We used the term Pashtunistan when we began writing about the current conflict in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area. While a new term for most readers, it was a natural term. The Samskrut suffix “Sthan” or “Stan” (its Hindi-Persian pronunciation) means “place of” or “land of”. The fact that Pashtuns (or Pakhtuns) live on both sides of…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to…
A veteran Institutional Salesman at a major Wall Street Brokerage Firm has been a long acquaintance of ours. This man’s job was to listen to the morning meeting at his firm and then call his clients with what the analysts. A few years ago, in a moment of candor, this wise man told us that his…
In our earlier article, we published the Top 10 Articles since the inception of this Blog. Some of these articles have proved to be very durable in their appeal. This makes it hard for newer articles to break through that Top 10 Most Popular List. As a result, that list does not change often. So, we…
Below is the complete list of this Blog’s 10 Most Popular Articles (in terms of viewer hits) as of Friday, December 31, 2010.1. “The Karna-Arjun Battle in The Maha-Bharat – Beyond Adjectives” – September 20, 20082. “Read The China-India Article by Robert Kaplan in Foreign Affairs“– February 28, 2009 3. “Mo Force is On Board the Deflation Wagon –…
Editor’s Note: This is a book review. It is most definitely NOT an investment article. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions based on anything written in or inferred from this article. Investing is a serious matter and all investment…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to…
Editor’s Note: As of today, we have given up the use of the word “Hindu” and reverted to the original name “Sindhu”. To understand why, please refer to our article If You Can Pronounce “Sonia”, Why Do You Call Us “Hindu”? We shall only use this banished term if it happens to be a chosen…
In many regions of the World, it is common for the wife to take her husband’s last name. From what we gather, this symbolizes the transformation of the woman from a daughter to a wife. This may be why marriages in many parts of the world contain a formal “giving away” of the bride by…
This is a story we heard in our childhood, a story that has been told for at least 3,000 years. It is the story of: a child from a poor family from the lower strata of society, a child without a father but with a strong, determined mother, a child who finds a great teacher…