Stories written by
Nirupama Rao
-
A public philosophy of non-violence, a culture of peace – that’s the diplomacy the world needs today
Full text of former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s speech at the Gandhi Memorial Center’s ‘Fellowship of Peace Award’ ceremony.
Nirupama Rao
-
A diplomat’s advice to young Indians: Strive to respect alternative points of view
Full text of former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s speech at the convocation of Ashoka University in Haryana on Friday.
Nirupama Rao
-
The Ageless Life: There is no use-by date to Mahatma Gandhi’s eternal legacy
The full text of the Gandhi Oration delivered by former Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Menon Rao in Colombo on October 23.
Nirupama Rao
Trending
-
Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
-
Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
-
Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
-
Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
-
Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
-
‘A thousand-year relationship’: Ambassador Nirupama Rao traces the ties between India and China
The text of the 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial IFFCO Lecture given by India’s former ambassador to China and the US.
Nirupama Rao
-
How an Irish poet's epic poem on Kashmir captivated the West, spawning operas, musicals and grandeur
Thomas Moore never visited India. But 'Lalla Rookh', his story about a fictional Mughal princess introduced the Kashmir valley to artists in Europe.
Nirupama Rao
-
Asia's long Islamic history offers strategy for fighting intolerance today
Fundamentalist movements and inexorable change are assailing us all. The defence against them are not beyond reach: they lie in our past.
Nirupama Rao
Video
-
Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
-
Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
-
Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
-
Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
-
Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
-
What India can learn today from its war with China: Part 2
In political organisation, ruthless determination and realism, the Chinese Communists beat the Indians hands down, the British told India's first ambassador to the People's Republic in 1950.
Nirupama Rao
-
What India can learn today from its war with China
In 1962, China failed to disclose its plans for territory claimed by India because it was not looking for long-term friendship, argued historian S Gopal.
Nirupama Rao