Thought Garage

By all measures, the rise of China as one of the leading global economic power houses of the world is a great success story.  And by all estimates, China will become the largest economy sooner than the rest of the world is comfortable accepting it. So, isn’t China, then officially the largest living success stories of communism? Watch this great TED talk by Eric Li, a venture capitalist, I bet,  your understanding of China will never be the same. And so does your understanding of efficacy of democracy. Eric X. Li : A tale of two political systems I can’t resist the temptation of comparing the largest living democracy, India,  with tens of parties at the helm and the largest living communist country, China, and for all practical purposes a dual party system in the US and its current political gridlock, only to realize that the point Eric Li made is quite reverberating. Unfortunately, while China can easily replicate the best of the rest of the world in terms of  ...

Happy Republic Day and Best wishes to all fellow Indians.  We have come a long way, but even after 60 years, the Dream of India is not fulfilled, yet. We can talk about history. Or we can make history. You decide . (via NDTV.com ) ‘You’ meant me, you and all Indians. Ever wonder how our Constitution looks like. Here is a a copy of the first page of Constitution of India. (Picture of Indian Constitution @ Library of Congress ) You can access the latest copy of Constitution of India at the Ministry of Law website here . We can talk about history. Or we can make history. You decide .