Indian Ocean

China’s Man in Malé

Harsh V Pant

Mohamed Muizzu is helping Beijing expand its presence in the Indian Ocean

Home Melodies

Indian Ocean’s first album in nearly a decade unites jazz and folk, rock and classical. Tatsam Mukherjee talks to the bandmates

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There is an urgent need to project power in the Indian Ocean to deter Chinese intrusions and safeguard sea lanes

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Aditya Mani Jha

Musical collaborations across genres make for fine onscreen drama

Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 58, Historian

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Manu S Pillai

A story of the Indian Ocean that goes beyond the usual sword and battlefield narratives of history

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Indian Ocean

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