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 this series…
Recently, Helene Cooper & Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times appeared together on the Chris Mathews show. They presented different outlooks so often that finally Helene Cooper laughed and said that no one at the New York Times agrees with any one else (at the Times).This simple direct comment brought home to us…
In our first article* on the differences between the Indian Education System and American Education System, we discussed the cultural importance of education in Indian families & society. This is one of the most important driving forces behind the success of India’s middle class in education. But the laser-like focus has its dark side as well. Since education…
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 this series…
David Ignatius of the Washington Post is an intelligent, thoughtful writer. He is one of the best opinionators at Washington Post, in our opinion. But, we have learned that raw intelligence without knowledge and insight can lead to dreadful mistakes. Our maxim is that lack of education breeds ignorance and ignorance breeds cultural supremacism, a form of racism.This, we believe, is the hidden factor behind…
We were delighted to see that Dr. Ben Bernanke was chosen as The Person Of The Year by Time Magazine. He certainly was. Kudos to Time for recognizing this fact.We have been passionate supporters of Ben Bernanke. In our opinion, Dr. Bernanke single handedly saved America & the World from going into a depression. Think…
An American citizen, David Coleman Headley, has been accused of helping plot Mumbai terrorist attack that let 163 people dead last year, according to a Justice Department complaint. The complaint described Mr. Headley’s repeated trips to India and his visits to the sites nearly two years before the attacks. This case has been covered on CNN, Fox and even by…
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 this series…
This is call for sacrifice, a sacrifice you should consider for this holiday season, a sacrifice that would be hard on your family. We beseech you to NOT spend money to buy gifts for your loved ones during this holiday season. Instead, give them the gift of a family holiday that just involves spending time…
The USA-India Strategic Partnership was President Bush’s vision. Like all his goals, he pursued it steadfastly. He succeeded. Even the New York Times acknowledged the Bush success in its January 10, 2009 article titled India Has a Soft Spot for Bush. We discussed the New York Times piece in our own article on January 17. Both…