We have been fans of Shabana Azmi for years. She is one of Bollywood’s great actors and her films have brought us joy. A few days ago, Ms. Azmi made a series of candid comments in which she said that Indian Democracy was unfair to Muslims. We respect Ms. Azmi’s right to say whatever she…
We borrow this title from that of an excellent article on www.bloomberg.com titled “China’s Georgia War Lesson: Today’s Breakaway Bites Back Later”, written by Bloomberg’s Viola Gienger in Washington and Dune Lawrence in Beijing. Events in Russia have always provided instructive lessons for China and China has learned them well. China watched in amazement as…
Every year on August 15, India celebrates the removal of British rule. That day in 1947 began with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s historic address to the world “..We made a tryst with destiny..”. On that historic day, only man in the world foresaw the enormous tragedy that was about to overwhelm both India and Pakistan. That man was…
This weekend is an Indo-China weekend – it features India’s independence day and the Olympics in China. So, this weekend is probably the most appropriate time to discuss China and India.The American Media, especially the Financial Media, loves to use “Chindia” as a catch-all phrase. Why are food prices so high? Why are oil prices so high?…
On July 5, 2008, CNBC Management announced a change in their evening schedule: They replaced the daily 8 pm telecast of CNBC’s Fast Money, an aggressive risk-oriented trading show with a conservative personal finance show that preaches avoidance of risk.“It is a tenet of investing that the Business Press usually provides a reliable contrarian signal”…
Two weeks ago, we wrote a brief article about Snoop Dogg making a guest appearance in Akshay Kumar’s new film “Singh is Kingg” (see our article – “Snoop Dogg in Bollywood – In Akshay Kumar’s new film “Singh is Kingg” – August 2, 2008). The film is all about its star, Akshay Kumar and conclusively…
We thought our readers might like to know the most popular articles on our blog (in terms of viewer hits). These are: Iraq & Tibet – Strategic Will of the American and Chinese People – July 26, 2008 Erin Burnett’s One Hour Special On India – Truly Must Watch TV on CNBC – May 16,…
Today a great deal of media attention is focused on the North West Frontier Province (“NWFP“) of today’s Pakistan and the rapidly increasing control of the Taleban over this province. The New York Times is especially focused on this topic: Ragtag Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan – August 4, 2008 Taliban Breached NATO Base in…
“Now the Pakistani Taleban are expanding their area of control in the settled areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and have reached Attock on the Indus river, which is really the cultural and social dividing line between Afghanistan-Central Asia and Punjab and the Indian subcontinent. This is a very dangerous development.” Said Journalist…
Who can forget the wit of Donald Rumsfeld and especially his question about all the “Stans”. Mr. Rumsfeld was joking about the fact that names of many countries in Central Asia featured “stan”as a suffix. You have to wonder whether Mr. Rumsfeld’s ignorance had a lot to do with the troubles America faces today in Afghanistan and Iraq….