New Delhi: The Government has cancelled a two-day official visit to Ankara by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the backdrop of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech last month where he criticised India’s move on Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue at the UNGA and…
Leading by understanding the ‘SELF’
October 14, 2019By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam A few months ago, I saw a tweet from a recently elected Member of the Parliament (MP) expressing his happiness at the address of the Prime Minister to the newly-elected members. In his address, Prime Minister Modi reminded the MPs that being an MP should not be seen as a position…
Fashion Tricks
October 12, 2019Yesterday our Prime Minister was a cynosure of all eyes as he welcomed the Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore crisp white traditional Tamil Karai veshti (dhoti with border), angavastram (a stole) and a half-sleeve white shirt. What a fantastic sartorial choice — both for its…
Secret of success: Showmanship
October 1, 2019By T.J.S. George What spectacle! What drama! What breathtaking orchestration! Narendra Modi’s pulling power was in evidence all through his triumphant tour of the US and especially his thundering performance at Houston with the US President himself playing second fiddle. Such was the impression he made that influential newspapers like New York Times and Wall…
Creating History in America
September 23, 2019A rousing welcome to Prime Minister Modi at ‘Howdy Modi,’ Houston History seems to mock at all those who wrongly believe that they are making history by their acts of intolerance and hatred towards political leaders who appeared daunting and a challenge to them. Watching the TV last night, I was astounded at the way…
Exercising total leadership
September 23, 2019What we saw was not just ‘Authentic Leadership’ but a combination of ‘Crisis Leadership,’ ‘Political Leadership’ and ‘Total Leadership’ By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam. If there was any recent event that attracted more eyeballs than a cricket match that India played in, it was the watching of the final stages of Chandrayaan-2 (Moon Mission) on Sept. 6,…
Saplings planted to mark PM Modi’s birthday
September 17, 2019District Minister V. Somanna planting a sapling to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday at Jaladarshini Guest House on Hunsur Road in city this morning as MP Pratap Simha, BJP National Council Member B.P. Manjunath, City BJP President Dr. B.H. Manjunath, General Secretary Rajesh and others look on. The event was part of Vrikshotsava-2019 being…
100 Days of Modi: ISRO spirit soars, unites India
September 9, 2019Today, Narendra Modi completes 100 days in Office in his second term as the Prime Minister of India. As I reflect about India’s past years after Independence since 1947 and the years after Modi came to power in 2014 and 2019, I get a gut feeling that it was only providence that brought a leader…
PM to visit State on Sept.7
August 31, 2019Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the State on Sept.7, according to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Speaking after paying tributes to the portrait of Hockey legend Dhyanchand as part of ‘Fit India’ campaign programme held in front of Vidhana Soudha on Thursday, Yediyurappa said that he will seek funds for flood relief from the…
World Champ Sindhu meets PM Modi
August 28, 2019New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met shuttler P.V. Sindhu at his residence and congratulated her for winning gold at the BWF World Championships, yesterday. The PM met Sindhu in the presence of Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Sindhu’s coach Pulela Gopichand. In a tweet, PM. Modi said, “India’s pride, a champion who has…
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