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God, Religion and Blasphemy: Interesting conversation

Interesting Conversation / Blasphemy Question was raised: ----- Original Message ----- From: Shah To: mgims@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [MGIMS] This will leave you speechless   Dear DDM and Ashok Bhaskar I am still awaiting your verdict. To remind you: I have made two statements 1. There is only one God 2. The earth revolves around the sun Do you think both these are blasphemous, or neither one is or only one is, then which one? And no! These are not frivolous questions. They have a serious background. I shall discuss them in detail after your responses. Kishore Shah 1974 Response: ----- Original Message ----- From: dr.parag To: mgims@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [MGIMS] This will leave you speechless There is a world, Planet, Universe and the beyond. There is a body, mind, psyche and beyond What science knows today can be expla...

Africa’s economy: Bulging in the middle

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Africa’s economy Bulging in the middle A boom in sub-Saharan Africa is attracting business talent from the rich world Oct 20th 2012 | from the print edition/ Economist AFTER giving a speech at a business conference in London a young analyst chatted with investment executives in the audience, then followed two of them to a nearby hotel lobby. Over glasses of Chablis the executives raved about their company’s worldwide network of extravagantly decorated offices and their fat annual bonuses. Then they offered the analyst a job. What surprised him was not their interest, nor the chunky salary, but the place where they wanted him to help invest their millions: west Africa, the most backward part of a poor continent. In recent years investors have been piling into Lagos and Nairobi as if they were Frankfurt and Tokyo of old. Anaemic growth in the rich world has made sub-Saharan Africa an attractive destination for money and its managers...