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?
The following “Rape Map of India” is very interesting. In 2011, a total of 24,206 rape cases were registered in India, as per the National Crime Records Bureau. The map gives the distribution of the cases. Obviously, reporting of rape cases in India is not the same as reporting of a rape case in, say Sweden. Many go unreported in India. So, while this gives an indication of regional occurrence, it shouldn’t be taken as truth for overall numbers.
As can be seen the top 6 states for the crime are:
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Assam
So given the culture in all the states, it is obvious that neither education, nor party in power, and even the religious biases aren’t any indicator. It is beyond all that. Something to think about.
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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