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I want to work towards strategic relationship with India: Botswana High CommissionerNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Four years ago, she began the first embassy of Botswana in India from a room in Claridges hotel in central Delhi, and with only a cellphone. Now, working from a large building in Vasant Vihar, Botswana’s high commissioner to India, Dorcas Ana Kgosietsile has been working tirelessly to intensify ties between her country and India. |
Nancy Drew stirred rebellion in me: Ayaan Hirsi AliBy Madhusree ChatterjeeJaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) Forty-year-old Somali-born Dutch feminist, writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali says when she was 13, fictional detective Nancy Drew sowed the seeds of rebellion in her. |
Tata Africa to double turnover in two yearsBy Devirupa MitraLusaka (Zambia), Jan 8 (IANS) Tata Africa will double its turnover in the next two years to $1 billion, the head of the diversified operations that range from vehicles to floriculture to information technology in the vast continent said. |
India is totally committed to relations with Africa: Shashi TharoorMinister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has been mandated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to impart a fresh impetus to India's Africa policy. Tharoor is no stranger to Africa. In his former avatar as a UN official involved with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and peace-keeping, Tharoor has travelled across several conflict zones in the resource-rich continent. |
African vistas on artist's canvasBy Madhushree ChatterjeeMemories of the sweeping wilderness of Africa seep through the works of urban designer-cum-artist Antonio E'Costa, who spent a better part of his life in Kenya. |
Nigeria's shining star in Indian footballBy Abhishek RoyFor star Nigerian forward Odafe Onyeka Okolie the dream of playing for Goa's Churchill Brothers, the I-League champions, India's soccer league, in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup is tempting enough to reject blank-cheque offers from the two top Kolkata clubs that dominate football in this country. |
My stories are about class and immigration: African novelistBy Madhusree ChatterjeeNigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction in 2007 for her book "Half of a Yellow Sun", paints snapshots of the roller-coaster called America in her new book, "The Thing Around Your Neck". |
'India has soft power advantage in Africa'By Manish ChandDr Ali Mazrui, an iconic African intellectual and academic, has dazzled generations of students and readers with his illuminating discourse and insights into African identity, culture and Africa’s place in the world. He has been ranked among the world's top 100 public intellectuals by the UK-based Prospect magazine. |
Marry India's expertise with Africa's resources: Former Ghana presidentBy Manish ChandIf India's experience and expertise is married to Africa's vast natural resources, it will lead to accelerated development of the continent, says Ghana President John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, here to attend the first India-Africa summit that begins Tuesday. |
