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Effects of FDI in retail
Today many unions and retailers opposed the Government of India’s plan to allow Foreign Retail Chains to open up shops in India. So I thought about putting together how Walmart, Tesco etc. will effect us. 1.Consumers: Nobody can force a consumer to visit a small retailer, a sabji mandi, or a mega store. They will shop [...]
Counter Terrorism in India: The Truth
I hear you ask “Is it already the time for another scathing, poorly written article criticizing the Indian Government?”. Well, it apparently is. After the recent terrorist blasts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Bengaluru [Bangalore], Karnataka I’ve been thinking about India’s attitude towards counter terrorism. Facts: AFAIK India’s one and only CT [Counter Terrorism] force is the National Security Guard [NSG] also referred to as “black cats” by the media. NSG is under the overview of the Ministry of [...]
Icons
Yet another in a series of photo blogs, designed to force you to vote on which pictures I should submit to the photo competition. This time the category is Icons. Inner sanctum at Mahabodhi temple, Bodh Gaya India. 2007 Karumariamman temple, Bangalore. 2003 Each lotus represents a footstep of the Buddha. The Mahabodhi temple Chankamana (meditation walk), Bodh Gaya 2007. Astamatrika Bhairab mask waits to be "awakened." Patan, Nepal 2006. Vintage colour print of the Dalai Lama, Swaymabhunath, Nepal. 2006 [...]
Socialism lays the foundation of capitalism!
This is what Mr. Narayan Madhavan seems to be saying in this article -But I ask myself a simple question: Had India followed its liberalisation policies in the 1950s instead of the 1990s, what would have happened? I have no easy answers, but it is clear that India would have had to export agricultural commodities in exchange for modern industries and foreign capital, or done something approximating to that. However, there was not much to export from here. Maybe a bit more of garments would have been [...]
State of the state
UT doesn't mean University of TennesseeLeh, LadakhThis morning, my guest house manager stopped in his tracks at the sight of a banana on my breakfast table. "Where did you get that?"At the Sabzi Mandi (vegetable market), of course. "But they are closed!"I got it yesterday. Closed? Why? "Today it is a strike. Strike till 2pm. The LUTF." Ah, the Ladakh Union Territory Front! I thought they had lost steam lately....but no, they still have the ability to paralyze the city, one of the signs of political [...]
News From Nepal: (No) Business As Usual
The Waiting LandKathmandu, NepalWhew....after a nauseating taxi ride down the Himalayan foothills into sweltering Delhi, then a 2-hour delay at the airport, I'm back in Nepal, and it's business as usual.Or perhaps, no business as usual. It's all an ordinary Nepali can do to get any work at all done, as various factions keep things churned up and out of working order.And, did I mention the nation is broke, and out of petrol (gasoline)? They owe Indian Oil about 1 Billion (with a B) rupees. The joke is that [...]
The Ayurvedic Home Remedy Pepper
The native land of the famous Eastern spice, black pepper, is India. Black pepper beans are the dried up unripe fruits of the evergreen liana, which grows exclusively in the tropics. According to the doctors of the ancient East only black pepper increases digesting force of the stomach and the energy of the nervous system, strengthens muscles, and has no match in this.Upon consumption, black pepper opens the phlegm (what many people suffering from chronic bronchitis vainly try to achieve), warms the organs [...]
Will Obama vaporize Osama?
There has been much commotion in the Indian media about the US presidential candidate Barrack Obama's remarks about Pakistan. The impression we get is almost as if finally there could be an American president who would take on Pakistan, even invade it if necessary. Believe me there are many people who think invading Pakistan would be a good thing -the khaki-nicker*(BJP-RSS) crowd was hankering for it after the terrorist attack on the Indian parliament in December,2001. While I don't agree with their [...]
View From The Treetops (3 Sept '07)
J.G.Ballard - Towards CrashI first saw this short BBC film over at Mac Tonnies' Posthuman Blues.I read a lot of Ballard's work during the 80's and he always impressed me with his detachment; his alien mind. The Atrocity Exhibition had a profound effect on me when I first read it; it seemed to allude to some underlying structure,; some cold and reptilian force acting within.This film may appeal only to Ballard fans but it is worth watch for the insight given in the final [...]