Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. In a democracy, a government comes to power via free and fair elections. Today we see elections taking place in many countries in the world. But very few of these electocracies are democracies. Because a democracy is much much more than…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
This week, India celebrated its Independence Day. All of India and the global Indian diaspora celebrated this day with color and passion. The core desire of this Blog is to enrich the already deep Indo-US relationship. So we were delighted to hear Secretary Clinton’s description of this relationship as “a strategic, indispensable partnership“. We were…
Editor’s Note: As promised last week, we take readers back to the glory days of India in this article. We do so by borrowing from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan series The History and Culture of the Indian People. At the dawn of India’s Independence, Dr. Munshi, the founder of the Bhavan, put together a committee…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Editor’s Note: This coming week celebrates the Independence of India from British rule on August 15, 1947. We will celebrate this day with two articles, one this weekend and one next weekend, both taking readers back to the origin and glory days of India. And going back to the origin means going back to the…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
I remember a conversation I heard as a child. A University Vice Chancellor in India was speaking to a colleague about his conversation with the chief minister of his state. The chief minister was concerned about failing grades of students from educationally-challenged communities. Finally, the chief minister said to the Vice Chancellor, “several generations of…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Last week, we wondered whether the increasing separation of America’s educational haves from the educational have-nots can be best explained in terms of the birth of a new “elite” caste in America. The more we think about this issue, the more convinced we become that the caste concept is the right way to analyze the…