Analysis in Robert Kaplan’s “Monsoon” – Similar to Analysis of Sub-Prime CDOs?
Editor’s Note: We spoke with Mr. Robert Kaplan before writing this final article in our series of reviews of “Monsoon”. We thank h...
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Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 13 – November 19)
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Mr. Yardley of the New York Times – Who is the Man in this huge Portrait?
Mr. Jim Yardley of the New York Times wrote an article last week titled Obama Invokes Gandhi, Whose Ideal Eludes India . The article begins by discussing Presid...
New York Times vs. Washington Post – 5 – Dr. Bernanke, President Obama, Prime Minister Singh
In Mathematics, you begin with a hypothesis and then you either prove it or find a counterexample to disprove it. Unfortunately, Journalism does not lend itself...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 6 – November 12)
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Preoccupation with “Major Religions” – First CNBC & Now Washington Post
Last week, James Cramer of CNBC said “there are 3 major religions” in an afternoon segment. To our simple mind, if there are 3 major religions, as a...
Burma – Where China & India Collide – From “Monsoon” by Robert Kaplan
It is not called the Indian Ocean for nothing. As Kaplan writes, “India stands sentinel astride the major sea-lanes from the Straits of Hormuz to the Stra...
Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 30 – November 5)
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Happy Deepavali & Happy New Year
This weekend marks the beginning of Deepavali, the most important festival in Indian Dharma. Like all Indian precepts, the message of Deepavali is universal. It...
China Expands Vertically, India Horizontally – Chapter I of “Monsoon” by Robert Kaplan
Last week we promised Readers that we would review “Monsoon” by Robert Kaplan. Then we read the book. We realized we had misled our readers somewhat...