A case study of contrasting fortunes: Pakistan & Vietnam Recent examples of countries that have pulled ahead like Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand clearly illustrate that point when compared to countries that have stuck to the same mode of trade and products for the last several years and decades. …

Obama, Scaramucci and the Non-answer Answer The stage was set. Audience was in rapt attentive posture. A President, whose ascent to the office soared atop the aspirations and hope of millions, had just been asked a question reeking of gaudy entitlement and almost unbelievable amount of “rightful” indignation. In September…

Division of Public and Private Space — Social Isolation is bemoaned as an almost bestial consequence of the recent pandemic. But even before COVID-19 hit, at a time when people freely met, ate, drank and socialized together, were we not teetering on the very precipice of selective isolation from each other? Social norms had evolved around polite…

Over the last year and a half, wordle, a game now owned by the NY Times, has captured a sizeable audience in the English speaking part of the world. …

For the last twenty odd years West has been waiting with a collective bated breath for the inevitable rise of China. Since the collapse of the USSR, it was only a matter of time that the hunt for new challenges to the world order resumed. …

When American Revolution is discussed, the “accepted” PSE (Photosensitive Epilepsy) inducing Kaleidoscope of images include, mostly white minutemen, frontier fighting tactics, powdered wigs, long coats and muskets. These images are ingrained in the collective psyche of America as a nation. What is less known is that America had many mini-revolutions…

It is Father’s Day today! When my wife and kids gifted me a fountain pen today, the longest day of summer brought memories of a long time ago. This was no doubt, a result of them observing my preference for them at work and for leisurely writing. Fountain pens are…

Hitler has become such an oft-used boogeyman in world politics today to paint leaders in a corner that when the real deal comes along it is easy to miss the signs. Hitler and his Germany need to be collectively looked at instead of looking at the Fuhrer as a madman…

The Indian BJP (Bharatya Janata Party), which is the ruling party in the Indian Central Government, recently added a religious test to its citizenship act through an amendment to the said act targeting Muslim migrants to India. …