Perspective Opinion EDITORIAL
A rite of passage: Obama-to-Trump transition will see a new America and changed equations
Never has the US seen a transfer of power in the White House as contentious and controversial as we are now witnessing. One has also rarely seen an electorate as polarized as it was during […]
The implications of demonetization and Trump’s win will be far-reaching
Trump’s election as US President and demonetization in India arrived like conjoined twins on November 9. Joseph Schumpeter’s phrase “creative destruction”, used in 1942 to characterize industrial evolution, is the hopeful outcome. Experts are divided […]
Monetary Stalinism: Perils of tinkering with jameen, jorru and jeb
We do not want another ‘god’ as the political leader of our country…We must not only not have any more gods…we must also ‘devalue‘ the exaggerated importance that we have given to the office of […]
Indian Americans comment on Presidential election
Since Sep-Oct 2015 I have been writing on social media that “This election is not about Trump or Republican party or Democratic party. This is about the future of every American. This is an historic, […]
Crime and Candidates
Polling for the U.S. presidential election is less than weeks away. Most predictions favor Democrat Hillary Clinton, although the contest with Republican candidate Donald Trump is expected to be closer than many partisan supporters on […]
Why Putin fears a Clinton Presidency
“For Putin, stopping Clinton is not only an important strategic goal. It is also personal”, says the author – Frida Ghitis. Though Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem to agree on a number of issues, […]
A History making Forever Diwali Stamp
History was created when on October 5, USPS representatives officially unveiled the Diwali Stamp at the Indian Consulate in New York. It took almost seven years for a determined lady to achieve what appeared unachievable […]