Well I think I have your attention with this headline. I myself do not have a solution to COVID-19 pandemic but I may be able to point you (or the Government) to some people who do. The solution may be available from the enlightened mystics in India or in the Himalayas. Here are the reasons […]
Category Archives: Politics
Creative Thinking to deal with COVID19
I’ll start by saying that I have no creative solutions to COVID19 but I can offer a couple of brainstorming tips on how to go about being creative. In Zen Buddhism the following statement is almost a truism. It goes like this: “If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is […]
My 2 cents on the Coronavirus
Here are my 2 cents on the Corona virus. I am not sure how much you will like what I have written but it is likely to be a different perspective from what you will find elsewhere. I’ll start with a WhatsApp conversation with my niece a couple of days ago. The link is to […]
The defects of Islam
The content of this article was sourced from 2 videos that I watched on YouTube. The links to these videos are below. I would urge you to watch both videos if you have the time and the interest. I have also linked to these videos in my previous article which you may have already read. […]
What makes Islam formidable
One of my cousins has strong views about Islam and the Kashmir dispute. He disagreed with the tone of my 3 articles on Kashmir and sent me 2 links to YouTube videos. These videos contained debates featuring Ayaan Hirsi Ali who is a learned Lady with first-hand experience of Islam and its drawbacks. She had […]
Some final comments on the Kashmir dispute
This is my final article on the Kashmir dispute. Links to my previous two articles are given below: In this article I would like to answer to the points made by my uncle who had objected to many of my suggestions. To read my uncle’s comments please visit the second of the two links above. […]
Another Viewpoint on Kashmir
In response to my article on Kashmir my uncle mailed me some comments. It shows that there is more than one point of view to every issue. Here is the link to my previous article about the Kashmir dispute: The following are my uncle’s comments: You have clearly thought deeply about the issue. I agree […]
A Long Term Solution to the Kashmir dispute
I would like to state at the outset that I would strongly prefer the Kashmir issue to be decided by a referendum held there which gives the people of Kashmir the option whether to stay in India or Pakistan or even become an independent state of their own. Given the fact that this is clearly […]
All that is wrong with the Citizenship Amendment Act
The Citizenship Amendment Act has generated a lot of controversy and turmoil. I do not know much about politics but there are some points that I think can be made. In no particular order of importance these points are: Firstly, the CAA may be motivated by noble intentions but obviously there is a perception and […]
Some thoughts regarding climate change
This article is a bit like telling you to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted. Climate change is upon us and governments and world leaders are taking it seriously (with the exception of Donald Trump if I remember correctly). Anyway, I have no solutions; I would just like to make some points […]