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Aam becomes Khas; end of Avtar Ideology?

Aam Admi Party (AAP) has shown that in India, now, Elections can be fought and won by Aam Janta without use of Power, Money, Caste, and Religion or vote bank politics. Not only can they be fought and won but they can also have the mandate to govern. You don’t have to be an Octogenarian to be a minister or a PM in waiting. Even a 25 year young ‘Chhori’ can be a Minister. AAP has members who are well educated, from the top strata of society be it Bureaucrats, Doctors, Investment Bankers or NRIs. They have sacrificed their legitimately earned   ,000’s to be in service of the society. We hope that after sacrificing their ‘legit’ ,000’s they will not be in the race to chase the ‘ill- legit‘,0000000’s. India is a land or Millions of Gods and Goddesses. We live in Kal Yug waiting for a “ Avatar” to come and Relive us of our misery; be it Raja Maharajas, Gandhi – Nehru followed by Gandhi or a Na MO. Is the rise of AAP a sign that India has matured? Is it pushing away from t...

Technology: Mother of Geopolitics and History

Technology Creates History and Geopolitics What came first Chicken or Egg…. A difficult question to answer, what is easy to answer according to me, It is Technology which came first and then Technology dictated the course of Geopolitics and History. Let me explain with examples from Modern History. Industrial age: Industrial age arrived in early nineteenth century. Use of Coal and subsequently Crude Oil lead us to an era of Industrialization especially in Europe. To have control over the raw material used by the industry and also control the markets where the finished goods of the industries were sold, the Industrial countries of Europe Colonized the world. The Geopolitics of Colonization and the subsequent History was the creation of Industrialization. Jet age : With the rise of the Berlin wall in 1944, the world was divided into two. The bipolar world was dominated by the Capitalist and the communist, by NATO and WARSAW, by USA and USSR. This dominance was ...

Sea Turtle Index: Guide to International Education

As China grows wealthier, the nation’s banks are looking to lock in more of the expanding pool of high-end customers. One of the targeted groups is families with enough cash on hand to consider a college education abroad for their kids. Bank of Communications, China’s fifth largest bank by assets, is one of those banks and it is hoping it has found a way to get to the front of the class. It has teamed up with the Economist Intelligence Unit to create a guide for anxious parents looking for the right university for their son or daughter, rating key cities around the world not only for their educational standards but also on a range of other factors – like future employment prospects — to assess educational “bang for the buck.” Who is a sea turtle In Chinese culture, a “sea turtle” is a high-flying graduate of an overseas university, who has reaped the benefits of a top-rate global education and immersion in another culture, and is typically coveted by employ...