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The Worlds growth story

The entire economic history can be viewed along three big ideas that drove profits, investment and as an aftermath politics and change. The first big idea happened to be scientific thought. Someone started seeing the world from a different angle and people began to come out of dark ages. Lots of inventions were made and consequently the industrial revolution took place and those who invested in industrialization then, made lots of money. The idea was stretched a little to optimizing the production process. Most of the industrialized nations hunted for cheap labour and raw materials leading to colonialism and imperialism. Powerful countries backed their merchants and traders and tapped into the natural resources of Africa and Asia to exploit them. The margins and the huge potential for further exploitation made production a plump investment. The second big idea was war. The entire world devoted itself to a production frenzy, producing bombs, arms, ammunitio...

Revolutionary hypocrates

Shame on you India. The entire country including the candle march jamboree need to rub their faces in sand for their double standards and utter frivolity of purpose they have been indulging themselves in. Let me begin with a brief recap of the happenings of the past few days for the benefit of my friends who have not followed this national circus and applied their time in more useful pursuits. For the benefit of us mere mortals, we had one of the celebrity agitators fly down in a private jet to threaten the government about black-money and corruption. He had met a couple of cabinet ministers, 4 of them to be precise, who thanks to their negotiating skills made idiots of out of themselves and screwed up the negotiation. The man of the hour naturally seized the occasion and announced a mass satyagraha in the national capital. The media had a field day rubbing charcoal and grease on the governments face and repeatedly bombarded the citizenry with the visuals of this skimpily clad m...

Freedom of speech as I understand it.

There has been a lot of ruckus about free speech and I have been brooding over it for some time now. What exactly does freedom of speech and expression mean? Can you speak and express anything and get away from it? What are its limits and when do you act against it? These are some points I would try and think over in this article. Voltaire once said “I absolutely oppose your views, but I will fight until death for your right to express them!” Remarkable statement indeed! Recently Harvard University removed the courses taught by Mr. Ramaswamy Iyer taking cognizance of his articles that provoked Anti Islam sentiments. Should Mr. Iyer be entitled to free speech and therefore be allowed to teach his courses irrespective of what he expressed? I think this is where we draw the line. If the expression evokes or is capable of evoking strong and necessarily violent reactions, it ought to be curbed. The next logical question is, who gets to decide that he is wrong and his expression is capa...

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