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Happy Diwali 2025
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An analysis of AI Chat. I was watching a youtube video. Speaker was Vijay Prashad. He is an author of many bestseller books. I started a chat with Gork (xAI) to confirm….
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History of Petrodollar, USA and Saudi Arabia. Timeline: May 1931: U.S. recognition and oil concession grant May 29, 1933: Formal Standard Oil concession signed February 14, 1945: USS Quincy meeting June 8,…
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How High Value Trade Actually Moves in India? India will soon get High Speed Trains aka Bullet Trains. India ranks as the 4th largest global economy in 2025, with a GDP of…
What is the definition of a Hindu?
Who is a Hindu? Rethinking Identity, Diversity, and the Freedom to Proclaim The question “Who is a Hindu?” appears simple, but unravels into a profound puzzle at the heart of Indian civilization….
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Evolution of Russian and Ukrainian Languages Folk and Elite Languages in Contrast Russian and Ukrainian share the same linguistic origin. Both descend from Old East Slavic, the language spoken in the…
Hindu Nationalist: The Weaponized Slur
Who is Hindu Nationalist? There are two ways people view India’s history with invaders, whether invader is Chugtai Turk aka Mughal or British. Group 1 believes those invasions had some justification. They…
Meet your Vanilla Experts of Today
The Vanilla Expert Pattern: Criticism Without Prescription Meet the Vanilla Experts of today. Vijay Prashad is an acknowledged Expert in “History”. He has written many bestseller books. He criticizes colonialism but soft-pedals…
Raghuram Rajan: The Eternal Pessimist
The Timeline of Doom Raghuram Rajan, the ex governor of Reserve Bank of India has one setting. Gloomy. He left India in 2016 but never stopped lecturing from his Chicago perch. Every…
The Myth of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
PPP as a Methodological Illusion: Why Purchasing Power Parity Calculations Fundamentally Fail? Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) has been presented as a rigorous, scientific method for comparing living standards across nations. Yet beneath…
A Study of The Put-Call Dispersion Index or PCR.
The Put-Call Dispersion Index as a Primer on Seller-Driven Risk Appetite: A Paradigmatic Reconceptualization (Put Call Ratio Analysis) Abstract This paper introduces a novel interpretive framework for the Put-Call Dispersion Index (PCDI)…
India’s USD settlement without USA’s SWIFT
GIFT City’s Dollar Settlement System SWIFT alternative in India: On October 7, 2025, India launched real-time USD settlement at GIFT City. The system cuts transaction times from hours to seconds for dollar…
Mackinder’s Heartland Theory is an example of Narcissistic Cartography
Problems with Mackinder’s Heartland Theory. The Geographical Pivot of History Draw a map that puts your anxieties at the center. Call it objective geography. Declare it universal truth. The map becomes the…
Grok (xAI) not only lies, it cheats and is not transparent.
Warning About Grok (xAI) What You Need to Know Grok, the AI from xAI, has serious problems. Not small bugs. Not minor issues. Real deception that wastes your time and violates your…
Empires Poison Themselves and Collapse
Empires’ Intellectual Poison. Empires fall hard. They choke on lies. Britain twisted India’s knowledge to rule it. They warped philosophy, rigged censuses, stole land.It does not matter where is the seat of…
Quietness of Mind is not a Mirage.
When Mind Finds its Quiet The Wheel That Never Stops Human mind is like Earth. It spins constantly at incredible speed. Earth rotates at 67,000 miles per hour around the sun. We…
Tendency of Economic Experts to be Economical with Truth
Why Economic Experts Keep Telling You Half the Story? Let me tell you about a problem that’s been bothering me for a while now. It’s about how we talk about economics in…
Fall of Empires: Comparison between Roman and American Empire
Causes of the Decline of the Western Roman Empire—and Parallels with the American Empire A Comparative Analysis The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE stands as one of history’s…
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The Sarkozy Libya Case A Legal Analysis of Criminal Conspiracy Without Underlying Crime Introduction In September 2025, a French court convicted former President Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy related to alleged Libyan…
A Legal Framework for Analyzing “State Failure” events.
What is State Failure? The distinction between “intelligence failure” and “state failure” is crucial. Intelligence failure implies inadequate information gathering or analysis. State failure, properly understood, occurs when adequate information exists but…
Europe’s Superstition and Denial of Death
Superstitious Burial Practices of Europe I thought I knew about George Washington’s death. Then I discovered the family vault where his body was kept after death. While researching Washington’s final days, I…
AI Hype: Reality check and Possibilities.
The AI Wake Up Call What They’re Not Telling You The Promise Is Real AI technology has incredible potential. It excels at word processing and data analysis. Think of it as a…
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The Day Nobody Talked to Each Other New York: September 23, 2025 became a perfect example of what happens when institutions refuse to communicate. Three incidents in New York showed how the…