The latest advisory comes as anti-India sentiment continues to soar in Bangladesh. The first polls of the post-Sheikh Hasina era are scheduled for 12 February.
The launch of Narayani Basu's book 'A Man For All Seasons: The Life Of K.M. Panikkar' was followed by a panel discussion with former ambassador Shivshankar Menon, and Suhasini Haidar.
An incentive system for Indian diplomats that is based on validation through recognition ‘back home’ would lead to a preference for spectacle over substance.
At the heart of the event was 'The Other Side of Diplomacy'. The book explores the journeys of diplomat's spouses, and how they raise families in unfamiliar lands.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says she had spoken with her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, and requested Indian cooperation in the investigation in Nijjar case.
Top RCMP officers allege that Indian diplomats have been involved in major crimes across Canada, including collecting info for Indian govt that is then used to target South Asian diaspora.
In ‘An Indian Woman in Islamabad’, Ruchi Ghanashyam recalls her adventures in Pakistan between 1997 and 2000, when she was stationed there as a diplomat.
Khobragade, India’s envoy to Cambodia, was at centre of a diplomatic row between US and India in 2013 after she was arrested on charges of visa fraud, which were later dismissed.
Ties between India and Canada have stained over Canadian suspicion on Indian govt agents' involvement in murder of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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