- In a substantial paper on Australia-India relations, Frederic Grare argues that 'both countries need to be realistic about the prospects for a closer strategic relationship'.
- What can India contribute to the Hague Nuclear Security Summit?
- The Economist on corruption in India: 'the relationship between companies and the state is broken. Corruption produces bad decisions; concern over corruption produces indecision.'
- CFR's Asia Unbound blog is running a series of posts by Alyssa Ayres on the Indian national elections. The first piece looks at the shift away from identity and caste politics.
- Ramesh Thakur and Harsh Pant deliver a scathing assessment of Manmohan Singh's foreign policy legacy in the Japan Times.
- WikiLeaks has publicly criticised Narendra Modi supporters on Twitter for misappropriating a cable which stated that Modi was 'viewed as someone who is completely incorruptible'.
- Tanvi Madan analyses India's reaction to the Ukraine crisis.
- Last week, Strobe Talbott tweeted a theory that MH370 was hijacked for an attack on an Indian city. The theory was quickly picked up by the media, despite being rejected by officials. Nevertheless, Praveen Swami argues that MH370 should serve as a wake-up call for India.
- Late last month, Sixty Minutes interviewed Indian-Australian Bollywood star Pallavi Sharda. Check out the interview here, and scenes from her latest movie below:
India links: MH370, WikiLeaks, Singh's foreign policy legacy, corruption and more
Published 21 Mar 2014
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