Subscribe via RSS Feed

Tag: "Barack Obama"

Should India Become a Permanent Member of the Security Council?

President Barack Obama’s long awaited trip to India has ended.  The president was gracious and said some wonderful things about India during his visit.  As expected billions of dollars worth of deals were signed.  But nothing got more media attention than the one sentence he uttered in his speech to the Indian parliament. He said [...]

Barack Obama: Inspiration From Mahatma Gandhi?

President Barack Obama addressed the Indian parliament on Monday.  In his speech he said that “Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the urban poor, I have always found inspiration in the life of Gandhiji and in his simple and profound lesson to be the change we seek in [...]

United States in an Education Arms Race with India

We Indians love to talk and engage in intellectual conversations.  We like individuals who are like us.  Former President George Bush did not fit this bill.  He was a very direct and he was not a big fan of the grey areas of life (Indians opinion of President Bush started changing dramatically after the initial [...]

Land of the Mythmakers and Their Followers

This is election season in America.  It is the time when the modern day Shamans come out of their spells and talk to their followers about visions, wisdom and knowledge that they came across when they were in the Shamanic state in their cave dwellings.  When the Shaman speaks there is silence in the air [...]

Arizona Law against Illegal Immigration

Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona signed a bill on illegal immigration into law last week.  The main goal of this bill is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants.  Under this law, the failure to carry proper immigration documents will be a crime.  In addition the police will have sweeping powers to detain anyone suspected [...]

United States Issues Biased Report on Religious Freedom

“So where are the peaceful Muslims protesting the violence and mayhem that is being waged in their name? Where are the protests from the so-called peace-loving followers of Islam in the U.S. …I’ll take Islam as a peaceful religion seriously when I see followers of Islam in America protesting and condemning suicide bombers, anti-Semitic hate [...]

Seniors in India Should Have a Living Will

The United States is in the middle of a major health care debate.  The Democrats want to reform health care and make it more affordable.  They also want to make sure that about 30 million American who do not have health care of their own are covered by the government.  The Republican Party opposes most [...]

United States & India Want Computers in Schools

On December 08, 2008 President elect Barack Obama said in a radio address that the economic recovery plan will include repairing aging school buildings, make them energy efficient and install new computers in classrooms.  He said “To help our children compete in a 21st century economy; we need to send them to 21st century schools”.  [...]