Kootneeti
Strategic & Global Affairs
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist!
Writing a piece after quite a long break. It’s strange that we need to separately find time for doing the things we like to do, as in my case – writing blogs. But, the life in the financial capital of the country is as fast as a tracer bullet and one has to be on one’s toes all the time. Few weeks back, the much awaited biopic of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw titled ‘Sam Bahadur’ was released with Vicky Kaushal playing the lead role. In the post-independence history, if one has to single out a particular event which brings India at the forefront in the geo-political arena – it is…
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The Orb and Scepter
Reign of Charles Rex III and how India can look at it After 70 years and 214 days, a page has turned in the book of the Monarchy in United Kingdom with Charles III anointed and coronated as King. The longest serving ‘Heir Apparent’ finally got the “orb and sceptre” after his mother Queen Elizabeth II passed away last September. At the age of 74, he is the oldest person to ascend to the throne of the United Kingdom. As the reign of Charles Rex III begins, the monarchy and the United Kingdom are not enjoying the same position which was prevailing when his mother or his grandfather got the…