by Dev Nadkarni | Nov 5, 2019 | 2019, Analysis, NZ/India Current Affairs, Opinion
You know it must be time to head for the hustings when party leaders step out of the political thicket to reveal once again their stripes and spots and to bare their fangs, reminding their constituents that they still have their concerns at heart; to assure them that... by Dev Nadkarni | Oct 3, 2019 | 2019, Analysis, NZ/India Current Affairs
As far as optics go, it can’t get bigger than Howdy, Modi! – a dream win-win mega show for leaders of the world’s two biggest democracies, with the pair of leaders exchanging endless warm fuzzies physically and verbally for all the world to see and listen. Now billed... by Dev Nadkarni | Sep 19, 2019 | 2019, Analysis, Opinion, Politics
Dev Nadkarni, Editor-at-Large A time-worn diversionary tactic of heads of governments whose countries are in deep trouble is to raise the bogey of external threat, foreign aggression and more desperately, even apocalypse. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has done... by Dev Nadkarni | Sep 19, 2019 | 2019, Travel
Many big cities around the world are referred to as ‘melting pot’, because people from many different parts of the globe make those cities their home, bringing with them their cultures, languages and cuisines. Our own Auckland city is one of the most ethnically and... by Dev Nadkarni | Sep 17, 2019 | 2019, People
I am from that generation of Indians who were among the early ones to grow up in nuclearised families in big cities – without the indulgent presence of grandparents to tell you stories from India’s epics, Puranas and incredibly rich folklore. For me, as for the... by Dev Nadkarni | Aug 30, 2019 | 2019, Travel
When you’re on a short business trip, even if it is to the world’s most touristy hotspots, you get little time, if any at all, to explore all those wonderful places you see on other people’s Instagram. Instead of the beaches, the yummy exotic food and the buzzy...
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