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‘Aftershock’ Book offers 'survival' guide, Says China, India will be 'hot spots'

Already into its second edition, the book argues that the dotcom bubble, and housing bubble as also Federal Reserve's market ‘manipulation’ and the ‘incredible irresponsibility and bad judgment of the public sector’ have ruined the American economy. It opines that China, India and other emerging markets, while remaining the hotspots of investment for profits, may help buffer the world from the full impact of the U.S.-led recession.
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The Karachi Scandal

 12 June, 2011 05:35:00
Title: On nous appelle ‘les Karachi’(MEMOIR) By Magali Drouet & Sandrine Leclerc Fleure Noir, Paris ISBN 978-2-265-09220-4 PP253 €17,50; Title: Le Contract. Karachi, l’affaire que Sarkozy voudrait oublier (investigative journalism) By Fabrice Arfi & Fabrice Lhomme Stock, Paris ISBN 978-2-234-06239-9 PP 362 €20,50...
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Rashid Mirror To Af-Pak Chaos

 01 April, 2011 05:15:00
There is no gainsaying that each of the three players - US, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have exploited the other for their agenda – India for Pakistan, Soviet Union for the US and holy jihad for the Saudis. Who amongst the three is more selfish, and who has won? The jury is still out...
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Tome on British Secret Services

 31 March, 2011 01:40:00
One feature that makes the book interesting is the desperate effort of the British secret services to touch up the image of London and Washington's firm belief that the CIA need n't “to bolster a fading British presence”. The British believed passionately that the US was very much in need of their expertise and they were frustrated when ‘not taken seriously by the US’...
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Tentacles of the ISI

 29 March, 2011 01:50:00
Preface to the book sets the tone of the unfolding chapters while tracing the genesis of the ISI, its growth and its overbearing presence not just in Pakistan, but insidious designs on India with the observation “Pakistan’s ISI has done what its Army can never do...It can spread terror whenever, whenever it wants”...
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Pakistan: At the Crosscurrent of History

 24 January, 2011 01:50:00
Author: Larence Ziring Pages: 383; Price: Rs. 895 Manas Publications, New Delhi...
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Introduction to Buddhism

 14 January, 2011 02:40:00
Buddha said every thing depends upon the mind. But what is mind? Is it the brain or some other part or function of the body? No, mind is not brain but it is some part of the body which is difficult to identify. ...
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Diplomat blows up long held myths

 16 January, 2011 02:00:00
The author is honest to admit ‘having largely been ignorant of basics of my own religion, I started studying Holy Vedas, Holy Qur’an, and Holy Bible, (in) the primary sources, so as to understand rather than being guided by opinions of other learned authors’...
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Price for survival

 06 January, 2011 11:15:00
"As long as these two countries (Af-Pak) remain politically unstable and fail to evolve stable political systems which best suit their national character, they will remain tempting playgrounds for other more powerful states.”...
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Elegant Summary of Krishnamurti's teachings

 17 October, 2010 07:35:00
Though he remained an enigma through out his life, just a few days before his death in 1986, Krishnamurti made the most revealing statement on his own view of himself. And he unequivocally seemed to confess an awareness of his uniqueness, despite the fact that he had often said that if something is unique, it is meaningless. ...
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