Why Does India Tend to Collapse So Often?
Editor’s Note: We feel a sense of deep sadness in writing this article. It is likely to anger almost everyone of Indian origin regardless of where they li...
Category: History
To Understand What Happened to India’s Economy, Look Back to America of 2009 & Imagine…
Remember America in early 2009? It was such a heady period. America had just elected the first African-American President in history. And not just any African-A...
Is This Why China Wanted the Land From Tajikistan?
In January 2011, Tajikistan ceded 386 square miles or 1,000 square km of land to China, land that was located in the remote, sparsely populated Pamir mountain r...
India’s Economic Mess – So It Was Written in 2009 and So It Happened
Editor’s Note: The economic mess in India has been discussed at length in the Financial Times, New York Times, Times of India, Wall Street Journal, Washin...
‘Big Guy’ vs. ‘Short Guy’ & the ‘Little Master’ – Are “educated” Indians Really That Different & Why?
Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman of CNBC are usually on opposite sides of monetary issues. Their disagreement is most intense when it comes to discussing whether...
Iran Sanctions – Cut Off the World’s Nose to Spite Iran’s Face?
Last time, we saw the US Congress so impassioned, so emotional was in the aftermath of 9/11. With an office within a couple of blocks of the World Trade C...
Happy New Year to All
Friday, March 23 was the beginning of the New Year based on Indian lunisolar calendar. It is the celebration of Gudhi Padwa, the festival of celebration of the ...
America in Afghanistan vs. America in Iraq – The Difference is the Key
This week, the Afghanistan strategy of the Obama Administration was ripped apart. Stratfor wrote, “The conflict’s inherent contradictions are being ...
“I Believe Israel Will Attack” – said Senator Feinstein. We Concur
This week something highly unusual happened in America. The Prime Minister of a Foreign Country virtually promised on American soil to attack another country. L...
Current Afghan Conflagration – Doesn’t That Remind You of 1857?
We are at a critical juncture in Afghanistan. Recent events have cast very serious doubts about the viability of the current policy of training an Afghan army t...