There Is much to learn from the civilization and culture of China. Bertrand Russell spent some time in China in the early part of the 20th century and had this to say about the great country: “I have come to realize that the white race isn’t as important as I used to think it was. […]
Category Archives: Politics
Sadhguru on Free Speech and the Basics of Governance
Recently I watched the spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev (also known as Sadhguru) being interviewed by Times Now in their weekly show Frankly Speaking. One of his comments at the end of the show raised my hackles. He said that those people who are talking of dividing the country are not human beings and should be […]
Does the Gandhi Family have a Death Wish
I am in my 50s and old enough to remember the deaths of both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. In 1984 the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot and killed by two of her own security guards who happened to be Sikhs. This assassination was in retaliation for the desecration of the Golden Temple […]
How not to lose the War on Terror
Until a few years ago Osama Bin Laden was regarded as the biggest threat to western civilization. Now of course the ISIS is bigger and stronger than the Al Qaeda. But from a broad perspective the situation has not changed for the West. Yes, the ISIS is capable of civil war (in Syria) while the […]
How to manage Corruption in India
I remember an anecdote which happened more than twenty years ago. I was working as an accountant for a small firm which shall remain unnamed. I had taken over my responsibilities and had been working there for about a couple of months when the proprietor spoke to me and said:- “I had to pay a […]