Srinivasan Ramani

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Srinivasan Ramani

Vietnam has a chequered history. The once poor country, made of peasantry, took on the might of America and brought the superpower to its knees. Besides what has come to be known as the Vietnam War, it had to fight a series of wars in order to achieve its aim of being independent and united, finally gaining reunification in 1975. In a conversation, Nayan Chanda, former editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, explains why Vietnam is a key player in South East Asia. Edited excerpts.

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Srinivasan Ramani

Vietnam recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its triumph against the United States and its success in re-unifying the country in April 1975. This victory marked the apogee of a long phase of revolutionary wars and struggles led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and its different avatars against colonialism, French re-occupation, and later the U.S. intervention from 1925.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Srinivasan Ramani

In Satyajit Ray’s classic Pratidwandi, set in the late 1960s in Kolkata, the protagonist Siddhartha, played by Dhritiman Chatterjee, goes for a job interview. The panel asks, “What would you regard as the most outstanding and significant event in the last decade?”With little hesitation, Siddhartha responds: “The war in Vietnam”. “More significant than the landing on the moon?” “Yes,” he says. “We were not unprepared for the moon landing. We knew about advances in space technology.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Srinivasan Ramani

Daily Quiz | On Vietnam YOUR SCORE Copy link Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit 0/5 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | By which famous name is the revolutionary Nguyen Sinh Cung known as? Answer : Ho Chi Minh DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO SHOW ANSWER 2 / 5 | What was the name of the organisation that led the guerrilla war against the U.S. and South Vietnam? Answer : Viet Cong, also known as the National Liberation Front DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO SHOW ANSWER 3 / 5 | Who was the...

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Srinivasan Ramani |Michael Roth

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