The Global Social Network
Added by Riaz Haq on December 25, 2012 at 9:30pm — 21 Comments
Whether it was the bloody Civil War to abolish slavery in America or the Meiji Restoration that transformed feudal Japan into an industrial giant, history tells us that violent conflict has been an integral part of the process of social change. Pakistan, too, is experiencing a similar violent social revolution. It started well before the terrorist attacks of 911 and the subsequent US invasions of…
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Eclipse of Feudalism in Pakistan
By Arif Hasan
Mechanisation and middlemen: A customised tractor with a trailer full of harvested sugarcane, in Pakistan.…
Added by Riaz Haq on December 14, 2012 at 8:30am — 6 Comments
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime".
Added by Riaz Haq on December 8, 2012 at 10:13pm — 9 Comments
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India's Tata Group is going through a major boardroom crisis. Noel Tata, the Chairman of the Tata holding company, has been removed from the Tata Group's board by N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons. Noel Tata has declared the decision illegal, a stance the board disputes. The crisis has been precipitated by a 2022 decision by India’s central bank to order the company to seek a stock market listing for Tata Sons, to comply with new rules governing systemically important…
ContinueThe summit meeting of the leaders of China and the United States in Washington appears to signal a rapprochement between the two superpowers. President Trump has repeatedly referred to what he calls "G2", without mentioning "G7" or "G20", the groups that include many more countries. This development is seen as positive for world peace but it diminishes India's significance as a "counterweight to China" and the benefits Indians expected to flow from the US-China confrontation in…
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