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The Concept of Na-Pak or Im-Pure - The Real Problem of Pakistan

Dr. Ashley Tellis Speaks to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on LeT

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (March 7 - March 13)

Tendulkar the Terrific - Thanks Wall Street Journal

An "Anti-Defamation" Petition to Penguin Books USA & Penguin Books India from the Global Indian Diaspora

Apology for Offensive Cartoons from a Danish Newspaper - A Lesson for Indians Worldwide?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week ( March 1 - March 6)

The Hoagland Opinion - An Intelligent, Insightful & Must-Read Article

Last Week in Af-Pak - A Beginning of The End Game or KSM Redux?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (February 14 - February 20)

The Ignatius Opinion - A Virtual Blueprint of Convenient, Myopic & Wrong Analysis about Af-Pak

Step Aside Fantasy Football, Here Comes Fantasy Cricket

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (February 7 - February 13)

Obama-Bush - Are Their Global Frames of Reference Converging?

US DoD 2010 Quadrennial Review & Macro Viewpoints Commentary of September 2008

Difference Between a "Real" Indian and an "Elite" Indian - Read the Interview of the Viacom-Network 18 COO & the WSJ India Editor

Step Into India's No-Holds-Barred Television News World - Watch the Riveting "RANN"

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (February 1 - February 6)

Tom Friedman, Will You Practice What You Preach?

Some Thoughts on Academic Freedom

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 24 - January 30)

Cultural & Religious Defamation Tacitly Accepted By New York Times Editors?- Our Perspectives

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 17 - January 23)

The Banking System Is Fine But The Financial System Is Still Broken

Humor in Territorial Disputes at the United Nations - A Reader's Contribution

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 9 - January 16)

Cultural Supremacism in a Time Article & of Time's Editors?

New York City's Next Idea Contest - Won by Indian Institute of Technology Students

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 3 to January 8)

Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year

Pratham - Winner of Henry R. Kravis Leadership Prize & CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2009 Award

Macro Viewpoints 2009 Awards for CNBC Guests, Shows & Anchors

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 27 - December 31)

New York Times vs. Washington Post - IV - Pakistan-Afghanistan

Indian Education System - It Needs More Students Like The "3 Idiots"

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 20 - December 26)

The David Ignatius Proposal for Af-Pak - Disastrous for both America & Pakistan?

Ben Bernanke - Time Magazine's Person Of The Year

Fallout of the Chicago Terrorism Case - India Revises Tourist Visa Rules for American Citizens

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 13 - December 19)

This Holiday Season, Give Up Gifts that Require Money

President Bush Proposes & President Obama Disposes? India-Russia Sign a Landmark Nuclear Deal

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 6 - December 12)

President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy - The Devil Is In The Implementation

The Battle For Afghanistan, Kashmir & Tibet - A Post-American Withdrawal View Of The Region

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 29 - December 5)

Ivy League To New York Hedge Fund To Education of Underpriviledged Children in India - A Young American's Journey

Meet Surya, Mumbai's & World's Youngest & Smallest Medical Marvel

China Equates Tibet with US Civil War South - Could Niall Ferguson Be Right About China?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 8 - November 14)

Poverty - A Formidable Competitive Advantage, A Barrier To Entry Or Both?

A Period of India-China Tension - Now a Mainstream View

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 18 - October 24)

Happy Diwali & Happy New Year

India Then & Now - October 2009 vs. May 2009

Ramayan 3392 AD - India comics in Los Angeles

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 11 - October 17)

Afghanistan - It's Strategic Importance To America

Instinctive Intelligence vs. Analytical Intelligence - A Reader's Response

Drinking & Yog* - A Reader's Response to My Non-Exercise LifeStyle Article

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 4 - October 10)

Instinctive Intelligence vs. Analytical Intelligence

Et Tu Stratfor? - American Myth About Afghanistan - From Alexander To The Soviets

Air India New York - Back To The Arrogant Past?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 27 - October 3)

Indian Education vs. American Education - Impact on Creative Jobs

Water on Moon - Holy Grail for Lunar Scientists - Found by India's Chandrayaan

Aryan-Dravidian Divide A Myth- An Indo-Harvard Study Concludes

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 20 - September 26)

Bill O'Reilly & Jon Stewart - The Two Smartest People in Media?

Obama's Decision about Ballistic Missile Defense System in Poland - Very Smart

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 13 - September 19)

Never Forget

Indian Education System vs. US Education System - Hype vs. Reality

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 5 - September 12)

Fall of the Super-Rich - A Lesson in True Diversification? Read This New York Times Article

Financial Journalist Networks Or EMPNs?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 16 - August 22)

Which One is Reagan's Country? Which One is Nehru's Country?

If CNBC can do This to Regis Philbin, What could CNBC do to the Average Viewer?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 9 - August 15)

Why I Chose a Non-Exercise LifeStyle?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 2 - August 8)

Manmohan Singh, Atal Behari Vajpayee & Ronald Reagan

India Special on Fox Business and Related Thoughts about Fox Business & CNBC

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 26 - August 1)

The 10-Year Anniversary of July 26, 1999 - A Momentous Event at The Top of the World

Indian Government's Partisan, Unpatriotic Behavior - So Says Hindustan Times & We Concur

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 19 - July 25)

Is Barak Obama America's Jawaharlal Nehru?

America & China Military Competition - Read these WSJ and Foreign Affairs Articles

When America Withdraws from Iraq? What Then?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 12 - July 18)

Indian Economy - Is It Sonia Gandhi's Or Is It Manmohan Singh's? Is The 2009 Election 1971 Redux?

Aakash Ganga: Saving Water From a Rainy Day in India & China - Read this WSJ Article

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 5 - July 11)

Iraq & Tibet - The Difference Between America & China

A Fourth of July Gift? - Russia Opens Route for USA to Fly Arms to Afghanistan

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (June 27 - July 4)

The China-India Border Brawl - Read This Wall Street Journal Article

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