I'll make it quick, readers:
Village bans cellphones for unwed women
Indian ambassador patted down at airport
High court rebukes India’s leader
Lethal blast starts stampede in India
Report blames sleepy pilot in air disaster
I was nodding off myself.
"China, India add trade ties but stall on diplomatic issues" by Jim Yardley, New York Times / December 17, 2010
NEW DELHI — Growing Chinese assertiveness in the region has worried India and many other Asian nations....
Premier Wen Jiabao of China, who is visiting India this week for the first time since 2005, described his morning visit to the memorial of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the father of modern India and exemplar of Indian democracy, as a deeply emotional moment....
"Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as [Gandhi] ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth"
I'm finding it difficult these days, too (as blog editor's eyes well up with water).
India also has been concerned about China’s support of Pakistan....
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Heard that loud and clear!
In India, diabetes spreads alongside prosperity
This in a country where "hunger is widespread in India. It is said that at least 50 million Indians are on the brink of starvation and over 200 million Indians are underfed"
Also see: India takes aim at abuse of innovative microcredit model
Indian mogul donates $2b gift
Americans Cry on Indian Shoulders
A lot of us are not eatin' too good, either.
Time to hang up the Boston Globe.
Callback update: Tone of US-China relations improves, but trust lacking
