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Friday, March 20, 2026
TopicBim Bissell

Topic: Bim Bissell

Bim Bissell helped US Ambassador John Galbraith expand his India network—Mani Shankar Aiyar

Bim Bissell and her husband, John, set up Fabindia, which is now an international brand. It was the outcome of their belief that anything and everything Indian was ‘fabulous’.

Bim Bissell’s lightness with worldly connections made her easy to warm to: Sunil Sethi

Richard Celeste, friend of Bim and John Bissell and former US ambassador to India, spoke for many when he said, “It’s hard for me to imagine that a couple like them will ever exist again.”

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Iran and Israel weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were allies

Israel even helped source American defence equipment for Iran, who learnt from Tel Aviv about drones against Soviet air defences in Syria.

Telangana’s Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget bets on rural push, welfare and infra ahead of GHMC polls

With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.

Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

A fitness run logged on a Strava‑linked watch by a French sailor has revealed the movement of nuclear‑powered Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.