Editor’s Note: Ignorance is never a positive and ignorance blended with racial superiority convictions can lead to disaster. This is why America usually makes disastrous mistakes in Asia while always winning in Europe. That, to us, is the untold story of America’s disaster in Vietnam. The worst disaster of American foreign policy has been Vietnam….
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We are blessed with a smart & diverse readership. They are the ones that teach us and help us navigate through the macro issues we discuss. This week we heard from a reader with great expertise and deep experience in the area of military strategy. This reader shared with us his Open Letter to Prime…
To us, America’s pivot to Asia was the most significant discussion of President Obama’s first term. It marked the need to veer away from America’s decade old engagement in the Middle East towards Asia, the most important region in today’s world. But we have always wondered whether the so-called pivot to Asia was more of…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting tweets, articles, videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television, Tweeter, and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing…
Just about every publication in America has written about the sweeping victory of Shri Narendra Modi in the massive all-Indian election. But virtually all of the coverage is about the visible. As a “Rasik”, we prefer to get to the essence. Go back to last week, last month, last year and you will find that…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting tweets, articles, videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television, Tweeter, and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing…
Remember the last week of August 2013? There was gloom in India and ridicule in the world. The Indian Rupee and the Indian Stock Market were falling like a rock. All hope seemed lost. That was the perfect time to remember the message from the Stable Buddhi Section of Chapter Two of the Bhagvat Geeta…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting tweets, articles, videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television, Tweeter, and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing…
The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world with 22.4% share of Global GDP or gross domestic production. In contrast, India’s share is a measly 2.5%. How tables have turned? Back in early 18th century*, India’s share of global GDP was 24.4% while Britain’s share was a measly 2.8% including America which was…