […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Even as HillaryClinton stepped down as Secretary ofState, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, aprotégé of Hillary Clinton, paid richtributes to her in a statement to TheIndian Panorama.Kirsten said, “Hillary Clinton has beena role model […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a first ofits kind expo in the US, aprestigious museum in Washingtonis organizing an exhibition toshowcase the history, culture andcontribution of Indian-Americanscommunity in the country.The exhibition, “BeyondBollywood: Indian Americans Shapethe Nation,” will […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): U.S.Congresswomen Carolyn Maloneyand Grace Meng will be joined byRanju Batra, President of theAssociation of Indians in America-NY February 2 at a press conferenceannouncing the introduction of aHouse Resolution calling for theissue […]
Agriculture in India has a significant history. Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 16.6% of the GDP in 2009, about 50% of the […]
When India gained freedom from the British on August 15, 1947 there was the need to regulate the meaning of freedom.Therefore, to have a set of rules and regulations that would guide the nation, the […]
President Obama has done well to speak out his mind on an important issue that has been hanging fire for many years now. It is giving status to more than 11 million undocumented immigrants. It […]
TOKYO (TIP): Hawkish Japanese premier Shinzo Abe held out an olive branch to China on Tuesday, sending a letter to Beijing’s leader-in-waiting to be hand delivered by a coalition ally. The move comes after months […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): “The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack on innocent worshipers today (January 23) in northern Iraq. The United States stands with the Iraqi people and will continue to support the Government of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Senator John Kerry, on track to be America’s next secretary of state, told US lawmakers on Thursday that he would work to boost ties with China, but warned of a “long slog” ahead. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Greeting the people of India on its Republic Day, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the US-India strategic partnership is making the world more united, prosperous, and secure. “Together we are […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The second inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place in a private swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the Blue Room of the White […]
Inits first major diplomatic engagement of the New Year, India hosted Iran’s supreme national Security Council secretary and chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, last week. Jalili was in Delhi at the invitation of the national […]
WATCHUNG, NJ (TIP): Sanjay Sethi, 52, of Watchung in Somerset County, New Jersey and who owns SanVision Technology Inc., Jan. 7 admitted to using corporations in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands to […]
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