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March 2013

March 11, 2013

Tokyo residents living in Coffin like cramped living units for $568 a month!

Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world. Osaka is the second most. Japan...

December 2012

December 01, 2012

Asia has no Religion, its a Western construct

Came across a very interesting article on Huffington Post: Why doesn't Asia have Religion? It...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

Dr. Singh and Barack Obama in a Fancy dress evening

Heads of States of various countries came together for a Gala Dinner ahead of ASEAN...

November 20, 2012

40% of all Blog Posts in the world are in Japanese!

Came across a very interesting article about the blogging trends in Japan and India vis-a-vis...

November 06, 2012

Do Blood Groups define Personality Types and Belief System?

Japan is a remarkably homogenous country and people have to invent differences for prejudice to...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Japanese Investors moving out of China into India

Tensions between China and Japan are running high these days. And from the looks of...

July 2012

July 21, 2012

Pictures from Singapore City

Singapore is a very green and clean city. I took a short hour and a...

July 21, 2012

Going Around the Singapore City

I landed in Singapore early in the morning around 7 am. It was foggy to...

May 2012

May 12, 2012

10 million Indians want to emigrate to US

Most people are not satisfied with where they are. They would like to move out...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

Indians and Chinese Discriminated against in College Admissions in name of “Promoting Diversity”

If you are an Indian or Chinese student, the chances are you are discriminated when...

February 08, 2012

How Western Classical Music is being kept alive by Far East

The American Classical music scene is a strange and interesting game of musical chairs when...

March 2011

March 15, 2011

Japan Calamity 2011: A potential Nuclear Catastrophe unfolding?

A nuclear catastrophe is potentially around the corner. After the earthquake affected the Japanese nuclear...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia and the past catastrophes

Yet another earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on richter scale has hit Indonesia.

May 2009

May 19, 2009

Prabhakaran is Dead – Violence and Ahimsa

Humanity demands fairness and goodness. Even in war civility is the way for a more...

March 2009

March 26, 2009

A Horror Story of the Afghan Government

Many times we do not realize the issues sitting from afar of a country. In...

January 2009

January 03, 2009

LTTE's capital taken over by Sri Lankan Army

Sri Lankan Army has finally entered Kilinochchi, the de-facto capital of LTTE in North East...

July 2008

July 27, 2008

4 Failed States in India's neighborhood

In the latest "Failed States Index, 2008" by Foreign Policy, four countries in our neighborhood...

July 11, 2008

Nepal's Islamicisation?

China and Pakistan have carefully cultivated Nepal as their territory for last 10 years. And...

July 10, 2008

Afghanistan and India relations and how they work together

I know many in Pakistan have been trying to speak negative about India.. but I...

July 09, 2008

Iran test fires 9 missiles

The entire Persian belt (Iran and Iraq) is a big mess! Iran had been getting...

February 2007

February 10, 2007

Malaysia's Exports

A few years back I had visited Malaysia. It is a very progressive and modern...

January 2007

January 10, 2007

Train from New Delhi to Hanoi

Look at this scenario.. and imagine the economic effect of this scenario! Can you imagine...

January 10, 2007

Malaysians offer to build Indian Highways

Malaysian consortium is offering to build (and then operate and transfer - or BOT) the...

December 2006

December 29, 2006

LG's new cool phone called "Shine"

Here is LG's new "Shine" phone. Man, North America's world in electronics is in pre-historic...

December 28, 2006

The Vulnerable Telecom Cables!

This is a pretty scary scenario!! If a few telecom lines under-sea are cut off...

November 2006

November 13, 2006

Women are like meat and if they get raped its their problem: Muslim Cleric

"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside... and the cats come and...

August 2006

August 24, 2006

Hair vs Inzamam is a Christian vs Muslim fight??

Thanks to Atanu of Deeshaa.org about the hat tip. Here is an article where the...

July 2006

July 19, 2006

Rising Tsunami Numbers, Mumbai Blasts and the Selective Policy of Action-Reaction Justification!

I just got this pop up on my screen from the Google dektop news -...

July 04, 2006

Africa: The Next Frontier for China and India

Africa is the final frontier. I somehow feel that India has a huge headstart given...

July 01, 2006

Bangla Fans Destroy their Electricity Office During World Cup Football match!

Begani Shaadi mein Abdullah Diwaana (Abdullah is getting crazy during the wedding of a stranger)...