Annual and Year-end

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Drishtikone’s Annual Predictions for 2020

Happy New Year from Drishtikone. When contentious times arrive, your friends show up but even more importantly, your enemies show up in greater numbers. It is then up to you as to how you would like to address the situation. 2020 has put us on that cusp. No matter where

Desh Kapoor

02 Jan 20 16 min read

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Drishtikone’s Annual Predictions for 2019

Every year, we make predictions for the next year on Drishtikone. These predictions relate to world at large but specifically to three countries – India, US and Pakistan. The idea is to look at the socio-economic and political trajectory of these societies and see where it will lead them to. Drishtikone's

Desh Kapoor

31 Dec 18 18 min read

Annual and Year-end

Annual Predictions for India, Pakistan and the US for 2018

Annual Predictions are a ritual at Dristikone. We look at what we discussed last year and then look at how the next year will pan out to be given the socio-economic situations, trends and events. We will do so again this year. In last year’s prediction, we had suggested

Desh Kapoor

01 Jan 18 13 min read

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Annual Predictions for India, US and Pakistan for 2017

I had a tradition every year where I would make predictions on India, Pakistan and US based on socio-political situations and my understanding of its nuances. I can happily say that a lot of my earlier predictions did turn out to be correct – including the victory of Obama (both times)

Desh Kapoor

31 Dec 16 10 min read

Annual and Year-end

Yearly Socio-Economic Predictions for India, Pakistan and US

Every year, at Drishtikone, we analyze the coming year for three nations – Indian, US, and Pakistan. In my view, for our purposes, these three nations are very important. One, because it is the Indian perspective that this blog shows while discussing and talking of Hinduism. US, because it is the

Desh Kapoor

03 Jan 14 10 min read

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Five Predictions for 2012: How will the world be like?

2012This year, 2012, is a significant year in many ways. There are enough doomsday-sayers, who believe that 2012 will be the end of the world [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon]. World, as per the great mystic and yogi Sadhguru is poised to see a surge in ability of

Desh Kapoor

17 Jan 12 6 min read

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Review of 2009 and Predictions for 2010

Every year, I look at the previous year and make predictions for the coming one, not based on any astrological basis but the basic understanding of the socio-economic situations. (Review of 2008 Predictions and New ones for 2009 [https://www.drishtikone.com/review-2008-predictions-and-new-one-2009]) India On this front the record was

Desh Kapoor

03 Jan 10 5 min read

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Review of 2008 Predictions and New ones for 2009.

For last two years, at Drishtikone, we have presented predictions for the coming years. And it is interesting to see how they have stacked up. Last year also we made some predictions [https://www.drishtikone.com/drishtikone-predictions-2008/]. Let us first review them a bit and then look at how the

Desh Kapoor

02 Jan 09 3 min read

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Predictions for 2007

Here are some of my Predictions for 2007 on all fronts: 1. Dollar will decline and maybe US will avert a correction but the deficit will continue to balloon. 2. The tensions due (1) above will increase with China and Europe due to trade issues. Chinese element will also include