The Beckhams have had the sleekest, unassailable PR game in celebrity town. And much of it rests on their carefully curated social media image, especially on Instagram.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
All one can say is, We should be realistic, pragmatic. The 4 : 1 asymmetry in the size of the economies is a fact of life. It has developed over a forty year period, when the two countries adopted different economic orthodoxies. China’s trek to greatness started with exports of garments, shoes, toys, which we reserved for the small scale sector. Unsurprising that China now spends four times as much on defence as well, although its rivalry is really with the US. It has apparently only two brigades based in Tibet. 2. Ms Jyoti Malhotra carried a sobering column recently. A senior diplomat told her, India’s sphere of influence in South Asia is now history. SAARC is lying comatose, due to India – Pakistan hostility. It may not be a bad idea to invite China to join it and to attempt a more harmonious reset, what some have called the forging of a new new modus vivendi. 3. One lacks the distinguished columnist’s expertise in strategic matters. Difficult to judge if China wants to conquer the world. India has both nuclear and conventional deterrence in place, so it is not that we would place our vital interests at risk by engaging more constructively with China. Whether it was the tense standoff at Dokalam or talk of fighting – and winning – a two and a half front war, that is not the way forward.
All one can say is, We should be realistic, pragmatic. The 4 : 1 asymmetry in the size of the economies is a fact of life. It has developed over a forty year period, when the two countries adopted different economic orthodoxies. China’s trek to greatness started with exports of garments, shoes, toys, which we reserved for the small scale sector. Unsurprising that China now spends four times as much on defence as well, although its rivalry is really with the US. It has apparently only two brigades based in Tibet. 2. Ms Jyoti Malhotra carried a sobering column recently. A senior diplomat told her, India’s sphere of influence in South Asia is now history. SAARC is lying comatose, due to India – Pakistan hostility. It may not be a bad idea to invite China to join it and to attempt a more harmonious reset, what some have called the forging of a new new modus vivendi. 3. One lacks the distinguished columnist’s expertise in strategic matters. Difficult to judge if China wants to conquer the world. India has both nuclear and conventional deterrence in place, so it is not that we would place our vital interests at risk by engaging more constructively with China. Whether it was the tense standoff at Dokalam or talk of fighting – and winning – a two and a half front war, that is not the way forward.