https://in.news.yahoo.com/indias-forex-exchange-reserves-surge-030850560.html US $ 608 billion … as on date .. in gold bullion and a basket of foreign “hard currency” and Special Drawing Rights(SDRs) all stashed away in the safe vaults and on the books of accounts of the Reserve Bank of India! The purpose for which individuals and nations accumulate Reserves is mainly toContinue reading “INDIA’s BURGEONING RESERVES OF FOREX : To what purpose?”
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GRETA THUNBERG: the great educator
“AND I HAVE THE NECESSARY TOOL-KIT TOO WITH ME THAT SHOWS HOW TO GET THERE STEP-BY-STEP BECOMING GRETA”! Sudarshan Madabushi
The Gun Lobby in America is so so clever … Makes it look like carrying a handgun makes you a Climate Change warrior.
The Hindu “Agamas” and the Indian Constitution… the Writing on the Wall is dire and stark.
In November 2019, the Supreme Court of India pronounced a grave warning to the People of India in these words: “Let every person remember that the “holy book” is the Constitution of India, and it is with this book in hand that the citizens of India march together as a nation, so that they mayContinue reading “The Hindu “Agamas” and the Indian Constitution… the Writing on the Wall is dire and stark.”
The Pathos of Hindu Temples and the Apathy of the Hindu temple-goer
The past few days have had moments when I found myself — as an Unknown Sri Vaishnava — intensely absorbed in avidly following and pouring over current, trending news doing the rounds in both press and social media in the State of Tamil Nadu and it is all regarding public interest litigation over upkeep andContinue reading “The Pathos of Hindu Temples and the Apathy of the Hindu temple-goer”
COUNT YOUR LIFE BY HEARTBEATS… NOT YEARS !
In one of my more thoughtful moods today, I suddenly became aware — for really no particular reason — of the steady rhythm of my heartbeat inside my chest. Listening to the regular, metronomic undertone “lubb-Dubb” beating inside my breast I was suddenly overcome by great emotion… A feeling of overwhelming love and of enormousContinue reading “COUNT YOUR LIFE BY HEARTBEATS… NOT YEARS !”
WHAT DOES “retirement” mean ?
Whenever a man expresses an urge to retire from work and the world, know then he does not always mean he has become world-weary or fatigued … It may well be because of his deep realisation that the work he is doing in the world has become monotony and it is unregenerate … I thinkContinue reading “WHAT DOES “retirement” mean ?”
THE FINANCIAL TRIUMVIRATE OF INDIA DESERVES CREDIT AND GRATITUDE
The chart above is a bill of health for the state of the world economy and its finances. Nothing looks good for several countries of the world … even the so-called “advanced economies”. In comparative terms , the chart tells me that India is doing no better or no worse than many of the advancedContinue reading “THE FINANCIAL TRIUMVIRATE OF INDIA DESERVES CREDIT AND GRATITUDE”
WHERE IS THE CHARGE OF THE LUTYEN’S BRIGADE?!
THE COURT HAS GIVEN IT’S VERDICT ! IT’S ABOUT TIME MR. PRASHANT BHUSHAN SWUNG INTO ACTION AND SAY SOMETHING IN CONTEMPT OF COURT… OTHERWISE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL GO AHEAD FULL STEAM! HURRY UP, LUTYENS! SHARPEN YOUR PENS … and GATHER UP YOUR TOOL-KITS! WHERE ARE YOU , OH KEJRIWAL AND ASUTOSH! WHERE ARE YOU SIBALContinue reading “WHERE IS THE CHARGE OF THE LUTYEN’S BRIGADE?!”
HOW DEBT AND GOVERNMENT DOLES HELP KEEP PEOPLE’S HOPE UP
IF AN ORDINARY LAY PERSON ON THE STREET ASKS YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT ON EARTH ARE GOVERNMENTS AND CENTRAL BANKS OF THE WORLD REALLY AIMING TO DO BY GIVING AWAY SUCH MASSIVE DOLES AND LOANS ALMOST FREE TO BUSINESSES, MSMEs, CORPORATES AND INDIVIDUALS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD …. WELL… YOU MIGHT FIND THE LITTLE STORYContinue reading “HOW DEBT AND GOVERNMENT DOLES HELP KEEP PEOPLE’S HOPE UP”