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?
London is witnessing unprecedented riots since yesterday. Started over the shooting death by police of a local man, Mark Duggan and spread very quickly all over. 170 people have been arrested over two nights of rioting.
As per eye witnesses and friends from London, minority communities – Afro-Caribbeans, Muslims and Bangladeshis – have been mostly involved in the rioting.
So are all minorities to be blamed? It seems no.
Sikhs a large community in Southall area, has surprised everyone by coming out and standing guard. Young and old have stood guard and are patrolling the streets and wanted to defend their community, irrespective of race, religion or skin color.
In times of tragedies, it is important that the citizens come out and defend not just their own property, but that of others as well. Here is a video from Skynews on the Sikh response.
Here is a picture that will probably be the most iconic of these riots – of a woman jumping off a building in flames! It amply shows the seriousness of this human tragedy:
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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