Harish Mehta
Brand Quad needs a marketing makeover
Amid geopolitical fragmentation, the ongoing Gulf war adds urgency for the quartet to define itself
Ask for the ‘canadiano’, not americano
Against US tariffs, ‘Canada’s response is to fight, protect and build’
The Gangnam lifestyle eludes poor South Koreans living in shanties
THE poorer sections of South Korean society are struggling to get out of their shanties and step into the affluence of Seoul’s Gangnam district. It may be an impossible dream, because they continue de...
Can the people of Vietnam and those of the diaspora patch things up?
Decades of peace and prosperity have not completely erased the differences between the people of the north and south living abroad in diasporic communities
Young Cambodians know they can’t claim heaven if they’re just going to sit under it
Amid signs of prosperity everywhere across the country, they are choosing a life of action
Peddling hope in India elections and economy
The ruling BJP is set to sweep the polls this month, with many party leaders casting their gaze at winning more than 400 seats
A little turbulence in a Vietnamese teacup? Or a Haiphong hurricane?
THE premature resignation of Vietnam’s president Vo Van Thuong this month after just a year in office could be read in two ways – as a signpost of escalating political instability, or as a widening re...
From Nehru’s tryst with destiny to Modi’s economic muscle
INDIA’S anticipated ascent to the status of the world’s third largest economy by 2027 or 2030 has been a long time coming. There is a new buzz among investors about the country that is expected get th...
Vietnam’s four pillars and revolving-door posts
THERE’S a new white-knuckle politics playing out in Vietnam. It is visible in zero tolerance for leaders who may be involved in any sort of controversy or fall short on the performance scale.
Cambodia’s new PM Manet may seek diplomatic space with cooperative style
CAMBODIA’S new prime minister Hun Manet has been carefully groomed by his father and predecessor Hun Sen, who included him in foreign trips and prepared the young man for solo pilgrimages abroad to me...
