Category: China related

Weekend Reading: Worrying about China…

Three brief excerpts for the weekend on why China is becoming a worry for the global economy and why those numbers are hard to believe… First, an extract from China has now become the...

Nightmare at Noon* – Water Wars

In this part of the “Nightmare at Noon” series, a look at why “Water” is the new “Oil”, the possibility of water scarcity leading to “Water Wars” in the future and China’s worrying plans...

Was Thomas Friedman thinking of India?

Here is Thomas Friedman (Advice From Grandma), lamenting about the state of affairs in US of A. Almost every word excerpted below might well have been written for India (emphasis mine). …What I increasingly...

Google Maps and Disputed Borders

Thanks to Sanjay for alerting me to this… Pl. see below two versions of Google map of India: one as seen in India and the other as seen in China Note in particular that...

Saluting our Heroes: Maj Shaitan Singh, PVC

From the Indian Army website: The Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on...