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“Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of Western Civilisation?” — Part I of 2

A century after Mahatma Gandhi delivered his famously sardonic critique of Western Civilisation, the global monoculture he challenged faces an unprecedented twilight.

Spanning the volatile centuries before the Industrial Revolution to the cold, zero-sum geopolitical chessboards of Halford Mackinder, this two-part long-form essay traces how the West exported its systems through military and financial might while aggressively silencing alternative ideas. As the ten great ideological pillars of this 500-year-old framework face systemic collapse, humanity now steps into an ideological void.

Explore a bird’s-eye view of history, the inquisitional nature of institutional orthodoxy, and why Gandhi’s inscrutable retort remains the ultimate epitaph for an empire in retreat.

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?”

“Chaos Theory” underlies American foreign policy right across the Arab World

I spent 25+ years working as an expatriate corporate manager in the Arabian Gulf countries from 1993 through 2020. In my line of work I travelled to many countries across the Middle East — UAE through Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Turkiye, Morocco … And I worked with many colleagues there who were Saudis, Bahrainis, KuwaitisContinue reading ““Chaos Theory” underlies American foreign policy right across the Arab World”