If there is one single individual icon who epitomises India-Russia cooperation above and beyond politics, diplomacy and transactional ties, it is India’s greatest chess player and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand.

How I learnt that it never pays to enter the periphery of the sannidhi through the backdoor and exit through the side passage, thus bypassing the presiding deity of a place.

'Indians would be disappointed, if not devastated, to know that India does not figure prominently on the Chinese radar. It is our own exaggerated sense of self-importance that make Indians think they are giving sleepless nights to the Chinese.'

Three of the four elements that make for a murder are missing. These are: the murderer, the motive and the murder weapon. The only certain element is the murder victim.