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?
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First of all, one has to applaud the chutzpah and the tackling ability of Veena Malik, the actress from Pakistan, who has – through many different (some debatable) ways, made her place in Bollywood. She was earlier hounded several times in the Pakistan media for having denigrated Islam and also the image of Pakistan. If these two concepts and identities are dependent on someone’s professional choices, then boy they are fragile and insecure!!
Now, Veena has come to say, after having pledged that she is a “Namazi Muslim” that she is “an Indian” now. Not just that, she is showing love to Hinduism by hosting Ganesha and participating in the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Not just that, she will be celebrating Holi as well! 🙂 Now, if her antics with Ashmit Patel weren’t enough to cook her in Pakistani media, these remarks surely will.
I am totally fascinated with the ethnic flavours of India and especially its festivals. You know, I had got Ganapati home for the first time for a day last Ganesh Chaturthi, and it was an emotional experience, taking the Lord for visarjan. Now I’m looking forward to the amazing festival of Holi. And this time, I have learnt the tricks of the trade to evade the barrage of colours coming from my friends’ pichkaris. They better watch out! I’m going to drown them in colour this time!”
Just for the record, here is her fight back and grilling in the Pakistani media:
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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