K.C. Singh

Jun 28, 2012
K.C. Singh

K.C. Singh

Nawaz III: The chances are...

The Pakistan elections have resulted in the launch of Nawaz Sharif III who, much like Sylvester Stallone in Rocky III, is older but expected to box the same way — sprayed blood and grunts.

In Asia-Pacific lies India’s China wall

The withdrawal of Chinese troops from the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector of Leh on May 5 is a welcome development, although its suddenness raises questions. Firstly, did the Chinese extract any concessions on Indian patrolling, future infrastructure development or even force structures along the Line of Actual Control?

That ’62 feeling

The Chinese ambassador to India, Wei Wei, was not the only Chinese envoy summoned by a foreign ministry in the past week. On April 23, as eight Chinese surveillance vessels neared the disputed Senkaku islands in the East China Sea — the 41st Chinese incursion since the islands’ nationalisation by Japan — the Chinese ambassador to Tokyo was asked to explain.

The headlines said it all. The Man Booker International Prize had been awarded to Lydia Davis, the American author. But most Indian newspapers in English announced it as “U.R. Ananthamurthy loses out on Man Booker”. You could almost hear the collective sigh of millions of disappointed Indians.

Today, India’s prime actors who are making a bid for international visibility — in roles, major or minor — are amassing reams of publicity and flashbulb attention from the paparazzi. Amitabh Bachchan, despite a brief part in The Great Gatsby, stirred up news headlines and tumult at the extravaganza’s premiere in New York, and then on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet. Irrfan Khan and Tabu have received an unconditional thumbs-up from the Oscar-celebrated Ang Lee after Life of Pi, Anil Kapoor is a known factor in international enclaves after Slumdog Millionaire, a cameo in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, as well as the TV series 24.

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