India Studies

Why the India chair in Virginia varsity matters

25 May 2012

Professor Niraj Verma, operational head of the first India Chair in Democracy and Civil Society in the US, in conversation with Aziz Haniffa

Primal colours

25 May 2012

From the picturesque, tree-lined Bukit Timah campus of the National University of Singapore, where the Institute of South Asian Studies is housed, academic Robin Jeffrey, former Times of India journalist Ronojoy Sen and young graduate Pratima Singh have launched an ambitious effort to chronicle the bloody and complex Naxal movement that continues to burn through the heart of India.

Myanmar could be India's next-door energy supplier: Chinese expert

25 May 2012

Beijing, May 25 (IANS) Considering the geostrategic significance of Myanmar, it is crucial for India to befriend the country as it serves as a land bridge to Southeast Asia and because India's booming economy desperately needs Myanmar's rich oil and natural gas resources, a Chinese expert has said.