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Full Circle of Ideas | The Blueprint of Modern Progress built by Ancient Civilizations
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Imagine a world where the very ideas that make modern life possible—policy, science, economy, culture—simply didn’t exist within the faiths that now dominate swaths of our planet. That might seem unthinkable, yet history shows that the foundational concepts underpinning our societies were forged elsewhere: in the city-states and republics of the Mediterranean, in the rich intellectual ferment of ancient Persia and India. When Rome coined words like “politics” and “policy,” and later when Greco-Roman thinkers wrestled with the birth of natural philosophy, they were laying bricks for a future civilization that their spiritual heirs would later claim as their own—often without acknowledging the origin.
The Great Outsourcing Shift | How Federal Reserve Policy is Reshaping Global Tech Markets
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TLDR - Summary: Analyzing recent market changes and reshaping industries and the human factors involved in it presents an economic complexity that goes beyond textbook theories. Competitive advantages are temporary - What seems permanent (like India’s IT dominance) can shift rapidly Monetary policy is as much psychology as economics - Expectations often matter more than fundamentals Perfect systems don’t exist - All economic frameworks involve trade-offs Money is a tool, not wealth - The goal should be facilitating productive exchange, not monetary purity Human behavior drives economic outcomes - Any system that ignores human psychology is doomed to fail The Great Outsourcing Shift: How Federal Reserve Policy is Reshaping Global Tech Markets Southeast Asia is emerging as the new frontier for IT outsourcing, with Vietnam and the Philippines positioning themselves as serious competitors to India’s long-standing dominance in the global services economy.
The Great Historical Gap | Why Ancient India Never Bothered Writing Its Own Story
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TLDR – Summary: There’s something peculiar about Indian history that most people don’t realize—until very late in the game, Indians simply never bothered chronicling their own story. Not in the way we think of history, anyway. While civilizations around the world were busy recording kings, battles, and political events, ancient India was doing something entirely different. Or perhaps more accurately, it was deliberately not doing what everyone else was doing.
Democracy and Secularism in India | Is it time to Change? Or was it Always Broken...
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TLDR – Summary: India’s secular democracy is critiqued for suppressing Hindu interests and fostering division, with historical evidence and intellectual arguments supporting a shift to a Dharmic governance model that prioritizes duty, justice, and cultural continuity while addressing concerns about majoritarianism. The Mirage of Secular Democracy in India: A Case for a Dharmic Renaissance India’s secular-democratic framework, enshrined in its Constitution since 1950, is often celebrated as a triumph of unity in diversity.