“WAR MUST BE PERMANENT”: THE CREDO OF IMPERIALISM and the “Cebrowski Doctrine”

https://www.news18.com/amp/news/world/depressed-putin-orders-nuclear-evacuation-drill-moves-family-to-secret-safe-city-in-siberia-sparks-panic-4890932.html The UK Daily Mail The UK Daily Mail is a tabloid that often peddles sensationalism as news … So, the above report must be taken with a bagful of salt. However, if it’s true then either it means the beginning of the end of current war in Ukraine or the beginning of another freshContinue reading ““WAR MUST BE PERMANENT”: THE CREDO OF IMPERIALISM and the “Cebrowski Doctrine””

UKRAINE Diary – 20 March 2022- The USA certainly has a long history of supporting Fascist-Nazi juntas in Europe … please read Noam Chomsky

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/the-azov-battalion-the-neo-nazis-of-ukraine/article65239935.ece THE HINDU 20 March 2022 The article above is not from any publication propagating anti-Rightist propaganda . It is published today in The HINDU which is regarded as a sober left-liberal national newspaper that advocates India to take a stand against Russia in the war in Ukraine. The irony of the Ukraine War isContinue reading “UKRAINE Diary – 20 March 2022- The USA certainly has a long history of supporting Fascist-Nazi juntas in Europe … please read Noam Chomsky”

The Dogs of War that will bring back the Era of the Cold War

Igor Afanasiev, a native of Kyiv in Ukraine, was hired in 2011 as Business Development Manager of a large, multinational investment company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in which I was then serving as its Chief Financial Officer. Igor and I worked as colleagues during the ensuing eight years when we became good friends too. BesidesContinue reading “The Dogs of War that will bring back the Era of the Cold War”

Difference between “Growth” and “Value” investing is the difference between the “Hare and the Tortoise”

A good friend of mine, Mr. V. Ranganathan of Chennai, a top-notch, astute financial and taxation expert, forwarded me the Infograph you see immediately below but without comment, possibly thinking that it was best for him to leave it all to me to figure out myself whatever I wished to make of it. Like myContinue reading “Difference between “Growth” and “Value” investing is the difference between the “Hare and the Tortoise””

The Metaverse — another dimension of the Coronavirus and the “MAD”-virus

Dear Sri Ranganathan, Thank you for reading my piece on the subject-line and also for taking time out to pen your below comments on it … Some days I wake up in the morning, follow the news around the world and while reflecting on it , I fail to make any sense of it all…Continue reading “The Metaverse — another dimension of the Coronavirus and the “MAD”-virus”

THE CORONA VIRUS AND THE “MAD-VIRUS”

When I looked at this Infograph below and read the article in the URL below this morning , I felt my mind being half blown away by the sheer implications of the data presented! https://www.burga.com/blogs/news/mobile-users-spend-over-350-million-daily-on-games-and-apps-in-2021 There is a new pandemic around the corner that is going to envelop the world long after the Coronavirus (hopefullyContinue reading “THE CORONA VIRUS AND THE “MAD-VIRUS””

Casino bingo-machines of the rich, made by the rich for the rich— Fluff, Frippery and Flimflam

For over 40 years now I’ve been a stock-market investor ever since I became an income-earner in life from the age of 25. And I have prided myself on being a prudent and honest investor, quite happy with the returns gained and with the nest-egg I’ve built for myself and my spouse in the sunsetContinue reading “Casino bingo-machines of the rich, made by the rich for the rich— Fluff, Frippery and Flimflam”

So unlike Nehru… so much like E. F. Schumacher and Mahatma Gandhi…

Many years ago in 1976, I think, when I was an undergraduate student at Loyola College pursuing a B.Com. Degree, I remember I read a book called “Small is Beautiful” by E. F. Schumacher . At that time when I was a callow student, I didn’t believe at all that Schumacher’s views on the modelsContinue reading “So unlike Nehru… so much like E. F. Schumacher and Mahatma Gandhi…”

The Fattest … and “more equal” Pig of them all …

The Top 100 Companies of the World: The U.S. vs Everyone Else The USA is still by far the fattest capitalist-pig in the world …. miles ahead of the rest of the pigs … proving clearly the famous Orwellian truth that “All Pigs are equal but some Pigs are more equal”. All the world’s anContinue reading “The Fattest … and “more equal” Pig of them all …”