To me the most interesting passage in the above Foreign Policy article is this: “In its first phase, Wang writes, industrialization “took off in situ.” Rather than moving to cities, farmers began to work as industrial laborers in their villages. “By the mid-1990s, 40 percent of China’s rural labor force was producing industrial goods inContinue reading “What makes Chinese people different from us Indians is what distinguishes “atma nirbhar” from “pate bharo”.”
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“Friendly friends”, “unfriendly friends” and “friendly unfriendlies”.
There are only 4 nations now in the world that have demonstrated capability to orbit and land space-vehicles on the moon — USA 🇺🇸 China 🇨🇳 , Russia 🇷🇺 and now the latest entrant into the exclusive club, India 🇮🇳. President Putin of Russia was the very first one to immediately send his country’s congratulatoryContinue reading ““Friendly friends”, “unfriendly friends” and “friendly unfriendlies”.”
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…”