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America seems to be in a Catch-22 situation in Pakistan. The catch in the novel Catch-22 was bureaucratic nonsense and that has been replaced by amateurish decision making by Bush in the War of Terror. The number of bad decisions have gotten to such a high level that the catches now need to be codified with numbers. There is no stopping the mistakes even though this war effort is the biggest war

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The other day I saw a shuddering video on YouTube. An antelope was battling a fierce crocodile which had its gory teeth thrusted into the antelope's neck. The antelope didn't have much space to maneuver but it was still trying to snatch its skin from the crocodile's clutches, bit by bit every second. The crocodile was trying hard to firm up its grip and the scene was getting bloodier. If only it

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On one hand, reducing poverty has become such an important priority for the developed nations. It has been a major issue in all of the recent World Economic Forum meetings. Global poverty is seen as a big threat to the economical, social and political stability of the wealthier nations. A staggering 4 billion out of total world population of 6 billion are below the poverty line. Poor are defined

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India's UNSC bid creates noise every time there is a UN session in progress. But sadly, it creates noise only in India. Thats the irony of this bid which needs 2/3rd of 192 countries around the world to vote for India. Nobody is talking about it and nobody cares. It is important to discuss whether India really deserves that seat.Agreed that 1 out of every 6 people in this world live in India,

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America is looking for a China! Or rather the whole world is looking for a China. Economists are predicting that inflation will rise faster in the near future, thanks to mortgage subprime financial crisis for bursting the bubble, resulting into a recession if a China that can manufacture goods at the same costs as today's China, is not found soon. Consumers will cut down on spending, slowing down

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India's silence on Myanmar's current event has left me appalled. "India, the largest democracy in the world." That is the favorite anecdote of any Indian politician. What happened to the largest democracy? Why is it not opposing the anti-democracy junta's use of force on God-fearing, non-violent, unarmed monks? "India, the upcoming super power." Another favorite anecdote of every Indian

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Confident, Empowered, Roaring Tiger were some of the adjectives used for India as it turned 60 on this 15th August. But what if India wouldn't have opened its economy 16 years back? How would this day be? The day would be similar to 15th Augusts before 1991. The day would have passed in the world media without anybody noticing it or at the most, somebody would have written a sorry article about

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Recently Wal-mart announced its entry into India in partnership with Bharti Enterprises. It was well on the cards for sometime. But still the announcement generated protests in different parts of India by small shop (Mom And Pop - MAP shop) owners. They think that Wal-mart is a big-size, fire-spitting dragon which if let in, will burn all the MAPs. Long term picture may not be very different if

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Not sure if you ever observed an interesting pattern of 'denial' whenever people in responsible positions are asked about any allegations against them. And it is not just a normal denial. It is always accompanied with conniption fits, with a sense of desperation, with a protest that makes them look like victims. They make it sound as if the biased media is cooking up fantasy stories to show the '

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There is already a lot of talk about global warming, the importance of curbing emissions etc. But a new post from me would be like a drop in the ocean! (Thats how I convince myself whenever I am using my vaccuum cleaner or washing machine, hair dryer or AC - the impact of my using them on global warming is just like a drop in the ocean. How much does it affect it!) Anyways, my reference point is

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