Editor’s Note: The story below was sent to us from an avid reader of this Blog. It made us smile. An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the UN assembly that made the world community smile. A representative from India began: “Before beginning my speech, I want to tell you something about Rushi…
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…
It is a maxim of ours that lack of education leads to ignorance and ignorance leads to cultural supremacism, a dangerous form of religious prejudice and racism. We find this in many comments from America’s writers on Afghanistan and its largest ethnic group, the Pashtuns. These writers can only acknowledge the history of the region from the…
Editor’s Note: We are indebted to Mr. Raj Mundhe for bringing this story to our attention. Mr. Mundhe, an avid reader and an old friend, is a noted financial advisor in the Metro Boston area.The NYC Next Idea contest, sponsored by The Economic Development Corporation, is one of Mayor Bloomberg’s initiatives to improve New York City’s image as…
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…
As we ring out 2009 and ring in 2010, we feel a sense of goodwill, hope and optimism. In this spirit, we would like to wish our readers a very Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year. Perhaps this is best said with the timeless Sanskrut invocation: Sarve Api Sukhinah Santu – Let all beings be content & happySarve Santu Niramayah –…
We are delighted to inform our readers that Pratham has been awarded the Henry Kravis Leadership Award for 2010 and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Award for 2009.For those who do not know Pratham, it is one of the most innovative and most successful NGOs (Non-Governmental Organization) in the world. It is the largest NGO…
Investing is a passion of ours. We simply cannot get enough of insightful interviews with Expert Investors and Analysts. Some interviews we adore, some we like, some we dislike and some we abhor. So this year, we began writing a weekly article about video clips that we find interesting. If you are an individual investor,…
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…