China of 2020 vs. China of 2016 – Xi Caught In A Trumodi Bind?
Remember the China of 2016! No one doubted that it was a major power on its way to becoming a global superpower with the largest economy on earth & a...
Category: Focus
Will Never Forget
We can recall virtually every place we were on that morning of September 11, 2001; where we were when we heard about the first plane hitting the World Tr...
Soldiers at the Top of the World – Think of Them
As we remembered 9/11 on the morning of September 11, 2001, we saw the following tweet: d-atis@detresfa_ Sep 11 – #IndianArmy high altitude maneuve...
Doing “a China” to China in Ladakh – India’s “Less Talk, More Action”
1.This week in Ladakh As Shiv Aroor of India Today tweeted this week, Shiv Aroor@ShivAroor – Last weekend, something changed in Ladakh. The Indian...
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi
This week begins the global celebration of Ganesh, the most beloved Roop or Vibhuti (representation) of our Creator. Beloved of little children & wo...
A Restless World – Middle East, China & Kublai Khan & Far East
You have to admit it is really getting interesting in the old Eurasian space from the Middle East to Far East. 1.Turkey, Greece & the Mediterranean ...
India’s Independence Day – Shree Ram’s Independence – 1
Yesterday India & the Global Indian Diaspora celebrated India’s 74th Physical Independence Day since the British left India in 1947. For us, th...
Ram Mandir at Ayodhya – August 5, 2020
August is an important month in India already with the Independence Day on August 15. Today’s India became physically independent on August 15, 194...
Calm at India-China Line of Control – Real or A Time to Prepare?
The Line of Control between India & China in the Ladakh-Tibet-Xinjiang area has been quiet for awhile. Some we know are relieved arguing the conflict...
China & Thucydides Scenario
About 2500 years ago, a Greek named Thucydides wrote that the Athens-Sparta war took place because Sparta, the dominant state, became increasingly fearfu...