On this day of Gudhi Paadvaa (commonly written as Padva), we wish readers a Very Happy & Prosperous New Year. This is the day the Creator, Brahma-Dev, recreated the world after the massive flood that swept away the previous civilization. On this day, households hang a Gudhi in the right side of the main…
Update April 13, 2019: The US Defense Department said it was “not aware” of any investigation that was conducted to ascertain if Pakistan had lost an F-16 in a dogfight with Indian fighter jets on February 27, contrary to a report by a news publication that had gone on to say, citing unidentified defense…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with our comments. This is an article…
Four weeks ago, we wrote that the strike by the Indian Air Force against the Jaish terrorist training complex at Balakot was a mental breakout by India. It was a change from soft deterrence of words & appeals to a hard deterrence of destructive pre-emptive strikes against terrorists preparing to attack India. India always…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with our comments. This is an article…
Every one has heard of the Taj Mahaal, the world’s monument of love. It was built by Khurram, the ruler of Delhi who proclaimed himself (ridiculously) as Shah Jahan, the Shah (ruler) of the World. He was also a lover of poetry & fine arts. And he brought into his court a great Sanskrut…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with our comments. This is an article…
Everybody has recognized for some time that the May 2019 election would be a difficult one for PM Modi. His 2014 campaign, while a phenomenal success, had kinda bound him into an untenable position. His campaign for better days, his campaign for sab ka saath, sab ka vikaas (development for all) had raised hopes…
Summary – A top-down review of interesting calls and comments made last week in Treasuries, monetary policy, economics, stocks, bonds & commodities. TAC is our acronym for Tweets, Articles, & Clips – our basic inputs for this article. Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting Tweets, Articles, Video Clips with our comments. This is an article…
Friday, March 8 2019, was designated as International Women’s Day. Watching TV anchors talk about this on air raised some thoughts, brought back previous thoughts & memories. We thought again about how men, at least TV anchor men, have progressed. Take MSNBC’s Chris Mathews for example. He is, to us, the personification of a…