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?
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?
Raja Choudhury as he takes us on a historical and spiritual journey into the making of Angkor Wat and the sacred history and power of Cambodia and Vietnam. Raja will guide us on an Indiana Jones style quest into this exotic and mysterious region of the World.
We will discover:
1.How Indian Culture and Hinduism shaped the Cambodian Cosmology and Traditions over 2,000 years
2.The making of the Khmer Dynasty and the birth of truly Indianized Kings 3.The Building of Angkor Watt – Heaven on Earth – a living Meru
From Hinduism to Buddhism, – How Cambodia became a country dedicated to Theravada Buddhism
5.The ancient influence of Chinese culture and Mahayana Chan Buddhism in Vietnam
6.The thin line dividing Cambodia and Vietnam is like today’s India and China – we will explore these similarities and differences.
Attack by Hamas took a lot to accomplish. The sudden Chinese bonhomie with Syria and the bringing together of Arab - Sunni and Shia countries and actors by Xi Jinping's regime raises some questions .
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