Category Archives: America

A rare piece of irreverent yet so refreshingly truthful journalism

The essay below is a rollicking, bawdy read. It’s full of bar-room profanity typically of the American kind.   Such a profusion of choicest four-letter expletives in what purports to be a dubious Op-Ed piece made even me blush a little … and I’m no prude when it comes to occasionally using unparliamentary “pardon myContinue reading “A rare piece of irreverent yet so refreshingly truthful journalism”

Take a back-seat “vishwabandhu” and start worrying more about “prativeshi bandhu”

From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/asia/sri-lanka-election-results.html?smid=em-share Leftist Leader Elected President as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis and crushing hardship for many people. ************* India now has new regimes ruling its immediate neighbourhood with whom it sharesContinue reading “Take a back-seat “vishwabandhu” and start worrying more about “prativeshi bandhu””

“The Tyranny of the Minority” in democracies of the World

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/16/the-tyranny-of-the-minority-a-marxist-appreciation-and-critique/ As I was reading through the thought-provoking essay 👆🏿, I found myself induced to go on mentally, or rather imaginatively, replacing the American play-actors and institutions described in it with those that I know are principal actors and counterparts in Indian democracy … ! In the many instances and situations described in the article,Continue reading ““The Tyranny of the Minority” in democracies of the World”

How long will India keep wiggling ?

Bangladesh unrest: Former PM Sheikh Hasina alleges US plot to oust her for refusing Island handoverhttp://dhunt.in/W2kvs It’s about time that India’s foreign policy recognises that the USA is exactly what Henry Kissinger once said his country was : “It’s dangerous to be an enemy of America . But to be a friend of America canContinue reading “How long will India keep wiggling ?”

Why India transferred its Gold reserves kept in UK Central Bank vaults since 1991 back to its domestic vaults?

To think of a possible and simple explanation for the question, you have to first quickly read this article of the famous American economist, Paul Krugman: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/remember-u-doesn-t-pay-204354371.htmlhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/remember-u-doesn-t-pay-204354371.html ….. “Most historical examples of debt crises took place in countries that borrowed in another country’s currency”… says Paul Krugman. What a diabolically ingenious way indeed to defendContinue reading “Why India transferred its Gold reserves kept in UK Central Bank vaults since 1991 back to its domestic vaults?”

“Fareed’s Take” on liberal-secularism in India makes Zakaria sound like the “11th Head of Ravana”

Fareed Zakaria of CNN GPS fame makes no secret of his having — and how proud he is of — the bleeding liberal- secularist heart that beats inside his breast. In this hour-long interview with another equally if not more famous international best-selling author Malcom Gladwell, Zakaria preens in the centre of the Global PublicContinue reading ““Fareed’s Take” on liberal-secularism in India makes Zakaria sound like the “11th Head of Ravana””

A Theatre of the Absurd in the world of Western Diplomacy

Two years into the War that has set Ukraine aflame and is nearly destroying the country, America and the EU — so-called NATO allies — now seem to be dancing around each other in a macabre embrace of death. Last week President Macron embarrassed President Biden by dropping a diplomatic grenade at a EU summitContinue reading “A Theatre of the Absurd in the world of Western Diplomacy”

A symptom of America’s creeping crisis of confidence

This colour coded map of America above that appears in the latest UK Economist magazine is so intriguing. The trend of home-ownership Vs home renting it tracks is truly mind-boggling. Such a sea-change in the complexion of the housing-industry in America in a matter of just 3 short years ?!! What happened? What are theContinue reading “A symptom of America’s creeping crisis of confidence”

The deep fiscal “s*^#” America is in !

If you looked carefully at this info-chart below you will not think twice about agreeing with the title of this blogpost of mine : America’s budget is a mess: expenditure exceeds income 28% or by $1. 7 trillion ! It must borrow $1.7 trillion from itself … print paper money , that is … toContinue reading “The deep fiscal “s*^#” America is in !”