TV Specials “India Rising” – The Bad & The Ugly – PBS – Paul Beban
On Sunday, June 22, the PBS show “Now” aired its documentary about India called “India Rising.” Rarely can a show be called both Bad and...
Category: Current Affairs
Bollywood – Convergence of Sanskrut, Persian and English
While many countries have benefited from the influences and traditions of one or two of History’s globally dominant languages (see previous article), Indi...
State of the Art Defense – First you cry and them you gotta laugh – “Chindia” line of control
Last week, we wrote about the increasing level of tensions between China and India all along the line of control. We mentioned Ladakh – Aksai-Chin area on...
Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale – Is his ignorance symptomatic of Global Investors?
Editor’s Update- September 12, 2009 – The issues discussed in this article are now getting noticed by the global media. The New York Times recently ...
Donald Kohn, Vice Chairman of the US Federal Reserve – A Must Read
According to Bloomberg News, Two-Year US Treasury Yields rose 65 basis points (0.65%) this week to 3.02%, the largest such move since August 1982. The financial...
If you like Oreos, you will love Bourbons – Inspired by Mark Haines
During the “Sacred Cow” conversation on CNBC, Erin Burnett told Mark Haines that she was so busy working on her special that she did not have time t...
Response from CNBC to our article “Flagrant Foul” on CNBC anchors Mark Haines and Erin Burnett
The most popular article on this blog is “Erin Burnett’s One Hour Special on India” with a 16.5% hit rating. The second most popular arti...
Gandhi my father – An intensely personal story of Mahatma Gandhi and his unfortunate son Harilal
“Mahatma Gandhi could transform the soul of a nation but could not save the soul of his own son.” – so ends the description on the DVD cover o...
A Bollywood Tribute to Yangon (Rangoon of old)
An informed European-American reader of this blog told me that Bollywood films always make her feel good. It would be very hard to make any one feel ...