https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/marriage-without-strings-saudi-arabia-confronts-rise-of-misyar Straits Times 4 July 2021 I had shared the above news link via email with a few of my friends abroad one of whom is a lady citizen of Germany of Turkish origin. After having read the article on “misyar” “no-strings attached” so-called Islamic “marriage arrangements” that now reportedly are rife even in orthodoxContinue reading “The harmony of natural urge and ethical aspiration: Islamic “misyar” marriage”
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The choice of an auspicious trope to fit BJP/Shiv Sena tango: Bollywood Vs Hollywood ?
BJP/SHIVSENA : : AAMIR KHAN/KIRAN RAO Sanjay Raut has gravely erred in the choice of a Bollywood trope instead of a Hollywood one… Sanjay Raut compares the relationship between Shiv Sena and BJP that ruptured more than a year ago with the one that Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, who a few days ago divorcedContinue reading “The choice of an auspicious trope to fit BJP/Shiv Sena tango: Bollywood Vs Hollywood ?”
The boring Professor,Dr. AMARTYA SEN
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/29/british-empire-india-amartya-sen?utm_term=6c664819b930703f3b8ce66b72ddfa1f&utm_campaign=TheLongRead&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=longread_email Amartya Sen writes the above article in THE GUARDIAN, UK seeking mainly to ask the question and set off a debate on it: “what would India have been, and eventually become too, if the British had not occupied and ruled the country for 200+ years.” Much of his article instead of actually suggesting interestingContinue reading “The boring Professor,Dr. AMARTYA SEN”
When Ambedkar wrote that the assassination of Gandhi would be good for the Country
(Following is a letter written by Dr. B.R Ambedkar to Laxmi Kabir (Savitri Ambedkar), whom he later married. He expressed his views on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi) When Ambedkar wrote that the assassination of Gandhi would be good for the Country https://heritagetimes.in/about-us/ Alipur RoadFebruary 8, 1948 I have been the greatest champion of theContinue reading “When Ambedkar wrote that the assassination of Gandhi would be good for the Country”
The strategic intent behind modern online retail marketing
Here is a near-perfect example of modern retail online marketing … Take a cheap, pretty ordinary product like this one, give it a new name (day bed!) hype it through branding (Indian design 1000 years old!) , differentiate it from competition (hand-woven!) , infuse Australian national pride into the product by completely neutering its possibleContinue reading “The strategic intent behind modern online retail marketing”
Long live SUDHARMA!
NEWS BRIEF Published in The SWARAJYA Editor Of India’s Oldest Sanskrit Daily Passes Away, Leaving Behind A Legacy Driven By Passion by Harsha Bhat– Jul 1, 2021 11:16 AM K V Sampath Kumar, Editor, Sudharma. Snapshot Along with his wife Jayalakshmi, Kumar ran Sudharma for more than 31 years. K V Sampath Kumar, editor of the only Sanskrit dailyContinue reading “Long live SUDHARMA!”
“A global “Lehman Brothers” event looming ahead?”: Sombre thoughts of a man of sobriety.
In 1989, New York real estate investor, a man called Seymour Durst spent $120,000 to erect a “National Debt Clock” in Times Square to track the exact amount of money that the U.S. federal government was borrowing to pay its bills. At the time, the country had run up a $2.7 trillion tab, but thatContinue reading ““A global “Lehman Brothers” event looming ahead?”: Sombre thoughts of a man of sobriety.”
The rotten-sweet but refreshing fragrance of Freedom — reflections on the 46th anniversary of the Emergency…
Indira, Jeeps and Blue Books (Thanks to my dear old friend VK Kanna for this link) June 25th 1975 … The Emergency ! I still remember the day … I was a 2nd year B.Com undergraduate student in Loyola College , Chennai, who having finished the First Year university examination was enjoying the ensuing holidaysContinue reading “The rotten-sweet but refreshing fragrance of Freedom — reflections on the 46th anniversary of the Emergency…”
The English and the Americans may be divided by accent but they’re united by their fondness for spelling …
NOTE: As might well be observed in everything about the English character, the ribaldry of spelling inherent in their language too is true to form. Just read the outrageously dyslexic examples of SpellingBee tricks below … And what is so touching about it all is that their dear cousins in America seem to simply loveContinue reading “The English and the Americans may be divided by accent but they’re united by their fondness for spelling …”
M/s Raghuram Rajan & Arvind Subramaniam will open shop now in Tamil Nadu
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-to-form-economic-advisory-council-to-cm-with-esther-duflo-raghuram-rajan-and-others-as-members/articleshow/83708640.cms?fbclid=IwAR2ZvAU-dYNovfClFeNtenrG0nruHc8Ax_y9IN4PQcy1m72SN5IuY6xXuF4#_ga=2.89626904.2090843072.1624267024-amp-Ft5J3qYc0BZYqU-CUaUsKdmCUH6KYKOkJNbkxHuQ0QK43vohrWFYAZ-DqjNZDJ9N It’s a terrible kind of demotion for both R. Rajan and A. Subramaniam … that after holding such high-powered, high-voltage position in the Government of India 🇮🇳, as RBI Governor and Chief Economic Advisor to GoI , they now take up a sinecure as piddling policy advisors to a State Government in a cornerContinue reading “M/s Raghuram Rajan & Arvind Subramaniam will open shop now in Tamil Nadu”