History imitating itself: Another Boston Tea Party? Another American Revolution on the horizon?!

Watch this video-clip ! 😁…. Well …History does repeat itself ! This video-clip could be creative Indian Advertising adding a small additional footnote to the history of America’s 1773 Boston Tea Party to highlight what that dumping of tea into the sea did to usher in the Revolution there later ! The Boston Tea PartyContinue reading “History imitating itself: Another Boston Tea Party? Another American Revolution on the horizon?!”

Donald Trump’s own “Monroe Doctrine”

1. Question: What were the promises of benefits of globalisation that President Bill Clinton made to the world during his tenure as POTUS ? Answer : During his tenure as President of the United States (1993-2001), Bill Clinton was a strong advocate for globalization and made several promises about its benefits to the world. SomeContinue reading “Donald Trump’s own “Monroe Doctrine””

Why both Meta and I think Prime Minister Modi is very naive and over-ambitious about the AI Revolution

I sat down with Meta to have a long but such an engrossing conversation on what PM Modi said in his speech at the World AI Summit held in Paris yesterday 11th February 2025. Below is the transcript: DISCLAIMER: I am not a Luddite but I like to believe I’m always for the underdogs ofContinue reading “Why both Meta and I think Prime Minister Modi is very naive and over-ambitious about the AI Revolution”

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.”

The Trump Tariff Policy : my Q&A with Meta AI (10 Questions)

1. How will Canada retaliate to U.S. tariffs President Trump announced yesterday ? Canada is likely to retaliate against the U.S. tariffs announced by President Trump, and the extent of the retaliation will depend on various factors, including the level of tariffs imposed by the U.S. and the Canadian government’s strategy. According to a report byContinue reading “The Trump Tariff Policy : my Q&A with Meta AI (10 Questions)”

Macroeconomics they never taught me at university : “The Zelensky Effect”

One of the important lessons in modern economics they never formally taught me when I was at university is that when faced with impending woe and imminent recession, the two most effective policy-measures a nation’s leaders will resort to while trying to dig themselves out of the hole they themselves in the first place dugContinue reading “Macroeconomics they never taught me at university : “The Zelensky Effect””

A rare piece of irreverent yet so refreshingly truthful journalism

The essay below is a rollicking, bawdy read. It’s full of bar-room profanity typically of the American kind.   Such a profusion of choicest four-letter expletives in what purports to be a dubious Op-Ed piece made even me blush a little … and I’m no prude when it comes to occasionally using unparliamentary “pardon myContinue reading “A rare piece of irreverent yet so refreshingly truthful journalism”

Take a back-seat “vishwabandhu” and start worrying more about “prativeshi bandhu”

From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/asia/sri-lanka-election-results.html?smid=em-share Leftist Leader Elected President as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis and crushing hardship for many people. ************* India now has new regimes ruling its immediate neighbourhood with whom it sharesContinue reading “Take a back-seat “vishwabandhu” and start worrying more about “prativeshi bandhu””

How long will India keep wiggling ?

Bangladesh unrest: Former PM Sheikh Hasina alleges US plot to oust her for refusing Island handoverhttp://dhunt.in/W2kvs It’s about time that India’s foreign policy recognises that the USA is exactly what Henry Kissinger once said his country was : “It’s dangerous to be an enemy of America . But to be a friend of America canContinue reading “How long will India keep wiggling ?”

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”