Till 1947, the Indian Subcontinent was a colony of Great Britain and was referred to as the “Jewel in the Crown” while their populace was clamoring for Independence from Great Britain led by Mahatma Gandhi. However, Great Britain following the famous “divide and conquer” philosophy of their Foreign Policy, partitioned the Indian subcontinent into Hindu India (led by Nehru) and Muslim Pakistan (led by Jinnah) resulting in 2 countries viz. India and Pakistan becoming Independent in 1947. Fast forward slightly over 75 years and UK now has for the first-time elected a Hindu of Indian-Origin Rishi Sunak as Prime
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Mainstream Media (MSM) double standards is putting communities at risk – Very sad state of affairs!!!!
Posted June 2020 Talk about double standards! The mainstream media will “shame” people going to the beach or go to a “pool party” in MO like a few days ago — for not observing “Social Distancing” nor wearing masks — and TMZ and others gleefully declared these people are selfish and do not care for the health of others by not staying in “lockdown” to “save lives”! But now I do NOT see these BLM Protestors / Rioters wearing masks nor maintaining “social distance” — and the same mainstream media outlets — dare not bring this up because these
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Race to 5G Implementation: Our National Security Considerations need to be paramount
Published Dec 24, 2018 Based on what we see and read in the media, “5G” stands for fifth generation of internet connectivity. This next-generation technology promises unprecedented speeds and coverage with more stability than existing telecommunication networks. This 5G network is expected to facilitate revolutionary technologies such as “autonomous vehicles” and “smart electricity grids” and provide a quantum leap in capabilities with connected (IoT) devices just as 4G enabled us to have applications like Uber. Among various benefits being reported is the promise of 5G to support building of “smart cities” with an advanced network that connects an array
Huawei’s CFO Arrest during the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires last week – Part of Chinese Leadership Internal Power Struggle?
Published December 7, 2018 We have been seeing news that Huawei Technologies Co. CFO Meng Wanzhou was detained in Canada enroute to Mexico, for possible extradition to USA. It is reported that the Trump Administration was aware of the potential impact on trade talks with China but intent on showing resolve over Chinese companies accused of violating U.S. law. Meng’s arrest is part of an ongoing investigation by U.S. prosecutors into whether Huawei violated banking laws as it sought to evade sanctions against Iran by routing a series of transactions through HSBC Holdings Plc, according to reports in Bloomberg.
NAFTA 2.0 Renegotiations Kickoff – Fair and Favorable to our American Interests needed urgently
Posted before NAFTA Renegotiations started on Aug 15, 2017 Bilateral negotiations between USA, Canada and Mexico are scheduled to start tomorrow to renegotiate NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) which was earlier signed into law in the 1990s. NAFTA was negotiated with the premise that countries in North America had deep relationships and North Americans compete as a block (bound competitiveness). However, in the intervening two decades, we have seen that the business landscape has undergone a sea change since the original NAFTA was negotiated when internet commerce did not exist. In the guise of an Inclusive Trade Agenda,
Our Endorsement in 2016 Presidential Elections: Donald J Trump for President
Published: Oct 24, 2016 We need to ask ourselves the following questions: How come more and more of our citizens express frustration and disillusionment today with the political institutions that govern the nation? How have we fallen so much into political and policy gridlock? How have both political parties moved either left or right of the nation’s political mainstream landscape? This angst was reflected in both parties primary elections where Donald J Trump has surprised the establishment, by ignoring convention and protocol on his way to securing the Republican presidential nomination, while a long-time socialist generated throngs of enthusiastic
BREXIT – how did Pollsters on both sides of the Atlantic get it so wrong?
Published earlier in July 2016 in my earlier Blog – Ported here in Aug 2017: As the dust settles and UK has officially elected to leave the EU with the BREXIT referendum, an event of epic geo-political implications that has sent shockwaves across financial markets, raised doubts over the fate of the European Union and forced the British Prime Minister Prime Minister to resign. Leading up to voting day, the vast majority of polls predicted the remain side would prevail. However the final results gave the leave side a victory margin of more than one million votes. The inaccurate Brexit prediction is