The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 14. Africa is an ancient, vast, and diverse civilizational land. Historically, the entire region was not defined by modern national borders. Instead, it…
Category: Civilisation
China: The Shang and the Subordination of the Merchants
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 11. In the traditional Chinese hierarchy, the Shang (merchants) occupied the lowest tier. They were the equivalent of India’s Vaiśya or Baniya castes….
China: From Confucian Mandarins to Communist Cadres
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 10. For over two millennia, Chinese civilization was organized around a highly sophisticated social hierarchy. This was known as the Shi-nong-gong-shang (士農工商) system.20…
China: A Stirring Pot of Empires and Civilizations
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 9. China is an ancient civilization. Its original name was Zhōngguó (中国, traditional 中國), which literally means “Middle Country” or “Central Kingdom.” It…
Japan: Feudal Pyramids and the Burakumin Outcasts
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 8 Japan is an ancient and continuous civilization. From a distance, we often presume it to be a democratic society like a Western…
Plight of American Dalit Caste or Suppressed Black Citizens
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 7. Dalit means suppressed. Chapter 6 showed the tale of successful mixed-race Black individuals. They take a trajectory out of their rat hole….
The New American Celebrity Caste
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 6. In Chapter 5, it was demonstrated that American society has a caste structure. Through the racial sieve, this structure filters every citizen.[1]…
USA: Caste Without the Name
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 5. All men are equal. George Washington said it most veraciously. Yet, he owned 124 slaves at his death.[1] He was not a…
The British Aristocracy: A Legacy of Hypocrisy and Landed Cartels
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 4. The British aristocracy is celebrated in popular culture as the guardian of tradition and honor. We see this in romanticized novels and…
The Architecture of Global Caste System
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 3. In Chapter 2, we saw a living, vibrant example of a landlord class legacy in Germany. We also discussed similar contours from…
Living Example of Caste in Europe: Germany
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation: Chapter 2. Who is Ursula von der Leyen? “Von der” is a German noble prefix. It literally means “from the” in English. Does it…
The Global Conundrum of Caste or Economic Segregation.
Caste Without the Name: A Mirror to the West. (Chapter 1) Across human societies, from ancient empires to modern digital democracies, we find remarkably similar systems of social stratification. When we strip…
Trusts and NGOs: India’s Crises in Governance (Chapter 10)
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Mismanagement (Chapter 3) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust has exposed something that every lawyer in India knows. Inadequacy of laws relating to charities and NGOs that are…
Ram Janmabhoomi Trust or Kingdom of Champat Rai.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Mismanagement Issues. (Chapter 2) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust has exposed something that every lawyer in India knows. Inadequacy of laws relating to charities and NGOs that…
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s Mismanagement Issues
Theft at Ram Janmabhoomi Temple (Chapter 1) Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya was consecrated on 22 January 2024. It was celebrated as a civilizational moment by hundreds of millions. Prime Minister Narendra…
Why USA is so Benevolent towards India?
Imperial Benevolence of USA Towards India: Chapter 10. In the previous nine chapters we traced eighty years of American benevolence toward India. Before 1947, Britain performed the same service for two centuries….
Imperial Bandmaster’s Benevolence of USA on India
The Bandmaster and the Empty Courtyard (Chapter 4) For past over 80 years, USA has showered the world with its benevolence. To begin with it shared its currency with the World and…
European Racism and Antipathy to Russia
New World Order: Chapter 11 The world is going to have a new trade route as I have hinted many time in previous articles. It is waiting to be opened with ice…
The Journalist Who Knew Curry and Yoga
The New World Order: Chapter 10 At the end of the joint press appearance by Prime Minister Modi and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo, a young Norwegian journalist named…
Pakistan: The Modern Dar Ul Islam Which Rejects Kafir
Dar ul Islam called Pakistan. As per Islamic law, there are two major divisions of the world. These are dar al-Islam (lit. ‘territory of Islam’), and dar al-harb (lit. ‘territory of war’)….
Politicians: Is India in Governance Crises?
The Conflict of Interest Chapter 7 When the leadership class i.e. politician is the primary beneficiary of the system it does not want any change. This makes reforms structurally impossible. The challenge…
The RSVP on a Mourning Sticker
A reflection on cultural blindness — in AI and in us. RSVP is a short way of saying “répondez s’il vous plaît”, which is French for “please reply.” It is used on…
Impossible Journey of India from Menu to Seat at Table.
The Karmic Trajectory of India How a nation’s means became its destiny India is now widely regarded as a rising major power or leading power in 2026, transcending traditional “middle power” labels…
India is Saraswati River Valley Civilization
Earliest Urban Civilization in the World. Civilisation of India is called Saraswati River Valley Civilization. Civilisation of India was wrongly believed to be limited to Mohanjodoro and Harrappa on the basis of…
The British Suffering of Karma.
The Vanishing British Names from Public Life. British ruled India for approximately 175 years. There Officers created townships like Dalhousie and Lansdowne named after their surnames. The people behind those names vanished…