1. In what conceptual ways are the trump tariffs expected to start bringing in revenues to America ? Perplexity: The Trump tariffs are conceptually expected to bring in revenue to America primarily by imposing taxes on imported goods—importers pay these tariffs at the U.S. border, and the collected funds go into the federal government’s generalContinue reading “Utterly perplexed by the Trump Tariff War, I interviewed “Perplexity”to understand the mayhem!”
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The end of the Nehruvium and the Anglicised-Hindu Class (Part-3 of 3) — Concluded
“THE TECHNICIANS” (or rather the TECHNOCRACY) “There is not much to be expected from the third group of Anglicized Hindus, and therefore there is not also much to be said…” … that’s how dismissively if not disparagingly does Nirad Chaudhury write about Technicians (or technocracy) of India in his 1965 book, “The Continent of Circe“.Continue reading “The end of the Nehruvium and the Anglicised-Hindu Class (Part-3 of 3) — Concluded”
America spiralling into intellectual and moral anarchy and Curtis Yarvin doctrine is symptomatic of it.
Curtis Yarvin is proposing a new political doctrine for America to embrace. It’s called neo-anti-brahminism … Please scroll down to read a piece on him and his works. In my view, Yarvin is simply proposing the replacement of one oligarchy with another … i.e. a democracy where left-liberal neocons, globalists and Woke oligarchs — whoContinue reading “America spiralling into intellectual and moral anarchy and Curtis Yarvin doctrine is symptomatic of it.”
Indira Parthasarathy’s Preface to “The Middlemen of Vedapura”
Sudarshan Madabushi
One dozen random reasons why I fully support the ONOP Bill
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-election-bill-tabled-in-house-may-be-sent-to-jpc-101734460270454.html Here are a dozen random reasons which convince me , a very ordinary, unknown citizen of India, why I must express my full support the ONOP Bill being tabled in the Parliament by the Government : 1. Holding state assembly and parliament elections simultaneously will bring about much greater political stability throughout the nationContinue reading “One dozen random reasons why I fully support the ONOP Bill”
India’s Democracy is prosthetic not orthopaedic … Why ?
Winston Churchill, WW-II British Prime Minister, made this famous pronouncement on government and democracy : ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of GovernmentContinue reading “India’s Democracy is prosthetic not orthopaedic … Why ?”
“INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: A huge governance challenge”, writes former CEC T.S.Krishnamurthy
Dear Sri TSK Sir, Thank you for sharing your article (scroll down to the end below) with me. It is a very well written, sober and sobering commentary on the ills of our country’s electoral system . The solutions to many of the problems highlighted by you lie not in the hands of the ECIContinue reading ““INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: A huge governance challenge”, writes former CEC T.S.Krishnamurthy”
High Noon in Pakistan
An Indian like me across the unfriendly border from Pakistan cannot help finish reading this article with sadness rather any sense of schadenfreude. https://thefridaytimes.com/25-Jul-2024/the-looming-showdown-in-pakistan “Pakistan’s democracy has been mangled by repeated overtures to authoritarian tactics, often to justify violence and oppression. That has resulted in a hostile and polarized political landscape, where finding any commonContinue reading “High Noon in Pakistan”
The misrule of Democracy maketh Man intolerant
Take a good look at the Infograph above. 11 out of 26 countries in the list have a satisfaction score of 50% or above. So, democracy after all is not manna from heaven. Democracy in Asia seems to work better than rest of the world … 5 out of 8 countries have satisfaction score ofContinue reading “The misrule of Democracy maketh Man intolerant”
8 nasty things about Narendra Modi that can no longer be said about him
The beauty of this 2024 Lok Sabha election verdict is this : for both Modi and for the INDI Alliance , it’s both a victory and defeat of sorts. But for India’s Democracy, both truly in letter and spirit, it’s been an outright victory “of the people, by the people, for the people”. No otherContinue reading “8 nasty things about Narendra Modi that can no longer be said about him”