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September 2015

September 27, 2015

Why does Republicans’ Outrage on the Pope Reminds One of Henry VIII?

Henry VIII's love for Catholicism during his early years was undeniable but when in May of...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Toupee or Not Toupee

Most of the World's leaders have some extremely complex issues to tackle with. How to...

August 11, 2015

Republican Conundrum: The Only Benchmark of Belief is Fanaticism

If belief in one and only ideal and ideology is the sine qua non of...

August 06, 2015

Lessons from Indian Caste System and the US Presidential Race

Everyone has got India's Caste System completely wrong. Castes - the four: Brahman (teacher/intellectual), Kshatriya...

March 2015

March 03, 2015

Netanyahu’s Horrible Mistake on Iran and History of Proliferation via China and Pakistan

In mid-1980s, Abdul Qadeer (AQ) Khan - Pakistan's infamous Nuclear scientist - provided the design for...

January 2014

January 03, 2014

Yearly Socio-Economic Predictions for India, Pakistan and US

Every year, at Drishtikone, we analyze the coming year for three nations - Indian, US,...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

How Republicans (America’s “Poor man’s Pakistan Army”) can bring down American Democracy

Flexible and just systems and societies always have two types of social contract - Laws...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

CNBC’s Joe Kernen engages in Racial slurs on Squawk Box

Recently - on Sept 20th - Reserve Bank of India (India's Central Bank) raised the...

September 11, 2013

September 11: When a Monk “Invaded” the Consciousness of America 120 years ago

12 years from now on the early morning of morning of September 11, 2001, 19 Islamic hijackers took...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

The month that was, while Drishtikone was in Transition

We have been off air on Drishtikone for the new transition to complete. In this...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

How did Boston Bombers get so heavily armed without background checks??

Two interesting pieces of information on the Boston Bombers have emerged. First is that none...

April 22, 2013

Is the concern over US Debt paranoia and are we creating permanent unemployment?

To place a lot of importance to the debt that the US has accumulated is...

April 18, 2013

How the NRA conquered America’s gun debate

NRA is a powerful lobby and despite so many deaths and carnages around the country,...

April 17, 2013

Photographs from Boston Bombing crime scene tell an Intriguing story; First arrest made

Using the footage from Lords & Taylors' surveillance camera, FBI has arrested a "brown-skinned" man...

April 15, 2013

Boston Marathon Terror Attacks: Is it an Islamic terror attack?

Yesterday I was watching this program on Canada's Rawal TV from Toronto, where the gentleman...

April 07, 2013

Crony Capitalism, dysfunctional Republicans and Democrats and the doom of American Economy

Is the American economy doomed? An ex-White House Budget Director, David Stockman, thinks so. He...

April 02, 2013

How an Anglicized name – done as a joke – helped Kal Penn make headway in Hollywood

Kal Penn is an actor of Indian descent. Here is the story of how he...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Reminiscing the Last Days of Alcatraz 50 years after it closed

It has now been 50 years since it closed. Alcatraz, the legendary prison in California,...

March 05, 2013

US Taxpayers funding a Reality Show in India pumping in millions

In a time when broad spending cuts are jeopardizing schools and airports in the US,...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Why celebrate a beast like Christopher Columbus?

There are two holidays in the US, which are based on myths and genocidal suffering...

February 22, 2013

No US President has been born and died under the same flag!

Very interesting statement and here is the justification for it: The U.S. started with no...

February 22, 2013

Hillary Clinton to charge $200,000 per speech now, joins Bill as “six-figure” speech politician

Hillary CLinton was earning $186,000 a year as Secretary of State. Now that she is...

February 14, 2013

Assoc Press playing Activist: bans use of words “husband,” “wife” for legally-wed gay couples

Interesting. Didn't know that an apex news organization would have a deliberate slant on a...

February 10, 2013

Is International Adoption by American parents over?

On Point Radio's Tom Ashbrook looks into the Global profile of American adoption of kids....

February 06, 2013

77% of the Growing Asian-American Community voted for Obama in 2012 Elections!

An interesting and one-of-a-kind study done on the involvement of the Asian-Americans in the elections...

February 05, 2013

India has a law against rape 56 days later; US has nothing 58 days after Sandy Hook; Wash Post decries speed of reform in US

Washington Post is lamenting that US can't seem to act in a crisis fast enough....

January 2013

January 18, 2013

Does Bob Ingersoll’s Agnostic Message work today as well in America?

Robert Ingersoll, was an agnostic of the 1800s. He was probably the greatest American Orator...

January 16, 2013

US Employee outsourced his own work to China to surf the Net; paid Chinese fifth of his salary, earning six figures

There are many benefits to outsourcing work to out of US, but this is by...

January 14, 2013

Using Statistics to impact Elections and a Preschool in Sweden’s attempt to “Eliminate Gender” (Audio Podcast)

A very interesting talk with PhD candidate in statistics Panos Toulis about his work with...

January 11, 2013

The Big Fat Indian Wedding vs The American Wedding: Market, Trends, Direction (Infographic)

A very interesting infographic showing a comparison between the Indian Weddings and the market vs...