The document said Gandhi "signalled that India was ready to enhance significantly its economic, particularly technological, ties to the United States and Western Europe."
- COVER STORYDeclassified CIA Document: Rajiv Gandhi Was Genuinely Interested In Developing Military Ties With US
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Maitreya Buddha’s birth leads to a fantasy-laden dive into the world of Buddhist myth, populated by yakshas and asurs
A school that looks like a Railway Station; a 73 year old who studies in class 5. Read all the juicy gossip here...
A focal point of imperial contest, Kashmir has ever been in the West’s focus. This book busts popular narratives, scours history and offers a novel solution.
A TV journalist burnt his fingers in a Gupta brothers’ venture in Zuma’s South Africa. His pacy account is an indictment of a thoroughly corrupt regime.
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