W’end Links: IBSA vs. China, H1-B, Dubai and Alibi Clubs
Start your weekend with Bruce Gilley and why the challenge to China will not come from US or Europe but from a somewhat suprising coalition of India, Brazil and South Africa
Move on to an ongoing-debate in the NY Times on whether US needs foreign technology workers.Â
Next, have a read through a long article on Dubai by Johann Hari – which will make you pause if you are thinking of moving there for a job – or going on a holiday (Hat Tip: Sanjay). By the way, Johann Hari is the same reporter whose article got the editor of The Statesman in Kolkata in trouble, earlier in February.
…and finally, read Radha Rajan’s diagnosis of the BJP, Part I and Part II.  Controversial but thought-provoking.
Bonus: If you had never heard of “Alibi Clubs” before, now is the time to find out!
Want to read more?
Have a look at some past weekend links:
What I am hoping to read this weekend… (last week)
and Some good links for weekend reading… (from two years ago).
Have a restful, safe and enjoyable weekend.
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What Hari says about Dubai is not unknown –just unacknowledged by the west. Most, if not all, Middle Eastern countries are very modern on the surface–shiny new buildings, fantastic roads etc. but nearly all of them lack the one fundamental necessity of modernity–democracy and a fundamental understanding of what constitutes human rights.