India’s current world ranking is an abysmal 158. Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski in their bestselling Soccernomics identified India as the ‘worst soccer team on earth’ taking into account population, GDP and footballing experience… The Asian Age, 20 October 2014
While India’s showing on the field in the Incheon Games was patchy, despite the stirring performances of the likes of Mary Kom and Yogeshwar Dutt, it can take solace in the fact that the idea of the Games originated in India…. The Asian Age, 03 October 2014
One of India’s oldest football teams, Mohammedan Sporting, is facing the threat of closure because of financial problems. Ronojoy Sen recounts the history of an iconic club… BBC News India Online, 24 October 2014
Prof Kenneth Dean has been appointed to head the Dept of Chinese Studies at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with effect from January 2015…. Lianhe Wanbao, 24 August 2014, p7
When the 16th Lok Sabha began its real business with the start of the budget session on Monday, it wore an appearance not seen in recent times. This is of course the first time since 1984 that a single party holds a majority in the Lower House. Even more unusual is the sight of Congress …
Dr Sun Jung, a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute says that the increase in Korean-Singaporean marriages here is in line with the increase in trans-national marriages globally thanks to globalisation and the increased trans-national flows of people and culture. The Sunday Times, 1 June 2014
This was a report on the roundtable on “The Indian Elections of 2014: Ramifications for India and Beyond”, which was organised by the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at NUS and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Tamil Murasu, 27 May 2014, p2
Ram Janambumi. The two words neatly capture the meteoric rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party from an outfit with a marginal presence in national politics to one that became the single largest party in Parliament in the 1990s… The Economic Times, 6 May 2014
The 2014 ASEAN summit concluded in Nay Pyi Taw recently while the region is embroiled in the most fraught tension in years. There is a new round of discussions over the China-ASEAN relationship… Global Times, 26 May 2014
Dr Sen discussed about the victory of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent Indian general election, which came as a surprise to many. He opined that BJP’s victory was remarkable but it seems many commentators are reading too much into it. Today Online, 26 May 2014 A similar report was carried in The Malaysian …
