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“The old order changeth, yielding place to new…”

Then loudly cried the bold Sir Bedivere: “Ah! my Lord Arthur, whither shall I go? Where shall I hide my forehead and my eyes? For now I see the true old times are dead, When every morning brought a noble chance, And every chance brought out a noble knight. Such times have been not sinceContinue reading ““The old order changeth, yielding place to new…””

The Accounting of “Death from Wuhan Virus” is fuzzy and dodgy … We need an International Accounting Standard! Is the WHO competent to issue one? If not WHO, then Who?

Let’s demand a recount…of COVID deaths – American Thinker — Read on http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/lets_demand_a_recountof_covid_deaths.html If the USA hasn’t got the morbid accounting right I wonder what the situation is in India? Sudarshan Madabushi

PAAPAMMAAL AND MY OWN FARMLAND MEMORIES!

https://fb.watch/5wSr3y1LFb/ Watching this video clip below … about this year’s Padma Shree awardee, Paapammaal of Tamil Nadu, brought back to me a few memories of my own maternal grandfather C. Lakshminarasimhachariar in his village of Kangayenellore (near Katpadi) where he lived and worked all his life tilling his considerable farmland ancestral holdings… He was aContinue reading “PAAPAMMAAL AND MY OWN FARMLAND MEMORIES!”

THE REAL OATH OF OFFICE

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/demand-for-freeing-temples-from-hrce-dept-is-nonsense/article34561361.ece The new Finance Minister, Thiru. PTRP Thyagarajan, of the new government that was sworn in to power only last week in Chennai appears in person to be a man of God. He sports a bold smear of scarlet, holy vermilion on the forehead of his young, intelligent and handsome face. He says his grandfatherContinue reading “THE REAL OATH OF OFFICE”

ENJOY ENJAAMI !

https://youtu.be/eYq7WapuDLU Although this song is the kind of juvenile effervescent jingle that’s tailor-made to pander to the lowest-common-denominator tastes of post-millennial GenX and GenZ hip-hop social-media audiences … I think this song still deserves a bit of credit for both creativity endeavour and for making a strong social statement supporting the worldwide environmentalist manifesto. TheContinue reading “ENJOY ENJAAMI !”

How does a Taiwanese-origin immigrant with an Australian accent wake up after surgery with an Irish brogue?

https://www.newsweek.com/australian-woman-wakes-new-irish-accent-after-surgery-1590423 This is really bizarre, isn’t it! It’s probably because: Maybe she caught a new virus during surgery? Maybe they fed her too much Irish potato stew in hospital ? Maybe they wrongly implanted her brain during surgery with a Taiwan-made chip intended for a robot meant for export to an assembly-line medical-equipment factory inContinue reading “How does a Taiwanese-origin immigrant with an Australian accent wake up after surgery with an Irish brogue?”

WHAT IS THE (WARREN) “BUFFET INDICATOR” FOR OUR INDIAN STOCK MARKETS?

The Buffett Indicator at All-Time Highs: Is This Cause for Concern? The current Sensex market cap of India is trending around c. ₹ 198. 86 trillion, equivalent to US$ 2. 71 trillion. (https://www.bseindia.com/markets/keystatics/Keystat_maktcap.aspx ) The Current estimated GDP (nominal) is c. US $ 2.8 trillion.(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_India) So , the Buffett Indicator for India is around aContinue reading “WHAT IS THE (WARREN) “BUFFET INDICATOR” FOR OUR INDIAN STOCK MARKETS?”

THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG: INTEREST RATES AS CENTRAL BANKER TOOL

https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/view-interest-rates-are-losing-their-relevance/amp_articleshow/81201347.cms This article is bang on ! As a monetary tool , Interest Rate control in the hands of Central Banks of countries is fast losing its utility and purpose to tackle inflation and price-levels . Monetary theory in the last 30 years has been turned upside down. The valve with which Money Flows usedContinue reading “THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG: INTEREST RATES AS CENTRAL BANKER TOOL”