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...Indian government has added new vessels to tighten up security along its long maritime border with Pakistan. But Behera estimates that getting through a checkpoint costs only about Rs. 5,000 ($111). Despite the necessary investment in new boats and training, corruption is still a vulnerability, says Pushpita Das, who is researching coastal security at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. "The liability still remains...
...games at UCL is attracting the attention of some of London's major museums, including visits from collections officials at the British Museum, the Fashion Museum and the Imperial War Museum, says UCL collections review assistant Subhadra Das. "I think they're finding it quite liberating," she says. "We're in a lucky position being a university collection, because we can talk about things that maybe bigger museums feel they...
...sure, not everything in a museum's collection is worth keeping, let alone putting on display. Das puts it diplomatically: "Sometimes [donors]bring us wonderful things, and sometimes, well, they're not quite...
...crisp, no-nonsense observations in Peter Galbraith's article are testimony to the clear-minded and progressive views of his highly regarded father, Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith. The world needs many more like them. S.R.A. Das, Kannur, India...
...power plant that China is building in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, territory that India claims. Almost no one expects this year's harsh words to escalate into military action, but the hostility is real. "China is trying to see how far India can be pushed," says Pushpita Das of the Institute for Defense Studies & Security Analyses in New Delhi. (Download a PDF map of India and China...