Posts by Anshuman Khanna

THE BROKEN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

The American Democratic system is broken and it took a catastrophic outcome on 9th November 2016 to bring this to the fore. The basic premise of a democracy, as we all know, is for the people to elect their Government through a universal adult franchise, i.e. one adult one vote, without discrimination on ground of…

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He Died Today

He died today Was it an unexpected jolt or did the world wither away his vitality painfully over time Only he knows   He died today Is he happy for how he enriched the lives of people around him Is he sad that he got used and trivialized in return Only he knows   He…

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BUDGET 2015 – BIG REFORM!?!?

Following is an extract of some of the proposals I have suggested to the NaMo Government to be incorporated in Budget 2015 as part of the BIG REFORM:  1. PRESUMPTIVE TAXATION – Akin to GST in the indirect tax arena, even in direct taxes, I feel the tax payers would be happier to see simplicity…

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OM NAMO SHIVAY

  The world’s largest exercise in democracy just drew to a close. A systematically organized electoral circus, where all credit goes to the Election Commission of India for showcasing to the world a genuine and neutral conduct of the universal adult franchise at such a large and inclusive scale. The outcome ascertained in a matter…

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ALI

This is dedicated to my friend Ali, a flash in our lives, gone too soon, but still here with us. Today, I remembered you so much and the words just came out.

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MUSINGS OF A SPOTTED MIND – IN THESE TUMULTUOUS TIMES

1. ASARAM BAPU – The revered Guru being arrested for rape of his disciples’ daughter – not at all surprising – in fact molestation and sexual abuse seems to be the common denominator with almost all spiritual gurus in India – apart from the fact that all of them have plenty of gullible ‘bhakts’ following…

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NO BANK

The media has been consistently reporting the (now) very public spat between the promoter families of YES bank. While it is not an issue that necessarily takes the center stage in the context of the Indian economic or corporate diaspora, it is one which surely provides insight on human nature and tendencies.

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DEAD

The poor girl died and left for her heavenly abode…my heart cries whenever I think about the ordeal she went through, and also about the ordeal her mother and father are going through every day, and will continue to go through the rest of their lives. Their sweet little innocent daughter who they cuddled and…

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MICROSOFT & THE FUTURE OF TECH

In a time when Google and Apple are going great guns, it is anathema to even think of, let alone propagate a third company sweeping in and staking its claim on dominating the global computing/tablet/mobile space. Yet, if anyone is poised and equipped to do so, it will have to be Bill Gates’ technology giant.…

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