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A Cinema Rasik's View of Global Issues
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America & India - Political Look Back at 2011 and Ahead to 2012-2020

America & India - Economy & Finance - Look Back at 2011 & Ahead to 2012

The 10 Most Popular Articles in 2011

Macro Viewpoints 2011 Awards for Financial Guests, Shows & Anchors

Bloomberg TV vs. CNBC - Is It the People, the Culture or the Structure?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 19 - December 23, 2011)

The Old U.S. Dollar has Collapsed; Long Live the New U.S. Dollar

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 12 - December 16, 2011)

Avalanches, Nuclear Reactors & Financial Markets - A Complexity Theory View by James Rickards

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 5 - December 9, 2011)

Resolve vs. Cowardice against a Bully - USA vs. India against China?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 28 - December 2, 2011)

An Eternal Message for Thanksgiving

From Nehru to Kennedy - The Transformation of President Obama

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 21 - November 25, 2011)

"The United States Has No Stronger Ally than Australia"

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 14 - November 18, 2011)

A Contest for Supremacy - China & America in & for Asia

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 7 - November 11, 2011)

Eat My Bread, Sing My Song - CNBC Anchors & Wall Street Firms?

Af-Pak - NYT Article that Accepts Facts & Does More?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 31 - November 4, 2011)

Happy Diwali & A Prosperous New Year to All

An Appeal to all "Hindus" on this Diwali

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 24 - October 29, 2011)

Is Another Bubble Bursting Before Our Collective Eyes?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 17 - October 21, 2011)

Should They Occupy Universities Instead?

Will U.S. Education Lead to Occupy New Delhi Protest?

Afghanistan - Read this New York Times Article

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 10 - October 14, 2011)

Greatest Acquisition of the 20th Century & Its Impact on the 21st Century

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (October 3 - October 7, 2011)

Af-Pak, Israel-Turkey, America's Banks & Economy - What's the Common Factor?

The War on Math (& the Future) - Chapter 9 of Mr. Friedman's Book

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 24 - September 30)

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 17 - September 23)

Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, Karl Marx, EIC & India

Afghanistan - Read These Washington Post Articles

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 10 - September 16)

Does Tom Friedman Have America's Best Analytical Intelligence Or the Second Best?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 3 - September 9)

How Does America Break Out of This Slump? Here's How!

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 27 - September 2)

Second Battle for Indian Independence Begins

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 22 - August 26)

New York Times Editors - Another Example of Their Bias Against Hindu Ethos?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 15 - August 21)

India's Independence Day - A Few Thoughts

Two Feel-Good Stories about India

The Plunder of Bengal - A Lesson for "Independent" India

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 8 - August 12)

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (August 1 - August 5)

Are the Ghilzai Taking Control Again?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 23 - July 29)

America-India - Did the Bush Administration Oversell or Did the Obama Administration Botch It?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 16 - July 22)

Hitler & Churchill - Birds of a Similar Feather?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 10 - July 15)

Churchill's Secret War - II - A Book Review

Against the Soviets, Against the Americans & Now Against the Pakistanis - Af-Pak Reality

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (July 4 - July 8)

Roosevelt vs. Churchill - Churchill's Secret War - I

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (June 25 - July 1)

America in Af-Pak - Will The 3rd Time Be After A Nightmare?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (June 18 - June 24)

A Nasser Hussein, A Saddam Hussein or Someone Worse with a Nuclear Arsenal?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (June 11 - June 17)

Is Today's India Still Under Colonial Rule Or Is It A Democracy For The Indian People?

Interesing Videoclips of the Week (June 4 - June 10)

The Future in Af-Pak - Is it Becoming Clearer?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (May 31 - June 3)

Jim Yardley's Article About Satya Sai Baba - Another case of NYT's Hindu Disparagement?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (May 23 - May 27)

Gandhi & Lelyveld - Are Editors of Washington Post and New York Times Biased Against Hindu Ethos?

A Model For Today's Afghan Conflict - The 1689 - 1707 War?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (March 5 - March 11)

Strange Bedfellows - Saudi Arabia & Israel vs. Iran, Bin Laden & USA?

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (February 19 - February 25)

The New Egypt - More Questions Than Answers?

The New Egypt - A Russian, Pakistani, Iranian, a Neo Turko-Egyptian Model?

Isn't Amy Chua just like a Little League Parent, a Basketball Mother or a Cheerleader Mom?

Tajikistan Cedes Land to China - A Step Towards Af-Kash-Bet?

Read this Article by Ambassador Blackwill about Pashtunistan & Afghanistan

Macro Viewpoints 2010 Awards for Financial Guests, Shows & Anchors

Not Cast In Caste - An Important Work from a Sindhu Foundation

If You Can Pronounce "Sonia", Why Do You Call Us "Hindu"?

An Immortal Story For The Ages

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 11 - December 17)

The Largest Battle of the 18th Century - The Saga of Mastaani & The Opening for the British

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (December 4 - December 10)

Two Great Men of the Indo-Afghan Continuum

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 27 - December 3)

Charlie Rose & Tom Friedman - Read Maureen Dowd & Robert Kaplan on the Indo-Afghan Continuum

Who are the Real Talebani, Pakistanis or Pakhtuns? -The Legacies of Aurangzeb & Frontier Gandhi

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 20 - November 26)

Mr. Yardley of the New York Times - Who is the Man in this huge Portrait?

New York Times vs. Washington Post - 5 - Dr. Bernanke, President Obama, Prime Minister Singh

Interesting Videoclips of the Week (November 6 - November 12)

Preoccupation with "Major Religions" - First CNBC & Now Washington Post

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