Interesting Videoclips of the Week (February 19 – February 25)
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedd...
Category: Current Affairs
The New Egypt – More Questions Than Answers?
Friday, February 11 was a momentous day in Egypt, in the Middle East and possibly for the world. How momentous and in what way is by no means clear. In th...
The New Egypt – A Russian, Pakistani, Iranian, a Neo Turko-Egyptian Model?
As Cairo, Alexandria and Suez exploded in massive protests against President Hosni Mubarak, there has been talk about “democracy” in Egypt and the n...
Isn’t Amy Chua just like a Little League Parent, a Basketball Mother or a Cheerleader Mom?
I read Amy Chua’s article about superiority of Chinese Mothers when it was first published. Frankly, I dismissed it. It reminded me of today’s ...
Tajikistan Cedes Land to China – A Step Towards Af-Kash-Bet?
This week, China and Tajikistan announced that they have settled their old border dispute. Under this settlement, Tajikistan ceded 386 sq miles or 1,000 s...
Read this Article by Ambassador Blackwill about Pashtunistan & Afghanistan
We used the term Pashtunistan when we began writing about the current conflict in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area. While a new term for most readers, it was...
Macro Viewpoints 2010 Awards for Financial Guests, Shows & Anchors
A veteran Institutional Salesman at a major Wall Street Brokerage Firm has been a long acquaintance of ours. This man’s job was to listen to the morning m...
Not Cast In Caste – An Important Work from a Sindhu Foundation
Editor’s Note: As of today, we have given up the use of the word “Hindu” and reverted to the original name “Sindhu”. To unde...
If You Can Pronounce “Sonia”, Why Do You Call Us “Hindu”?
In many regions of the World, it is common for the wife to take her husband’s last name. From what we gather, this symbolizes the transformation of the wo...
An Immortal Story For The Ages
This is a story we heard in our childhood, a story that has been told for at least 3,000 years. It is the story of: a child from a poor family from the lower st...