In Kathmandu, CEN Asia Editor Shantanu Guha Ray met the living goddess and sought a boon It is late afternoon and hundreds, mostly foreigners, jostle for space in the courtyard of an ancient home dotted with intricate wood carvings of Hindu gods in Kathmandu’s Durbar Square.Everyone waits with bated breath,…
New Delhi: An Indian information technology company will bankroll in the desert city of Dubai a global league for chess, considered by many as the ultimate game of cold, logical calculations. The inaugural game of the six-team league will take place on June 21, 2023. The day has a great…
By Shantanu Guha Ray in Kathmandu, Nepal Three Nepali sherpas - the biggest stakeholders of mountaineering across the world - are missing after being buried by a block of snow on Mount Everest. The accident, which happened last week, has triggered some serious discussion in Kathmandu about the community and…
By Shantanu Guharay Ajai Chowdhry, father of India’s electronic hardware and mobile telephony, has a habit of surprising his guests. At a conference in the Indian Capital, he remarked India's electronics import bill had long ago surpassed the nation’s oil import bill. Those in the audience were stunned. They did…
Gautam Adani, One of the top five richest persons in the world (https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/) who is pushing India into a potential new economic superpower, never delays taking crucial calls relating to his business. “If he sees a crisis and a point of no return, he simply backs off and cuts off,”…
