This week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the US Congress that the situation in Pakistan “poses a mortal threat to the security and safety of our country and the world.”. These are strong words. A “mortal threat” to the security of America, we would think, would require a serious military and strategic response. That is why we…
Editor’s Note: This article is an exercise in journalism and journalism only. It is intended to describe history and to raise questions about the future. It is definitely NOT an investment article and should not be considered as such. No one should base any investment decisions or consider any investment decisions based on any fact,…
We can think of several reasons why India gets attacked by terrorists routinely and regularly while America has not been attacked since September 11, 2001. But today, we focus on one reason that our readers might not be aware of. Frankly, we did not know either and were stunned into utter disbelief when we found out…
We often start writing about a topic when we see an unusual or interesting angle develop. Last summer, the New York Times wrote a story about the rivalry between Erin Burnett, the new star of CNBC and Maria Bartiromo, CNBC’s standard bearer. As a Bollywood Rasik, we are no strangers to diva-rivalries. So, we wrote an article* about looking at CNBC from…
We have been honestly and fairly critical of CNBC’s Fast Money Show and some of the traders on this show. Our readers seem to approve. They have made our article, “CNBC’s Fast Money – Practice What Your Anchor Dylan Ratigan” the second most popular article on our blog (see https://cinemarasik.com/2009/02/21/cnbcs-fast-money–practice-what-your-anchor-dylan-ratigan-preaches.aspx ). We have been diligent in catching mistakes made…
We have written extensively and often about the China-India military tensions and the border disputes, the most recent article being “China-India Tensions – Views Of The Pentagon & The Indian Military” on April 4. 2009 (see https://cinemarasik.com/2009/04/04/chinaindia-tensions–views-of-the-pentagon–the-indian-military.aspx ). Last week, China escalated this dispute to the economic arena by effectively blocking a loan from…
Last August, we wrote, “Yet, the Pakistani establishment keep looking the wrong way. The bulk of the Pakistani Panjabi Army faces India, while behind their backs, the Pashtuns are increasing their control over Pakistan. If this goes on unchecked, we might see a struggle break out for control of Panjab between the Panjabis and the…
Two articles have catapulted into our top 10 list since our last monthly updates. We use the term “catapulted’ to describe the speed at which the readership of these 2 articles grew during the past 4 weeks. These new articles are: “CNBC’s Fast Money – Practice What Your Anchor Dylan Ratigan Preaches” – entered the…
Recently, Wisden, The Book of Cricket, introduced its Inaugural Wisden XI, their Cricket Team of the world’s best 11 players. Their aim is to “recognise the best Test cricketers of the calendar year, and to endorse Test cricket as the highest, most skilled, form of the game, the least subject to the intrusion of time.“…
Editor’s Note: In this article, we develop our theory about the origin of the softness and weakness exhibited by Indian Society today and in the past. We need to discuss history to build up the context for our views. That is why this has turned out to be such a long article. Readers might want…