Editor’s Note: The article below is based on our quick reading of Chapter Four of recently issued Report of the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law. This was issued by a three-expert committee. Two of the three experts are retired Judges of the Supreme Court of India. We would welcome any corrections or critique of…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Below are this week’s articles from Macro Viewpoints: A Gang-Rape of Indian Culture by US Media >>>> A Primer on Religious Vilification? Read this NYT Article from NYT’s Anointed Writer >>>> Interesting Videoclips of the Week (January 13 – January 18, 2013) >>>> .
Our title was inspired by an anguished tweet from an Indian woman (name withheld for her privacy) to Paul Beckett of the Wall Street Journal: “i swear. internationally it seems entire country is getting raped” We thought this woman’s tweet perfectly caught the sentiment of many Indians who saw their culture raped internationally. We added…
Would the New York Times ever select an Israeli Muslim writer to lead a Letters from Israel series? Forget Muslim, would the NYT ever select an Israeli Christian writer for that series? Would the NYT ever select a Christian or Jewish writer from Saudi Arabia to lead a Letters from Saudi Arabia series? So why…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Below are the articles published this week in Macro Viewpoints: An Effective Solution For Harassment & Rape of Delhi Women? – One used By Mumbai Police & US Marshals >>>> Did You Know Alexander of Macedon was an Iranian Muslim? Indians Do >>>> A Gorgeous Photo Tribute to Mumbai-New York >>>> Interesting Videoclips of the…
The barbaric rape-murder of the 23-year old Delhi woman is an extreme case of what women face in Delhi. Hopefully, that will never be repeated. But what about the daily harassment Delhi’s women suffer every day? It seems that hasn’t changed according to an article by Rama Lakshmi of the Washington Post. Read the quote…
Surely you have heard the story of Alexander of Macedonia, the great Greek conqueror. His victories are legendary. But very little is taught about his final campaign. It was “disastrous” to quote the adjective of Robert Kaplan of Stratfor and the author of “Monsoon”. After Alexander’s victories over the border states of India, he wanted…
I was a Mumbai-ker* in my childhood. Now I am a New Yorker and a Mumbai-kar*. At heart and in spirit, I belong to both Mumbai and New York. These cities are similar in their geography, their nature and their spirit. Living in New York is like living in Mumbai, especially South Mumbai, where I…