Retracing Roots, Creating Identity
Neera Kapur-Dromson, a fourth-generation Kenyan of Indian origin, has wrestled with kindred issues of identity, roots, cultural clashes and self-creation as long as she can remember. An Odissi dancer,...
View ArticleRising India and Resurgent Africa: It’s Time to Tango
In times of distress, hope springs in the most unusual places. Just when the developed world, specially the eurozone, is reeling from the blowback of the festering global recession, a renascent Africa...
View ArticleDarfur Diary: Lost in a Maze of Fact and Fiction
Flying from the Sudanese capital Khartoum to the mineral-rich western province of Darfur, the seat of an unfolding humanitarian crisis, is like travelling into another country and time zone. A vast...
View ArticleUnleashing 2 billion dreams of India & Africa
In 2006 the Indian Express claimed in its editorial that India is sleep walking in Africa. The reference to this editorial since it was published has been overused and in some cases overstated by many...
View ArticleThe five trends powering Africa’s enduring allure
Over the course of the past decade, Africa has fundamentally reconstituted its role in the global economy. Emerging from the periphery, African economies, today, are increasingly integral cogs in a...
View ArticleLand grab? Let’s sift facts from hidden agendas
The recent spate of misinformation that Ethiopians are pushed off their lands because of commercial farming investment from countries like India has been fed by strident “land grab” campaigners, which...
View ArticleA Moving Tribute to Africa’s Most Wounded City
Ancient towns like Mogadishu, Timbuktu and Aleppo were thriving towns on important trade routes for centuries, and all of them have borne the devastating impact of modern day warfare in recent years....
View ArticleEmpowerment mantra: ‘21st century belongs to African women’
It’s time not just for Africa, but African women to shine and prosper. With more women rising up the political and corporate ladder in the continent, Cherie Blair, the wife of the former British prime...
View ArticleBillion Faces of Africa
My book Africa Rising: How 900 Million Consumers Offer More Than You Think was released in late 2008. In the preface of that book I wrote: I am not a political scholar. I am not an economist. I am a...
View ArticleTechnology, Aadhaar and Potential for Africa
In the past few years, the way people speak of Africa’s potential has changed. In the 10 years leading up to 2010, the six fastest-growing economies in the world have been African. Growth in these...
View ArticleReflections on Africa Day: Making a success of India-Africa development...
May 25 is Africa Day and it is an opportune moment to reflect on the expanding India-Africa partnership. This is also the time when there is a general buzz about the resurgence of Africa. A list of...
View ArticleIntertwining African and Indian dreams
Africa Day is a time for rejoicing and celebration of the indomitable spirit of over a billion African people who are dreaming afresh a new narrative of renaissance, resurgence and renewal. This year,...
View ArticleIndia’s Development Strategy in Africa: Building Soft Infrastructure
As emerging powers expand their development cooperation as an integral part of their foreign policies, analyses have tended to be very China- centric. This tends⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post India’s...
View ArticleDecoding Robert Mugabe’s victory
On July 2013, Robert Mugabe, 89, one of the oldest African leaders who has led Zimbabwe since he helped end white-minority rule in 1980, won⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post Decoding Robert Mugabe’s victory...
View ArticleDreaming big: Africa’s first female president on India journey
It’s not often that a visiting foreign leader brings nine senior ministers to another country. But in a sign of India’s growing engagement with her⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post Dreaming big: Africa’s first...
View ArticleTerror Inc: From Mumbai to Nairobi, mayhem goes on
Terror is rapidly shrinking geographies and has emerged as a truly trans-national enterprise that specialises in manslaughter and packages savagery in the guise of a⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post Terror Inc:...
View ArticleIndia and Francophone Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
India’s historical and traditional ties with Africa go back centuries. Due to geographical realities and historical reasons, these ties were confined to the East African⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post India and...
View ArticleThe ‘S’ in the BRICS: Does South Africa Speak for Africa?
While the inclusion of South Africa (SA) into the bloc of emerging powers then known as the BRIC took many economists by surprise, it was⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post The ‘S’ in the BRICS: Does South Africa...
View ArticleRising terrorism: An emerging threat to rising Africa
The story of a rising Africa, and specially its economic resurgence, is one that can’t be easily passed over. Between 2011-2015, the International Monetary Fund⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post Rising terrorism:...
View ArticleAfrica and the International Criminal Court
The opposition of many African governments to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not new. Since 2008, when former ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo launched charges⋅⋅⋅ READ MOREThe post Africa and...
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