The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
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For the Bollywood crazy country like India, Saif and Kareena’s wedding was a big event. One of the most important question that remained in everyone’s mind was – if Kareena Kapoor had converted to Islam on marriage. In Islam, this is mandatory so many thought it was obvious. While many also know Kareena as a strong woman. So this question – Did Kareena Convert to Islam? – remained at the top of the star’s fans minds. And, finally, after a lot of dilly-dallying, Sharmila Tagore, has answered the question for the media. In a recent interview with TOI, she gave the following reply.
She hasn’t converted, but she is now the Begum of Pataudi. He is the Nawab, so Kareena is the Begum. Saif is not comfortable with it. But I say why shouldn’t one take traditions seriously. He says people may mock at him saying, ‘kahaan ki riyasat’ and all that. I understand that, but when you go to Pataudi, there are people who follow it. You are who you are, why should you deny your past? Maybe he feels that his father was so well known as the Nawab of Pataudi and filling in his shoes will be difficult. But slowly, he will get used to it.
While this satisfies the curiosity of Kareena’s fans, it will surely put Sharmila Tgore and more importantly Saif and Kareena in the cross-hair of the Islamic clerics and mullahs. Stay tuned in for a new Fatwa waiting to be slapped on the star love birds!
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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