Raviprasad Narayanan

Sep 20, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Shastri Ramachandaran |Raviprasad Narayanan |Aditya Mani Jha |Nandini Bhatia

“Men don’t stumble over mountains but over molehills.” The veteran journalist Shastri Ramachandaran begins Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China, his highly readable book on the complex bilateral relations between India and China, with this aphorism by Confucius. The book, a compilation of Ramachandaran’s published writings from 2008 to 2022, is divided into four sections: “India-China relations”, “The World of India and China”, “Manufacturing Mindsets”, and “Reading the Tea Leaves”.

Sep 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Iftikhar Gilani |Raviprasad Narayanan |Anuj Behal |Thulasi K. Raj

The journey from the Israeli settlement of Har Gilo to the Palestinian city of Bethlehem is brief, just 2 kilometres. Yet, the “distance” between the two worlds is vast. On the Israeli side, world-class roads wind through well-maintained settlements, their cleanliness and modernity standing in stark contrast to the dilapidated infrastructure on the Palestinian side. Travellers crossing Israeli checkpoints and the towering separation wall enter a world of deprivation and neglect.

Sep 14, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Pranay Sharma |Ravi Chellam |Iftikhar Gilani |Raviprasad Narayanan

The surprise ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has forced India to reassess its neighbourhood policy, particularly with regard to Myanmar. Hasina, India’s closest partner in South Asia and Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader, was thrown out of power and fled the country after what had begun as a students’ protest turned into a people’s insurrection against her on August 5.

Jan 24, 2024 | indianexpress.com | Raviprasad Narayanan

Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected President of Taiwan after an election where his competitors, Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT) and Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) conceded defeat to the former Vice President. This marks the DPP’s third consecutive tenure in office, with more than 40 per cent of votes going to William Lai. Hsiao Bi-khim will be the Vice President. She was the representative of Taiwan to the United States from 2020 to 2023.