The Somali pirates released 22 sailors, 18 of them Indians including the captain of the ship Prabhat Kumar Goel and also released the ship Stolt Valor on 16th November’08, which was hijacked by them on 15th September’08 in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden. The ship was carrying 23,818 tones of oil products. An estimated ransom […]
Price Stability versus Free Markets
My whole adult life economics has been dominated by the Thatcher/Reagan orthodoxy that unregulated markets combined with low taxes and monetary restraint will deliver prosperity to the greatest number of people. So it was rather sad to read The Economist’s lead column this week announcing the death of capitalism. When the stalwarts of free markets doubt the […]
Free market Economists Urge Post-Olympics Social and Political Reforms
For its foreign visitors, the Olympics seemed to be an introduction to all that free market forces have done to China since Opening Up and Reform began following Mao’s death (which was 32 years ago today, btw, and barely paid any attention). What does that mean? It led Thomas Friedman to write that American cities now look third world in comparison […]
Michael Moore to release new film online for free
The film, "Slacker Uprising," follows Moore’s 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. It will be available for three weeks as a free download to North American residents, beginning Sept. 23. An official announcement of the film is planned for Friday. Moore said he considered releasing "Slacker Uprising" theatrically as "Michael Moore’s […]
Major Durga Malla
Major Durga Malla was the first Gorkha soldier of the Indian National Army (INA) to sacrifice his life for the cause of the nation. In the years between 1927 and 1937 a wave of nationalism was sweeping across the country .In the late 1920s a young Gorkha boy in Dehradun was highly influenced by […]
Press Freedom in Human Rights Catalog and Existing Tendencies
Press freedom is a special characteristic of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Article 19 of the UDHR states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of […]
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