https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-india-should-adopt-chinas-predatory-economic-tactics-in-neighbourhood-10292141.html Above article is an excellent analysis of Indian Foreign policy issue above written by Sri Sathia Moorthy. I couldn’t agree more with his trenchant views. For China, investments in IOR islands has immense geo-strategic value: it ensures China’s presence in the Indian Ocean choke-point of the Malay Straits over which the QUAD and AUKUSContinue reading “India-China Foreign Policy: “Strategic Restraint” is really “Strategic Dithering”.”
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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…”
A case of “Accidental Prime Minister” of another sort … for God’s sake, no … please!
Please read the news report in this morning’s ThE HINDU (6 Jan 2022) and you’ll understand why readers like me feel our intelligence gets insulted by the politicians-journalists combine in this country . The Prime Minister changes his earlier scheduled plan to travel in Punjab in a helicopter and duly advises the Punjab State authoritiesContinue reading “A case of “Accidental Prime Minister” of another sort … for God’s sake, no … please!”
The benedictions bestowed by Tharoor and those by the Vedas
BREAKING NEWS ! Shashi Tharoor with customary grandiloquence calls for PM Modi (aged 69 at the time the article was written and presently pushing 72) to continue serving the country until age 80 and even beyond … because “the best years of life ahead” according to Tharoor are still ahead of the latter. Tharoor’s benedictionsContinue reading “The benedictions bestowed by Tharoor and those by the Vedas”
The “Hate-speeches of Haridwar” and the exhausted Indian Citizen’s “Déjà Vu”
Today is Jan 1, 20022 ! Happy New Year! This is not a day at all to talk about Hate, but only about Love, Joy and human Fraternity! But then when I woke up this momentous morning in 2022 and turned to the day’s news, the first headline that hits me between the eyes is,Continue reading “The “Hate-speeches of Haridwar” and the exhausted Indian Citizen’s “Déjà Vu””
Boris is an “English shopkeeper” … but Modi is no Emperor Shah Jahan, is he?
These are words of syrupy ingratiation …. Not true or heartfelt words of praise … Boris is simply angling for good terms for a new long term Trade Deal with India … which is currently work-in-progress and under tortuous negotiations between the Governments. Do not ever forget, O my Indian brethren, that the East IndiaContinue reading “Boris is an “English shopkeeper” … but Modi is no Emperor Shah Jahan, is he?”
THE PETTY-MINDEDNESS OF THE CONGRESS PARTY and the MENTAL SICKNESS OF A FARMER-CRUSADER
Mahendra Tikait’s son, Rakhesh, the great champion of farming commission-agents in Punjab , UP and Haryana who pretends to be crusader for Farmers all over India , has said that PM Modi fixed the India-Pakistan match in Dubai on 24 October. Read the news at this link below . Rakesh Tikait’s new brain wave: SaysContinue reading “THE PETTY-MINDEDNESS OF THE CONGRESS PARTY and the MENTAL SICKNESS OF A FARMER-CRUSADER”
“50 Shades of Federalism” in India
If you did read today’s THE HINDU , on almost every page you turned there you would have found either news report or analysis or Op-Ed on the theme of how the Constitutional holy cow of “Federalism” in India is getting destroyed by the ruling dispensation in the Union Government of the country. In theContinue reading ““50 Shades of Federalism” in India”
Why INDIA’s great heritage doesn’t make it to the top of UNESCO’s “WORLD HERITAGE SITE” rank-list
Getting on the list of UNESCO’s WORLD HERITAGE SITES is an ordeal—about a year and a half’s worth of paperwork, lobbying, and presentations—but those who triumph can expect a healthy boost in tourism and conservation efforts. Here below is a recently published chart that shows the ranking of countries that are on the top-10 RankingContinue reading “Why INDIA’s great heritage doesn’t make it to the top of UNESCO’s “WORLD HERITAGE SITE” rank-list”
PM Modi’s new cabinet has 42% ministers with criminal cases, 90% crorepatis: ADR report— OK, so what ?!
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-s-new-cabinet-has-42-ministers-with-criminal-cases-90-crorepatis-adr-report-101625883618891.html Hindustan Times 10 July 2021 The Hindustan Times (HT) is another newspaper in India (much like the HINDU of Chennai and the rest of its tribe) that specialises in agenda-driven news transmogrification. The HT quotes a report of the ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) that has come out with the finding that “33 ministersContinue reading “PM Modi’s new cabinet has 42% ministers with criminal cases, 90% crorepatis: ADR report— OK, so what ?!”