Dec 10
Edited by: Ac: Krtashivananda In The Politics of Genocide, Edward Herman and David Peterson wrote: ‘The vulgar politicisation of the concept of genocide, and the “emerging international norm” of humanitarian intervention, appear to be products of the fading of the Cold War, which removed the standard pretexts for intervention while leaving intact the institutional and …
Nov 23
by Ac.Krtashivananda Four years ago on Nov. 4, while Americans were going to the polls to elect a new president, Israeli infantry, tanks and bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip to dismantle an extensive tunnel network used by Hamas to smuggle in weapons. An already tenuous truce mediated by the Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak had …
Oct 18
Source: Far Eastern Economic Review Edited: Ac. Krtashivananda Wal-Mart Stores Inc., headquartered in rural Bentonville, Arkansas (population 29,000), is the world’s largest corporation, with annual revenues approaching the $350 billion range. Wal-Mart’s revenues are larger than the combined GDPs of Hong Kong and Malaysia. Wal-Mart imported about $27 billion in merchandise from China last year—about …
Aug 13
by Ac. Krtashivananda At the outset, the word transformation or progress needs to be defined. The development of roads, buildings and industries are not the criteria of progress. The quest for freedom in physical, intellectual and spiritual realm is the criteria of progress. This quest for freedom can be referred back to humanity’s struggle of …
Jun 24
by Ac. Krtashivananda The economy of Greece is the 37th largest in the world at $312 or $309 billion by nominal G.D.P or purchasing power parity respectively, according to World Bank statistics for the fiscal year 2009–2010. Additionally, Greece is the 15th largest economy in the 27-member EU .In terms of per capita …
Jun 08
The appalling massacre of 108 people, including 49 children, in Houla, Syria, dominated the Independent on Sunday’s latest front cover. Above a few short lines of commentary the banner headline read: ‘SYRIA: THE WORLD LOOKS THE OTHER WAY. WILL YOU?’ The text beneath observed: ‘There is, of course, supposed to be a ceasefire, which the brutal …
Mar 13
The U.N Resolution calls for withdrawal of Syrian forces who are fighting against the mercenaries under the patronage of U.S and its puppet regimes. ‘They wanted us to destabilize the Middle East, turn it upside down, make it under our control.’ Wesley Clerk – Former NATO Chief On February 4,2012, Western politicians and journalists responded with …
Sep 11
Arundhati Roy is an unusual Indian woman. Instead of acting the graceful upholder of traditional values, she goes on challenging the hard core of establishment thinking. Roy is India’s leading commentator on such evils as militaristic imperialist capitalism, genocide of Muslims, and dam disasters. In her latest book, Listening to Grasshoppers; Field Notes on Democracy, she hammers at perhaps the most central of all contemporary sacred pillars, i.e. that of democracy, which in her words “have metastasized into something dangerous”.
May 25
by Ac. Krtashivananda Avadhuta The two essential desires or vital characteristic (prana dharma) of human beings are –security and freedom. So far as physical security is concerned, everybody needs food, shelter, clothes and medicine. Besides that people wants an environment, that is free from overt and covert violence. In India if we consider $1 as the minimum …
May 25
by Ac. Krtashivananda Avt. Two kinds of democratic states can be recognized in the Islamic countries. The basis of this distinction has to do with how comprehensively Islam is incorporated into the affairs of the state. A democratic state which recognizes Islam as state religion , such as Malaysia, Pakistan Algeria,or Bangladesh. Some religious values …
