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My Story and the Story of My Media Platform: Indo-Pacific Politics
By Venus Upadhayaya I started working as a journalist in 2005 after graduating from a journalism college in Bangalore. So after twenty years of work, I can be credited to be a senior journalist. In college I was mentored by the late VN Narayanan, a veteran journalist who had worked and led many leading English…
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India-Taiwan Chip Diplomacy is Unique and Thriving: Researcher
India’s Semiconductor dream has started to unfold. The country is set to launch its first domestically produced semiconductor chip utilizing 28 to 90 nanometre technology by this year end. Under its Semiconductor Mission, the country is also currently developing six chip fabrication units. Taiwan is an important part of these developments–Foxcom or the Taiwanese Hon…
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Chess is a Lost India-China Civilization Link–How can India-Taiwan Build Upon a Shared Knowledge Heritage?
Aman Gopal Sureka is a Robotic Engineer from Western Michigan University; is the Owner and CEO of the Kolkatta based Manufacturing Automation and Software Solutions but above all he’s the progenitor of Khol Khel, an enterprise that designs and produces tools and games for learning, creativity, and cultural preservation. These tools and games are rooted…
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India Needs to Cultivate Emotional Rationality to Face a World Led by US-China Competition
By Venus Upadhayaya India is about emotions and we have always taken pride in it–our culture, our civilizational pedigree, our history and our nationalism is all about emotions. While progressing let’s not add irrationality to it! Let’s accept we are the largest demography experiencing the biggest ever socio-economic transition the world has ever witnessed before.…
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Navigating Disruptions: Four Leadership Lessons from an Averted Indian Flight Crisis
By Bharat Wakhlu The recent crash of Air India flight 171 in Ahmedabad has created a lot of paranoia in the aviation industry and among air travellers. However there’s another recent incident of an averted aviation crisis that calls for attention and appreciation. The Indo-Pacific Politics is publishing with permission this short article titled ‘Navigating…
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In a Major Change in Trade Approach India scrutinizes its Export of Rare Earths to Japan, Seeking Magnets in Return: Expert
By Venus Upadhayaya India’s contemplating halting the export of rare earth minerals to Japan. News reports last week describe it as a move to secure domestic supplies and to reduce dependence on China that launched restrictions on seven rare earth elements and finished magnets in April. An expert described it as a major change in…
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Can Tribal Communities in India and Taiwan Connect to Create a New Sphere of Cultural Exchange?
There are 16 Austronesian tribes in Taiwan: Amis, Atayal, Paiwan, Bunun, Pinuyumayan, Rukai, Cou, Saisiyat, Yami, Thao, Kavalan, Truku, Sakizaya, Sediq, Hla’alua and Kanakanavu. Their population is 571,816 (2019), or 2.42% of the total Taiwanese population, according to the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. Their affairs are managed by the ministry known as the…
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India’s ‘Strategic Silence’ on Tariffs Far From Passive: Experts
By Venus Upadhayaya (This article was written during J.D. Vance’s trip to India from April 20-24. But because of the Pahalgam attack of April 22 and the conflict and crisis between India and Pakistan in its aftermath, it couldn’t be published in time. Meanwhile US-China reached a tariff truce for 90 days in a meeting…
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