Tag Archive: Asia

From Nehru to Mao: India’s Tryst with Destiny

July 22, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

In 1947, Nehru spoke about a tryst with destiny. Free from the shackles of British colonialism, India was on course for a bright new future. Fast forward and witness the not so glittering outcome that Nehru didn't have in mind, writes Colin Todhunter.

Girl Model

July 14, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

David Morgan brings to light a deeply worrying trend that exists within the Japanese modelling agency

Dead-end journey

May 16, 2012 3:06 pm Leave your thoughts

Colin Todhunter, London Progressive Journal's India correspondent, reports from Chennai on how a funeral procession through a poor neighbourhood is a metaphor for where India is heading with current social and economic policies