Bengalis seem to have a peculiar fondness for replicas. During Durga Pujas, Buckingham Palaces, Golden Temples, and the Pyramids pop up across pandals all over the state.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
The best thing The Print can offer is Ms. Monideepa Banerjie fangirling over Ms. Mamata Banerjee.
One never gets tired of this.