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Thailand is a beautiful country with dense forests and beautiful people. It has a coastline with the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand and borders Myanmar (Burma) to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the southeast and Malaysia to the south! Poeple there are care-free, with a
The Guadacanal is an island in Solomon Islands, a small nation. During World War II, a major battle was fought here called the Guadalcanal Campaign, or theBattle of Guadalcanal. It was code-named Operation Watchtower. Solomon Islands is a country over 28,400 square kms with 6 major and 900 smaller
This decidedly is technologically the most advanced generation ever on this planet in many ways. Science, material science at least, has reached amazing peaks. Ordinary men and women now can do what many powerful kings could never dream of. Despite all this progress, however, have we been able to achieve
Kashmir issue has been a sticky issue for India and has been used by Pakistan to hit at India. But things have changed since the Modi government came. The skeletons are tumbling out from the closet and we are learning the truth. Let us get it all out clearly. [lwptoc
The recent NSA talks have – as the author had predicted – been called off by Pakistan. Numerous analysts and commentators in India and the opposition parties – apart from the various intriguing folks in Pakistan – have been coming up with their own versions of the situation. 5 Facts of Indo-Pak History and
What is Rashtra Dharma (or Duty to your Nation)? Is it sucking up to the dynasties? Or is it Unity, integrity, security and prosperity of your mother-land? Chanakya deals with these questions very effectively in this one interaction. Whatever he says is still relevant… just replace Nand-vansh with Gandhi dynasty
Rajeev Malhotra’s work on Indic civilization is unique and without parallel. He has written two books – Breaking India [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8191067374/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8191067374&linkCode=as2&tag=syncbrain-20] and Being Different [http://www.
Despite circumstantial evidence to suggest this, the Indian Government and the “peaceniks” have been going on as if somehow there will be a change in the basic architecture of Pakistan’s inherent “software” and it will abandon its terrorist ways. Truth is that Pakistan has been inextricably linked to the
The mafia of the Politicians, Bureaucrats, Paid Media, Human Rights Activists and the Terrorists is ruining the country, but more so the Indian Defense Services. When someone like VK Singh a person who wasn’t a “Yes Man” comes along, he is targeted in every way. But in the normal
Getting eyeballs, goal of many in the online businesses, has a completely different meaning for an incredible person in Mumbai – Kusum Vira. She collects eyeball donations from her community for Mumbai. 85% of all the eye donations in Mumbai come from the Gujarati and Jain community. 500 eyeballs a year.
Lately India has become a “free for all”. Now, there is not even a pretense of being “above board” and impartial. Markandey Katju, the ex-Justice and the present Chief of the Press Council of India has done it again. He had earlier discussed his disdain for Narendra Modi and a
Pakistan’s history has been specifically created for a certain agenda by its establishment. These days many analysts are revisiting the history of Pakistan and looking at things that are not just astonishing but also very enlightening. This is a discussion on the TV program “Bilatakalluf with Tahir Gora”. The
Does the reservation policy in India benefit anyone? Personally, I think the reservation policy is flawed. Yet, one does find that some genuine people do get benefited… big time. And, these are the examples that make you feel a little better with what is going on in the name of
Pervez Musharraf is going back to Pakistan after 4 years in exile. He is confident that he can make political impact within a month of joining the campaign fray. So, he is fighting the elections and will be going for next rule. > Just before his return to Pakistan after 4
Here are some of the best: To start off – it is important to know where does a politician think about “Politics”. Where and what is this “Politics”. Apparently, it is not where you think it is! Have fun! Read Quote of Dhananjay Gowda’s answer to Rahul Gandhi: What is
Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world. Osaka is the second most. Japan is certainly not a country for the faint-hearted! Here is a list [http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/06/and-the-worlds-10-most-expensive-cities-of-2013-are/] of the most expensive cities in the world. 10. Geneva 9. Caracas 8. Paris 7.
An interesting diplomatic experiment via kids is underway. Through Marshall Direct Fund’s Global Kid Connect program, Aspen Country Day School in Colorado and Lahore Grammar School in Pakistan are exchanging penpal mails. Apart from the subjects related to music and celebs, these kids are actually touching upon diplomatic and
IITs in India have elicited awe and reverence for others and satisfaction for those who passed through the hallowed precincts. So, how have the alumni used their IIT education and experience? Here is a very interesting take – based on real stories – by an IITian. Read Quote of Shikhar Agarwal’s
If you have grown up in India in the last 40 years, the chances are that one of your favorite snacks is the Parle-G. But the prices of Parle-G have remained pretty stable all these years. It is cheap and still has the same taste as it had when I
India’s media market, specifically the TV is increasing at a rapid pace. After China, it is the largest market. And it will keep at it. > With TV sets in 167 million households (second only to China) and a government plan [http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/govt-targets-600mn-broadband-connections-by-2020_596537.html]
http://storify.com/drishtikone/india-s-role-in-afghanistan-and-pakistan [http://www.zemanta.com/?px]
These two women are incredible, but I love the story of Anandi Gopal Joshi, a lady of meager means, married at 9, who went on to become the first Doctor from India to have been educated in US. Read Quote of Akshar Prabhu Desai’s answer to India: Who is
Quora is a great site for Question and Answers. People ask interesting questions and there are experts who come out with very details and informative answers. And it seems that the Argumentative Indians have suddenly taken a lead on this site. India is now the #1 source of traffic to
Indian Railways is an amazing enterprise because of its sheer volume and scale. Life on Indian trains is of another world. But some experiences leave you completely bewidered and laughing. Here are some shared by a regular Indian traveler. Read Quote of Adrianna Tan’s answer to Travel: What are
Due to the recent spate in rapes in India, there has come about a question mark on how safe women are in India when they travel alone. Specifically for an American woman, or any foreign woman in general. Here is a very interesting and detailed answer to that question. Read
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister who almost led India to a victory, when he had to go to Tashkent to talk of truce with Pakistan. We have discussed it earlier in our blog post “The Betrayal of Tashkent in 1965 [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/betrayal-tashkent-1965/]“. Here
Watch the video with the practice. Unfortunately, these westerners cannot understand the significance of the practice and end up with proclaiming primacy of Jesus and their own beliefs. The problem is that West has not known any other way to live except to eulogize the body and the physical. So,
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) is a massive city-modernisation scheme launched by the Government of India under Ministry of Urban Development. The idea was to spend $20 billion over seven years. Fantastic idea. Well, not quite so as the UPA Government prepares to launch its 2014 poll campaign
Major Jagjit Singh was a 21 year old living in Amritsar at the time of Partition. He witnessed the first train massacres and the general deterioration of law and order in the months leading up to Partition, in 1947. In this video he describes these scenes. Major Jagjit Singh also
Sadhguru spoke with Dr. Sanjeev K. Chaudhry, CEO of Super Religare Laboratories (SRL), in a recent event in New Delhi. @SadhguruJV in conversation with CEO of Religare on #Health #Spirituality [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp27rDI-60e&text=%40SadhguruJV%20in%20conversation%20with%20CEO%20of%20Religare%
Chobi Mela, the first festival of photography in Asia, is one of the most exciting ventures that Drik has initiated. The first Chobi Mela – International Festival of Photography was held Dec.1999-January 2000. It is held every two years in Dhaka. The festival examines the dramatic shifts in image production,
While trying to enter Asia to spread the “Christian Good News”, a euphemism for converting the local populations – while decimating the local cultures and myriad of belief systems and rituals as new “Walmartization” of culture happens – Pope now wants to enter a new territory. Social Media. He has a new
Will the Chinese economy continue its torrid pace of growth and overtake the U.S.’s top status? Or is it a bubble destined to burst, taking the world economy down with it? Paul Solman interviews a highly-respected China “bull” and a prominent China “bear” as part of his ongoing
This question and many other very interesting insights are brought out by this smart guy from Deutsche Bank, Sanjeev Sanyal. He traces Indian history back to the Ancient times and then looks at the current times and tries to connect dots. He makes the story of Indian history very exciting
Conventional wisdom in India goes that Indians get a lot of vacations and holidays. Well, it might be true that India has its official holidays on the higher side, but overall the working Indians – specially in the private sector – are horribly vacation deprived. In fact, as per one survey, India
On a larger scale, when you look at the “Big Picture History” of China, one sees constant periods of expansion and contractions fueled by strong Central rule and Regional power grab. With the uneven growth in China – Rural/Urban, North/South, Coastal/Inland – the fissures that have ensured the cycles
Watched this beautiful video of a person’s travels in India, Nepal, Indonesia, China, and North America (US and Canada). The visuals and the narration is absolutely stunning! The video has these intriguing words penned by Lord Byron. So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the
Anant Goenka of Indian Express (Head – New Media, Indian Express Group) discusses his role in taking the legacy of Express (been there since 1931) viral by using online technologies. Given that print is still very profitable in India and advertising pie and readership still growing; the technology and online platforms
Certain changes are happening in the Pakistani world, that give reason for hope to the outside world. This incident of sacking of a news editor because he cooked up a false Wikileaks report to please his bosses in ISI and Pakistan Army, does show that some sections are standing up
This is a very interesting answer from a native Mandarin speaker. Things that I didn’t know about or realized. Read Quote of Tao Tan’s answer to Life Advice: What non-English language will be most useful for my child to know in 20-30 years? [http://www.quora.com/Life-Advice/
Given the realization of the place of women in the world, here is something that I found interesting. These are observations by Mark Palmer, the CEO of StreamBase Systems [http://www.streambase.com/] on his blog (link [http://streambase.typepad.com/streambase_stream_process/2010/03/women-leaders.html] ) > Women, if
Something that is bound to make the regular air-hoppers in India excited.. and also could pose some threats if not handled properly and with adequate security. Now Air travellers in India can board a flight using the soft copy of their boarding passes instead of a printed copy. The soft
Here a analyst from Stratfor – a US think tank discusses the impact that India’s growing population will have on the stability of India and its influence in the region. Also how an already weak central Government will get more stressed. [http://www.zemanta.com/?px]
After Modi’s victory, there is a lot of discussion and debate on both sides of the aisle – those who support Modi and those who don’t. Here is one such remark by Markandey Katju [http://www.facebook.com/justicekatju/posts/506663236040894] > I have been asked my opinion about Mr.
India is rather high in the black money hoarding list. > India is among the top 10 developing countries in the world with a black money outflow of $1.6 billion ( Rs.8,720 crore) in 2010, a report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) said. The report, to be released on
This, as we discussed earlier, is a very common topic on the Pakistani channels. And, it is interesting to see the views of the Pakistani media people ABOUT the media and its showing. I was kind of intrigued – not entirely shocked though (I expect a lot of things from Pakistani
The media in Pakistan is rather strange in the way it discusses issues. Specially the issues concerning terrorism and one that is directed against India. As this lady says, many in Pakistani media are on the payroll of the ISI. No wonder that those who aren’t and take a
This is an ad from Congress in the run up to the Gujarat Polls. The ad is a play on the “Vibrant Gujarat” slogan of Narendra Modi led Government, and uses it to make a mockery of the economic situation in Gujarat by saying that all the MOUs and the
Chanakya TV series was one of the best ever. Many people I know still go back to it. Chanakya was an inspiring personality in his own time and even now. He brought the nation of India together in a way that no one had done before him or later. He
India has bought a stake in Vietnam’s oilfield, which is in South China Sea. China is not happy and is trying to block things for India, who have warned that they can use force to take care of their interests. Are India and China on a collision course? And
Came across a very interesting article on Huffington Post: Why doesn’t Asia have Religion? [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-david-dubois/does-asia-have-religion_b_1031869.html] It is a point that is important to make and so difficult to do so in the current world, which has been contaminated by the very
Heads of States of various countries came together for a Gala Dinner ahead of ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was held at Cambodia’s Diamond Island Convention Center on Monday. All the guests wore colorful shirts which reflected how the Cambodians do it. The bright colors added to
Came across a very interesting article about the blogging trends in Japan and India vis-a-vis the Western Blogosphere. It seems, even though English speakers to Japanese Speakers ratio is 5:1 in the world, the blogosphere is dominated by Japanese as opposed to English in terms of number of blogs.
World of Japanese Blood Group DynamicsJapan is a remarkably homogenous country and people have to invent differences for prejudice to find a play. For, differences bring distinctions for some and inferiority for others. So they have come up with Blood Type defining the character, temperament and personality of people. In
Tensions between China and Japan are running high these days. And from the looks of it, it doesn’t seem like this will come down anytime soon. One of the consequences of this is that the Japanese companies are switching [http://www.tokyotimes.com/2012/japanese-investors-are-switching-from-china-to-india/] from China to India
Singapore is a very green and clean city. I took a short hour and a half tour of the city, courtesy the airport tours. The Guide was knowledgeable and funny and very engaging. I took some pictures in the city. Some of the sites are spectacular though. [scrollGallery id=11]
I landed in Singapore early in the morning around 7 am. It was foggy to begin with, and after a long over 20 hours of a flight stopping in Moscow, Russia; this was a welcome stop. I still have some hours of flying time to get to the Motherland. But
Most people are not satisfied with where they are. They would like to move out of their present countries to “greener pastures”. It seems of all the destinations in the world, US of A is the most desired. 150 million of the world’s adults would like to move to
If you are an Indian or Chinese student, the chances are you are discriminated when it comes to College Admissions in the US. This is being proved by repeated studies and also from the complaints against some premier colleges like Harvard and Princeton. The explanations offered try their best to
Cindy Tien-Cin WuThe American Classical music scene is a strange and interesting game of musical chairs when it comes to the audiences. The White American audience, which predominated the classical music halls is dispropotionately older (45-54 yrs). And as this older generation moves out due to death, disease to non-attendance
A nuclear catastrophe is potentially around the corner. After the earthquake affected the Japanese nuclear plant, three explosions and a fire have occurred in four days. Quite simply, the situation at Japan’s earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is dire. On Tuesday there was an explosion at plant’s No.
Yet another earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on richter scale has hit Indonesia [http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/indonesia.quake/index.html?hpt=T1]. It was again accompanied with a Tsunami. Over 300 people are dead and over 400 are missing. In September 2010, two earthquakes
Humanity demands fairness and goodness. Even in war civility is the way for a more peaceful world. That’s what our instincts say and that is what is most ethical. However, when one goes back to history, one sees that those who were ruthless and not shy of completing a
Many times we do not realize the issues sitting from afar of a country. In Afghanistan there is the threat of Taliban – which is pretty serious – but then where Taliban is not there.. there is corruption. Corruption that is institutionalized by Hamid Karzai and his coterie and also the Western
Sri Lankan Army has finally entered Kilinochchi, the de-facto capital of LTTE in North East Sri lanka. It was, however, a ghost town that was abandoned as the LTTE moved its operations further in the North East jungles. In the previous two attempts, Sri Lankan forces face still challenge and
In the latest “Failed States Index, 2008” by Foreign Policy [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4350&page=1], four countries in our neighborhood have ended up in top 15. The list headed by Somalia, has Afghanistan as #7, and Pakistan at #9, Bangladesh and Burma are
China and Pakistan have carefully cultivated Nepal as their territory for last 10 years. And it has been a complete failure of India to not have anything to stop it! At the very least I would have expected the BJP government to have done something about it but even they
I know many in Pakistan have been trying to speak negative about India.. but I came across this interview with the Afghan Ambassador [http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/06inter1.htm] to India where he talks about the Indo-Afghan relations. I think the facts are self evident. Also read
The entire Persian belt (Iran and Iraq) is a big mess! Iran had been getting its nuke technology from AQ Khan and the North Korea (well to be precise – from CHINA).. while the US and others in the West had ostensibly no freaking idea. And then when Bush came in
It seems the D-company [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678918.cms] of Dubai and Karachi fame is not entirely done. While Indian intelligence and the rest of the world concentrates on Pakistan and Dubai – which Dawood called his home – he has been deftly but surely moving onto newer pastures in
The current controversy on the Prophet cartoons ceases to stop. And as it grows on around the world – more property and lives are lost. The debate on the range and intensity of response takes on a life of its own in all fora. I have been to at least two
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