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Oct 11, 2024 | 
ridingtheelephant.wordpress.com | John Elliott
A young US-based architect who became India’s leading industrialistLove of aircraft, cars and dogs influenced his business and his life Ratan Tata, who has died age 86, was the most notable Indian industrialist of his generation. No-one has bestraddled Indian business in the way that he has done for over 30 years, running and then presiding in semi-retirement over a group that has revenues of over $100bn.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thewire.in | John Elliott
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
asiasentinel.com | John Elliott
By: John ElliottGulammohammed Sheikh’s Speechless City, 1975Ever since modern Indian art hit the international auction scene with a price boom in the early 2000s, top prices and most public attention have involved artists who emerged in the mid-1900s. It has been the 100th birth anniversary this year of one of the most famous, F. N. Souza, whose works a…
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
ridingtheelephant.wordpress.com | John Elliott
1975-1998 art traces the impact of political and social change Moves attention on from currently dominant “Progressives”generation Ever since modern Indian art hit the international auction scene with a price boom in the early 2000’s, top prices and most public attention has involved artists who emerged in the mid 1900s.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
caribbeannewsglobal.com | John Elliott
By John ElliottShould the Commonwealth be concerned about its member countries increasingly coming under the influence of China? The question is not new. Back in 2013, the Round Table carried an article that said “China is very much the Elephant in the Commonwealth room”.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
asiasentinel.com | John Elliott
By: John ElliottRegime change has come to South Asia for the second time in a few weeks with the election yesterday in Sri Lanka of a Marxist president, whose party has not held the office before. This peaceful transfer of power follows the ousting in Bangladesh last month, after violent demonstrations lasting weeks, of Sheikh Hasina, who had been an increasingly controversial prime minister since 2009.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
thewire.in | John Elliott
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
ridingtheelephant.wordpress.com | John Elliott
Sue Braverman accused by colleague of “performance art politics” South Asian MPs back in force in new parliament and as MinistersThe ousting of Britain’s Conservative government this week is significant not just for the prospect of a more focussed Labour government to tackle the country’s chronic problems but also because it marks the end of the first administration where politicians of South Asian origin have played a leading but also often a significantly negative role.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
ridingtheelephant.wordpress.com | John Elliott
A united Opposition adopts Rahul Gandhi as its leaderPotentially stormy Parliamentary session beginsNarendra Modi’s unexpected failure to achieve an outright parliamentary majority for his Bharatiya Janata Party in India’s recent general election will go down in history as the trigger for the revival of the country’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that seemed to be on a path of endless decline.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
caribbeannewsglobal.com | John Elliott
Big setback for Modi’s aim to establish himself as invincible leaderIndia will now have a coalition governmentBy John ElliottNarendra Modi is set to become India’s prime minister for a third term following counting of votes in the country’s mammoth general election. But the face of Indian politics has changed dramatically with an unexpected resurgence of opposition regional parties and the Gandhi-led Congress Party, and declining support for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
