My Thoughts

March 30th world cup semi-final, India Vs Pakistan match at Mohali cricket grounds was all set. I had taken half day off to watch the existing match which could not happen very often. I was cheering up from India. Pakistan gave a good fight and eventually lost the match in high pressure conditions. I was thinking about both the teams after the match, I felt personally on paper both Indian and Pakistan team looked same with different strengths and weakness. But of a given day which team had the advantage eventually had a good chance of winning the match. I felt India won this particular encounter because of soft power and not because of exceptional cricket team or any individual brilliance. What is this soft power? First - Economic Power India is getting better and better economically and Pakistan is getting into a shell with lots on internal problems and international pressure. In sports world economic power contributes either directly or indirectly in getting certain advantag

India in 2050 and beyond Do you know , what is the hot topic among the emerging economies ? It is, which country will have highest GDP in year 2050 and who will be the controlling the world at that time. Many Speculate it will be either China or India. But others think US will retain its current position. Nobody is quite sure how it is going to be like in year 2050. As i am Indian , i would love India to be at number one position as quickly as possible and let the growth rates grow from current 8% to 9 , 10 and more. If at all this happens, I was just imagining and drawing parallels between US states and cities to Indian states and cities. The reason behind this would be because of my limited knowledge about other countries and also because of personal experience in being and knowing the both US and India fairly very well. So how would India look in 2050 when it is at the helm , super power , etc. 1. Delhi should look like Washington DC and all the cities around Delhi must be as c