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How can this dynamic young man not be UK's next Prime Minister?  Well educated, talented, widely read, suave, erudite, scholarly, confident, cultured, competent, proficient, knowledgeable, seasoned, still young (just 42 years) yet with solid experience of economic impacts and financial responses as UK's previous Chancellor of the Exchequer.  Rishi Sunak Most importantly his values and ideas are solidly rooted in the very rich traditions of the most ancient Vedic wisdom and culture that his Indian descent parents brought to the country. But he is born, brought up, and educated in the UK imbibing the fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, respect & tolerance, individual liberty, leadership & accountability, as well as joint decision making. Watch how Nick Ferrari puts Rishi Sunak on the spot at the final Conservative Party leadership hustings, which took place on August 31, 2022.  The panache and confidence with which he handles a variety of que...

Prelude Writing this post brought back fond memories of my professional career as a Senior Consultant with the Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) , now defunct and probably functioning under the new name Abu Dhabi Digital Authority .  It was during those six years (2008-2014) that I had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Strategic Plans of several Abu Dhabi Government Departments and also create a couple of Strategic Plans for whole-of-Government initiatives such as  Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI) Program   and  Abu Dhabi No Objection Certificate (NOC) Program . The work on Geospatial Data Contend Standards  made me familiar with the works of International Standards bodies OGC and ISO.  Reminiscing on the good old days in UAE, I would like to recall with gratitude my associations with colleagues at  GISTEC ,  ADSIC and the GPC Group .   Image Credit: UN HR Portal Edits since publishing on...

Dying with dignity , even when we are physically or mentally not in a position to communicate our wish to our near and dear ones, is an option that many senior people like me will eagerly look forward to, irrespective of our faith or belief system. Now you can choose to do that since the  right to die with dignity is considered as a fundamental human right as per a landmark judgement passed by Supreme Court of India in March 2018. 

Communal harmony is a prerequisite for a country like India, with its diverse population and cultures. Communal harmony means that people of different religions, castes, creeds, and backgrounds live together in the society with love and peace. It strives to create unity and goodwill among various communities, ensuring that every religion gets equal treatment .

It is about 4 years since I wrote this post titled:  Literacy, The Bane of Kerala!  Since then, is there any significant change in the civil society? Of course yes, though it is only to reconfirm my assertion that literacy is the misfortune of Kerala ! In fact, in the last 4 years we have spiraled down further into the dark abyss.

Day in and day out most news papers are reporting that Indian Rupee (INR) is becoming weaker. Is this really true? On closer analysis it appears that this news is one sided and that it is a simplistic way of approaching the subject!

I am not a religious person per se , but had taken keen interest in all religions, in order to understand their teachings, principles, common characteristics, and differences. As I was living in an Islamic country (UAE) for several years it was natural for me to find out more about the teachings of Islam .