China's Economy is Growing : India Beware

China’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, faster than any western power. Wealth is more evenly distributed as well, in terms of economic class. China’s major weaknesses economically are lack of rural development (which they are fixing) lack of ability to grow enough food or produce enough oil to sustain themselves (the food they buy from us and the oil from Russia), and the fact that the One Child Policy has worked too well, leaving a tiny generation to support upcoming boomer retirees. But every nation, more or less, is interdependent, and these are manageable problems for a country whose economy is almost doubling in size every ten years (AFTER adjusting for inflation) while ours is growing at an exponentially slower rate.

The thing to take away from this is that China’s economy, at the current rate of growth, will double in size every 10–12 years.

India better beware because it failed to match China and worse 40% live in poverty. 

Facts of Aksai Chin

People in India are not really aware about the facts. The fact is the Aksai Chin area which India claims had no administration even under the days of British Raj and it was like a no man's land. During the Hindi Chini bhai- bhai days no attempt was made by Nehru to put forward India’s claim to China or set up any administration in that region.. What is India's case when India never had even during the days of the Raj any presence or administration in that area and it was vacant area and the Chinese went and occupied it. You cannot keep claiming land as your own by just showing it on the Map, which Indian was doing. In fact even the British did the same thing and they only marked the Johnson line on the map without physically taking possession of the area.

Golfing is my Love

 

I started playing golf almost 3 decades back when I had a stint at Fort William at Kolkata. It is a wonderful game and becomes more interesting if you have a female or a girlfriend to play along with. I won't let anyone into a secret whether I have played with a girlfriend or not but obviously there must be some background when I write this.  I have the distinction or the satisfaction of having played golf at almost all places in India right from Shillong, to Digboy in the Northeast. Also played at The Delhi golf club the DSOI the Show golf course and the US club golf course and the latest is the Valley Hills golf course in new Bombay

Venus in India: Book Review

A Universal Book that tickles the mind

Image Source - Book photo from Wikipedia

The book credited to Charles Deveaux is a classic and widely read for over a125 years after it was first published in 1889. It recounts the erotic tale of a young Army Captain ina British Cantonment in India when the Raj held sway

The book "Venus In India" is a famous book and widely circulated and read all over the world. It is also available as an ebook and can be freely downloaded. The novel is considered erotic literature of the highest literary grade and was first published in 1889. The novel is credited to a man called Charles Deverous, but nobody by that name is known to exist. Most likely it is a fictitious name by an anonymous writer. But the book has left its mark on the world of Erotic literature.

The story is authentic and the locales described are real.

The novel centers around life ina British Cantonment. What is a cantonment? It is a military area which the British had built all over India to house the Indian army. The story recounts army life and there are references to the Anglo-Afghan war, that show the book is somewhat true.

It recounts the exploits of an army captain of the British army with various women and girls in the cantonment.  There are exotic descriptions in flowery language and after reading one will look for an encore. The language is simple and racy and one can make out that the writer enjoyed his life in India. The book adds to the repertoire of English erotic classics which start with the poem  "the rape of Lucrece" by William Shakespeare. Worth a read any day, it's a book to pass away a dreary afternoon. 

Belly Dance at the Ras el Khema in Dubai

Belly Dance at the Ras el Khema in Dubai

Dubai is a land of wonders and has wondrous outlets for entertainment. The trademark item is the desert safari and the piece de resistance is the belly dance. One of the tours organized to a Bedouin camp is at Ras el Khema. This is about a 2-hour drive from Dubai in the Arabian Desert. The fare here includes whiskey, belly dancing, and a drive in the desert. 

The best part is that one has not to come back and one can stay overnight in the desert in air-conditioned tents. This is a holiday to remember and it is a boon for lovers as well as a man with a consort or wife. The tour starts with a drive through a wonderful road to the Ras el Khema. It's a beautiful place located in the desert dunes and all around the camp are high dunes. In the center are the dance floor and all the people sit around it.  Whiskey is available and after the dance, there is a barbecue dinner. Luckily only chicken is served and no beef.

The atmosphere is wonderful especially if you go in winter. The cold wind braces you and all sit around the dance floor. Male dancers regale with the local Bedouin dance and then comes the girl with the bare midriff. Most are lovely and supposed to be from Lebanon and now some are from India as well. One can savor the dance to the lilting Arabian music as well as sip good scotch whiskey. Good snacks are all-around and after the dance one can gorge on the barbecue dinner. Nothing wonderful more after dinner than to move in the starry sky in the desert with your love. A stint is vigorous and after that, you can retire to the tent and relive golden moments 

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Was Rani Laxmibai Fighting for India?

Did the queen of Jhansi Fight for India or self?

RaniLaxmibai of Jhansi ( 1835-58) is romanticized as a great woman who fought for the "Independence" of India. She was a brave woman who took on the might of the Raj and died fighting. In her last battle, her troops were surrounded by Sir Hugh Rose and she was killed on 17 March 1858. Sir HughRose the British commander was himself wounded and later commented that " The Rani was the bravest and greatest of the commanders of the mutiny". 

All this is very well but some half-truths need to be re-stated for history to recognize the truth. The Rani was married at the age of 13 to Raja of Jhansi Maharaj Gangadhar Rao Newalkar who was 40 years older than her. She gave birth to a son in 1851, who died and after that, the Maharaj Rao and Laxmibai adopted another boy as heir. This was not recognized by the British. The Maharaj Rao died in 1853 and Rani Laxmibai carried out a ceremony installing the adopted boy as the heir. She appealed to the English to recognize this. The British however did not approve and the Rani repeatedly appealed to the English to recognize the young adopted boy as the heir to the throne of Jhansi. She was not all inclined to fight the English and made many overtures to the East India Company. 

In case the British had accepted the young adopted boy as the Maharaj of Jhansi, the Rani was prepared to side with the East India company. The rejection of her request led the  Rani to launch her fight against the British. Her entire aim was very limited and just consisted of allowing her adopted son to rule Jhansi, freedom of India was never in her mind. Thus the rani was interested in local issues, but her army despite being aided by Tantya Tope was defeated on all fronts. She fought bravely, but it is small consolation for the poor performance of the troops of  Tantya Tope and the Rani in battles with the English army. Truth is never sweet.