The New York Times has a piece on India’s emerging approach to the world. The writer, Somini Sengupta, takes three cases—the Tibetan issue, India’s interests in Myanmar and the ongoing Africa summit—to show that “these days Chinese and Indian interests coincide nearly as much as they divide”. On India’s delicate foreign policy balancing act, the write up says, “It is just one leg of an emerging Indian approach to the world—one part caution, one part competition, with a dash of mimicry sprinkled—that is ever mindful of the more powerful giant that has risen on its eastern flank, but it is impossible for New Delhi to escape the reality that the playing field is badly skewed in China’s favor, and hence the need for caution.”

The Guardian

The British newspaper also talked of the Africa summit and how India is forced to follow China’s strategy of wooing Africa. The report says, “But India still remains in the shadow of its larger neighbour China. Last year, the trade between Beijing and the African continent was $73 billion. However, with its economy growing at almost 9 per cent a year, India has little choice but to follow in the footsteps of the United States, China and the European Union by offering cash to secure oil, food supplies and scarce metals.” The report also quotes several experts as saying that India will have to rely on its “soft power” to win over the African continent.

Time

The magazine’s US edition has a somewhat dated story on legal process outsourcing to India. “While the Americans learn, well-trained lawyers in secure offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and Gurgaon, who typically earn $6,000 to $30,000 annually, do legal grunt work. It’s part of India’s inevitable move up the corporate food chain, from lower-value business process outsourcing—like call centers—to knowledge process outsourcing (KPO),” the report says.

The Sun

The British tabloid has a story on the recent birth of the two-faced baby in India—‘The Two-Faced Baby Goddess’, Lali Singh. The report says, “Lali Singh has one head but two sets of EYES which blink at the same time, a pair of MOUTHS—which both drink milk—and a couple of NOSES.” The report also quotes “expert David Dunaway” of London’s Great Ormond Street Kids Hospital as saying that, “Lali is the only tot born with two perfectly formed faces.”