Bertil Lintner

Dec 2, 2024 | irrawaddy.com | Bertil Lintner

The Irrawaddy revisits an article from July 2000 that shows how former Burmese dictator Ne Win, by visiting Khmer Rouge-controlled Cambodia, cunningly played his communist enemies off against each other. In late November 1977, Burma’s military dictator Ne Win became the first-and only-head of state of a non-communist country to visit Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge was still in power. He spent several days in the country, hosted by Khieu Samphan and other Khmer Rouge leaders.

Nov 8, 2024 | impactnews.in | Ramachandra Guha |Bertil Lintner |Arita Sarkar

The story of my cricketing life flows like a Hitchcock thriller: a little twist here, another there…’An iconic figure in the world of cricket in the 1970s and 1980s, Mohinder Amarnath started his career as a batsman who was found suspect against short-pitched fast bowling and finished it as one of the finest and bravest players of pace. He is still remembered with awe for hooking fearsome pace attacks on bouncy Caribbean and Australian tracks—without wearing a helmet.

Oct 29, 2024 | impactnews.in | Arijeet Dutta |Bertil Lintner |Arita Sarkar

Ramachandra Guha needs no introduction really as far as his works over the years are concerned . Each time he comes out with a book it raises the bar irrespective of the topic he opts to write on . And his masterpieces had impressed all – Gandhi Before India (2013) and Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World (2018), are the two volumes of biography of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of the Indian independence movement.

Oct 23, 2024 | impactnews.in | Bertil Lintner |Arita Sarkar

Subhash Ghai is the man behind some of Hindi cinema’s most iconic movies. Of the fifteen films he made between 1976 and 1999, eleven—including Kalicharan, Vidhaata, Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Saudagar, Khal Nayak and Taal—were blockbusters. Known for the strong stories, the memorable music and the grandeur of his films, Ghai not only helmed dream-cast multi-starrers but also signed on rank newcomers who went on to become established names in Bollywood.

Oct 21, 2024 | governancenow.com | Bertil Lintner

The End of the Chinese Century? : How Xi Jinping Lost the Belt and Road Initiative By Bertil Lintner HarperColins, 256 pages, Rs 499.00 The Belt and Road Initiative, when first unveiled by Xi Jinping in 2013, was envisioned as even bigger and grander than America’s Marshall Plan.