Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief 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…
The town of Drass in the Kargil district of Kashmir is reputed to be the second coldest inhabited place on earth. The road from Drass to the town of Kargil is a major strategic asset in the Indian subcontinent. This road is a part of the Indian National Highway that connects Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir…
Editor’s Update – August 1, 2009 – Times of India reports that Facing Flak, India’s Prime Minister decides to attend Kargil celebrations. We are delighted that Indian Society showed some intolerance as we had wished it would. But, the fact India’s Prime Minister had to be pressured into attending celebration of India’s military victory shows…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief 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…
When President Barak Obama won the 2008 Presidential election, it was a transformational event for America and the world. History was made in America because he was the first African-American to get elected to America’s highest office. An even greater story was his message of hope and change for the world. A world, tired of the…
We have always taken America’s Military dominance as a given and as a constant. We were aware that China was building up its forces at a rapid pace but we remained complacent that China is still too weak to confront America or to deny American access to Asia. Our complacency was rudely shaken by two…
About an year ago, in our article, Iraq & Tibet – Strategic will of The American and Chinese People, we wrote “We believe that a long American military presence in Iraq is absolutely critical to American Interests and for the Global Economy. This presence and its pressure will eventually create change in Iran, accelerate the current…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief 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…
India’s mammoth election in May 2009 resulted in an unexpected and lopsided victory for the Congress Party and its UPA alliance. Global Investors have a great deal of respect for Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister. They interpreted the victory as a signal that the Singh Government would liberate the economy, attract foreign capital and…
Sometimes, we come across an article that surprises us, educates us and makes us feel terrific about the world. One such article is about Aakash Ganga, an innovative water resources project that began in Rajasthan, India and has now reached China’s Guiyang Municipality.“The entire world has become aware of the shortage of fresh water in some countries…