World Toilet Summit in New Delhi

In November 2007, the World Toilet Summit will be held in the Indian capital of New Delhi. Many years ago, I put myself through college by working as a janitor. Clean the toilet and then clean yourself. To clean the toilet, please use janitorial supplies. To clean yourself, please use a shower and antibacterial soap.

If you do not clean the toilet, it will become unclean. If you clean the toilet regularly, it will stay clean. Do not allow uncleanliness to accumulate. Therefore please keep cleaning the toilet regularly to prevent uncleanliness to accumulate.

Always keep a toilet brush. Each time you use the toilet, please clean it using a toilet brush. I clean my toilet bowl almost every time I use it. I clean it about 5 to 7 times a week. Never let uncleanliness to collect. Keep cleaning it every day.

When in doubt please do ask one of the largest universities in the world, namely http://www.youtube.com/. It is this university, http://www.youtube.com/ which has one of the most comprehensive and ever expanding syllabus. Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words CLEANING TOILETS. Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY. Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE; and then click search. Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words HANDWASHING DEMO; and then click search. After viewing the video clips, please do read the text responses directly below the video clip. You may learn something from the video clip and the text responses. If you do have a good and comprehensive way to give a handwashing demonstration, then please do upload it into http://www.youtube.com/.

Wait a minute. They are not janitors. They are maintenance engineers. Wait a minute. Technicians will tell you that engineers know nothing. They are not maintenance engineers either. Janitors are maintenance technicians. Technicians are the unsung heroes.

I hope the government of India will give free antibacterial soap to my janitorial brothers and sisters.
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You also have to keep your teeth clean. It is good to brush your teeth with tooth brush and tooth paste. It may be possible to brush the teeth with tooth brush and without tooth paste too.

Sometimes you use tooth paste and sometimes you do not use tooth paste, but you always use a tooth brush. If you brush your teeth inside a bathroom, please do use tooth brush and tooth paste. If you brush your teeth inside the living room, then please use a tooth brush without tooth paste. If you brush your teeth inside a living room using a tooth brush and tooth paste, then you will make a mess of the floor and you will get scolding from your wife or mother.

Each time you watch television in the living room, please also brush your teeth using tooth brush without tooth paste. It’s called multitasking. Do not waste time. You have to put television and tooth brush together. Each time you watch television, please multitask by also brushing your teeth without tooth paste.

While watching television, please also brush your teeth without tooth paste. Brush your teeth for 5 or 10 minutes, then if your arms are tired, take a break for 5 or 10 minutes, and then brush your teeth again for another 5 or 10 minutes; then rest for 5 minutes before resuming brushing. If you have watched television for 30 minutes, you would have brushed your teeth well several times.

You may have about 32 teeth. Do not miss any teeth. Make sure that you get all 32 of them. If you brush all 32 teeth, it would be considered one round. If you watch television for 30 minutes, then you would have ample time to make more than one round of teeth brushing. When you finish one round, immediately start another round while watching television at the same time.

Please visit your dentist at least once a year.
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The 3R’s are Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. It is a good thing. The so called scavengers are a good people. I have some friends who regularly put their hands into trash bins to retrieve some recyclable material. They sell the recyclable material to a buyer. My recycle friends are a good people. Recycling is a niche in the market. Recyclers know how to be thrifty. Recyclers know how to be survivors. It is a source of income.

They sell the recyclable material to a buyer. If buyers pay higher prices for recyclable material, then more people will be willing to pick up materials in garbage areas to sell to the buyers. If the government is willing to buy trash at a good price, then you can bet that many more people will be willing to pick up garbage more often so that they can sell it to the buyer.

If the price of garbage is extremely high, then may be, all one billion Indians may opt to become scavengers. It all depends on the price of the garbage.

After picking up recyclable material/saleable material from the garbage disposal area, please clean yourself. To clean yourself, please use a shower and antibacterial soap. When in doubt please ask one of the largest universities in the world, namely http://www.youtube.com/. It is this university, http://www.youtube.com/ which has one of the most comprehensive and ever expanding syllabus. Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY. Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE; and then click search.

Before I forget, please take good care of your lungs. You should try to build your life around your lungs. You should be the lung person. Ideally, Indians should be known as the lung people, and India should be known as the lung nation. Please do some PRANAYAMA breathing exercises often. Apparently, most of us do not use the full capacity of our lungs. Apparently, we use only part of the capacity of our lungs. We need to improve our breathing to use more of our lungs. You may be able to build your life around your breathing. You may be able to build your life around your lungs. You may be able to put breathing and dancing together to develop a breathing dance. If we could use more of our lungs, we would be on the right track.

Irrespective of who you are, there is always room for self-improvement. So in pranayama, you conquer your mind, conquer your breathing, and conquer your digestive system to achieve self-improvement. So in pranayama, you conquer your mind, conquer your breathing, and conquer your digestive system to achieve self-mastery.
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It is important that trash goes into the trash can. We should stop the habit of throwing trash anywhere. Remember that trash goes into the trash can. I hope schools teach children to put trash into the trash can. I hope parents also teach children to put trash into the trash can.

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Why some Hindus do not eat beef? I do not know. The Indian civilization goes back to a few thousand years. To get the right answer I guess you should ask the Hindus who lived a few thousand years ago, why Hindus do not eat beef; but those Hindus are long since dead. Thus we can conjecture as to why Hindus do not eat beef. But a conjecture is only a conjecture. A conjecture is better than nothing, though. Allow me to conjecture.

Firstly, you have to think of the word “distance”. Yes, “distance”. It all depends on how close or far away from the animal you are. That is, the “distance” between you and the animal.

For example, you may eat chicken, but you cannot even imagine eating you pet chicken. Why? Because of “distance”. You are closely attached to your pet chicken and therefore eating something that you are closely attached to is unthinkable. However, eating chicken purchased from the market is not a problem.

For example, you may eat pork, but you cannot even imagine eating you pet pig. Why? Because of “distance”. You are closely attached to your pet pig and therefore eating something that you are closely attached to is unthinkable. However, eating pork purchased from the market is not a problem.

For example, you may eat mutton, but you cannot even imagine eating your pet goat. Why? Because of “distance”. You are closely attached to your pet goat and therefore eating something that you are closely attached to is unthinkable. However, eating mutton purchased from the market is not a problem.

In the case of the cow, this domesticate bovine became closely attached to Hindu society. The bovine gives milk, pulls the cart, and plows the land. It gives a lot to man. Thus, Hindus became attached to the cow. Some Hindus in villages have a cow in the backyard. Some Hindus even honor the cow by painting its horns, garlanding it, and giving it a pet name. Oops! This is the mistake the Hindus made. They got too closely attached to the cow and therefore cannot imagine eating it. Hindus DO NOT worship the cow; they do LOVE the cow.

The USA and Western world are highly urbanized societies. The farm sector or the rural sector has been reduced to a small section of the work force. Most Americans know much more about the supermarket than the farm sector. Through television Americans have seen farm animals, but few Americans have had personal encounters with farm animals over a long period of time. Thus, Americans are not closely attached to cows. It is “distance”. Thus, eating beef is not a problem in USA.

The reality is that in USA the cow is transported from the farm to the slaughterhouse; from the slaughterhouse to the supermarket; and from the supermarket to the refrigerator in the kitchen. For example, the American pre-schooler would probably think that beef comes from the refrigerator in the kitchen. The American 10 year old has seen frozen beef in the supermarket. Americans are largely an urbanized people and are attached to the supermarket, not the cow in the rural area.

In the case of India, she is a developing nation. She is largely a rural nation which is continuously urbanizing. The developed nations are already urbanized and no further urbanization may be possible. India is a developing nation and therefore can do what the developed nations cannot do: that is, she can urbanize. In fact, this may be one comparative advantage that India has over the developed nations: the ability to urbanize. Everyday urbanization is increasing in India. With India and China urbanizing, in the next few decades, we may be witnessing one of the greatest migrations in human history. In the next few decades we may be witnessing one of greatest regroupings in human history.

With urbanization, cities will swell in population. The cities with the greater population will have more political, social, and economic influence in shaping the India of the future. For example, if Ahmedabad grows to be bigger than Mumbai, then the Gujarati culture may even become the backbone of the Indian culture in due course.

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As regards to the caste system among Hindus, it is sort of a job classification and division of labor. It does not take too long before you realize that it may be based on laziness: the idea is to make someone else do the unpleasant job. The ulterior motive of the caste system is to make someone else do the hard and unpleasant work: that is, I will do the easy work and let someone else do the unpleasant work. If you have lived in this world long enough you would know that there are always some people who are always conniving to avoid the hard or unpleasant work. If you have lived in this world long enough you would know that making someone else do the hard work is not an Indian phenomenon but a world–wide phenomenon. (Thus, the caste system is a world-wide phenomenon). However, the economy is changing. India is slowly urbanizing. The changing economy requires India’s human resources to be increasingly multi-skilled. In the old days, a mason was only a mason; a rice farmer was only a rice farmer; a soldier was only a soldier; and a priest was only a priest. Nowadays, each individual is required to be multi-skilled. Thus a rice farmer has to clean his personal toilet, drive his personal two-wheeler, cook his own food, do his own laundry, learn to use the needle and thread, and join the army reserves to defend the nation. Similarly, the priest has to clean his personal toilet, drive his personal two-wheeler, learn to use the needle and thread, cook his own food, do his own laundry, and join the army reserves to defend the nation. When in doubt please do ask one of the largest universities in the world, namely, http://www.youtube.com/. It is this university, http://www.youtube.com/ which has one of the most comprehensive and ever expanding syllabus. Yes, if you go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type words like CLEANING TOILET, COOKING, and HOW TO SEW A BUTTON, HANDWASHING DEMO etc. you may learn a lot. If you have some video footage to add, please do upload it to http://www.youtube.com/. Gosh! I forgot to clean my toilet after use. I shall clean it now. Bye, bye.

I’m back. One way to get rid of the laziness is to engage in sports and exercise to build your muscle. When you are physically fit work becomes less of a chore. This is where RIGHT and MIGHT are both important. In my humble opinion, it is a battle between righteousness and unrighteousness. The unrighteous will not surrender without a fight. Neither should the righteous surrender. We, however, have to defeat the unrighteous. To defeat the unrighteous you must be “hard” not “soft”. This is where RIGHT and MIGHT are both important. Just because you are right does not mean that you can win; you must also have the MIGHT to defend your RIGHT. You must engage in sports and exercise regularly to build muscle. I hope more Indians would attach value to RIGHT and MIGHT. When you build muscle you can be more hardworking; this is good for the economy. Therefore, RIGHT and MIGHT will bring overall benefits.

Physicians do recommend physical fitness to the people.

To get an education you have to sit and read the book for long hours. Sometimes when you read the book, you may fall asleep. However, if you are physically fit, then you would not fall asleep easily. To be physically fit, please do some sports and exercise regularly. There you go. RIGHT and MIGHT brings social benefits too. Therefore, RIGHT and MIGHT will bring overall benefits. Try RIGHT and MIGHT.

Gosh! I feel hungry now. I need to make some noodle/pasta soup. Bye bye.

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Let us discuss how to do your laundry.

1) Firstly, you have to buy a plastic bucket. It should be 300mm at diameter and 300mm at height. You can buy a bigger or smaller plastic bucket if you want.
2) Fill the plastic bucket with water and put your long pants into it. The bucket now contains water and pants.
3) Store the plastic bucket with your pants in your living room for 24 hours. Your pants will, after 24 hours, be well soaked in water. After 24 hours in water, some (not all, but some) of the dirt particles in your pants will loosen up.
4) After 24 hours, please de-water the bucket. The bucket now contains only the pants.
5) Take the bucket and pants to a good location (close to the wall) inside your room. Lift the pants from the bucket and hook the pants to a wall. (If you do not have a hook on the wall, then hammer a nail to the wall to make a hook. The nail should be about 6 feet above the floor.) Hook the pants to the nail and put the bucket below the pants.
6) When we look at it, on top would be the nail; below the nail would be the pants; and below the pants would be the bucket. Leave it in this position for 48 hours.
7) For 48 hours water would drip from your wet pants and fill the bucket below. After 48 hours or 60 hours your pants would be dry and ready to be used by you.
8) Next, you can now repeat the process. Next, you can now soak your shirt using bucket and water for 24 hours. It is a cycle process. If you do it well, your bucket will always be used everyday. Never allow your bucket to idle.
9) You can also put your pants and underwear together into the same bucket of water; and you can also hook your pants and underwear to the same nail for drying. So on Monday you would put your pants and underwear into the bucket of water; on Thursday you would put your shirt and underwear into the bucket of water, and so on. If you use two buckets and two nails, then your quantity of wash and dry would increase.
10) Even after hang drying your pants for 36 hours, you may be able to wear your slightly wet pants. It will be slightly uncomfortable to wear half dried pants, but once you wear it, your body heat will dry it up in about 2 to 3 hours. It is like wearing your clothing on a rainy day when you got caught in the rain: again, your body heat will dry it up.
11) Using water without soap (to do your laundry) is not the cleanest way. It is an inexpensive way. But it is better than nothing. Once in a few weeks you should, however, do your laundry using cleansing agent and water.

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Who are the toilet cleaners in India? It would be unfair to comment before knowing more about the subject matter. To know more about the position of Brahmins in India, please do the following. When in doubt, please do ask http://www.youtube.com/ ; it is one of the largest and most comprehensive universities in the world; http://www.youtube.com/ is also a repository of information that continues to grow daily.

Please do go to http://www.youtube.com/ and type the words BRAHMINS IN INDIA HAVE BECOME A MINORITY. Next, click search. Next, watch the video footage.

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak in the video footage clearly states that since socially the Brahmins are number one, so the whole world has the false impression that Brahmins are number one economically too in India. Socially number one does not mean economically number one; likewise economically number one does not mean socially number one too. The video footage proves that Brahmins are not number one economically in India today. Please see the video footage before arriving at a conclusion. I quote that the footage states that 50% of the rickshaw pullers in New Delhi’s Patel Nagar are Brahmins. About 75% of the domestic helps and cooks in Andhra Pradesh are Brahmins. You will see Brahmins who work as taxi drivers, toilet cleaners, sweepers, etc. Most of the video footage is in Hindi language, but towards the end there is some text in English; it states that 70% of people employed in 1783 public toilets in Delhi are Upper Caste Hindus.

Please do view the video footage before arriving at a conclusion.

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Wait a minute/ek minute kijieh. We are dealing with “distance”. Let us continue. Indians have the habit of sitting in the lotus position and eating. That is, they put a plate of food/khana on the floor, then sit cross legged and eat from the plate using their fingers. This is not the best way. We have to maintain a distance from the floor. Dust settles on the floor. When somebody walks by, it kicks up micro dust particles from the floor unseen to the human eye. Just because these micro dust particles are unseen to the naked eye, it does not mean that they do not exist. We have to maintain a “distance” from the floor as much as possible for eating as well as working. We should use our public school system to teach the next generation of children/bacchein the advantages of using tables and chairs for eating and working.

Even using fingers to eat is not the best way. Dirt particles/impurities do accumulate under the finger nail. Also, using fingers to eat allows grease and spices to collect under the finger nail. Later on, if you do not wash your palms with soap and water, then the grease, spice, and odor remain in your palm. If you start working immediately after eating with your fingers, you risk passing the grease and spice on to the books or tools that you use for work. Ideally we want Indians/Deshi to subscribe to the word CHANGE. It is a changing world. We will not be opposed to change. No school in this world can teach you as much as life itself can. We will keep learning. I assure you that what your parents and grandparents taught you is not sufficient: you have yet a million new things to learn. We want to be multi-skilled; that is, to be able to use fingers, fork and spoon, and chopsticks to consume food.

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Always love your mother.*Be altruistic.*Always buy packaged goods with the name of the producer on the package*Always buy from supermarkets and chain stores*Support teamwork, team spirit, and team based problem solving.* Learn Judo, Karate, Aikido, Jujitsu. Tai Chi, Yoga and walk for fitness.* Yoga is about the chakras, and achieving self-mastery and samadhi and achieving full 100% Godhood. *All 6.5 billion of us can return to full 100% Godhood* I would recommend that the best preparation for our youth would be the military experience. Yes, an experience in the military service would do our youth some good. You should have a life of duty. Your duty to yourself. Your duty as a husband. Your duty as a wife. Your duty as a parent. Your duty as an employee. Your duty as an employer. Your duty as a taxpayer. Your duty as a voter. Your duty as a teacher. Your duty as a student and so on. * Engage in sports and exercise.* Be a profit-maker.* Do not give away goods, services, or ideas free of charge; and do not take goods, services, or ideas free of charge.* Self-defense is an inviolable human right.* Always use condoms* All 6.5 billion of us Gods are both buyers and sellers; but at any given time you are either a buyer or seller* All 6.5 billion of us are Gods and can return to full 100% Godhood through self-improvement*One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes*Your divine powers within you are your natural powers within you*An economy is composed of areas of surpluses and areas of shortages; when there is a surplus it is time to move to an area of shortage; ideally there would be no shortages and rationing in this world*

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

I cannot state that I know much about the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). To find out more about the DMIC, please go to http://www.google.com/ and type the words DELHI MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR. It may have something to do with civil engineering. It’s an opportunity for the Indian youth. I have been through something similar a few decades ago. This is year 2007 and we are all a few decades older now. Looking in retrospect, it was fun for me. I was younger and felt as though that I was young and indestructible. I quit my job and took another job. I was doing a temporary job which was not really much of a marketable skill, but I wanted to learn a marketable skill. I was doing a boring job and so I quit my job to take another job to learn a marketable skill. My new job paid about half of what I was earning. I quit my job to take another job to work for the Japanese because I wanted to learn something new, a marketable skill. I wanted to work with the Japanese. I was busy trying to prove to myself that I was better than the Japanese. I earned respect from some Japanese and disappointments from some Japanese. I have no regrets. My recollection is about the work, the headache, the quarrels, the understandings and misunderstandings, the sweat, the smelly boots and clothing, the heavy equipment to carry, the jokes, climbing up and down the construction scaffolding, etc. We made sure that we brought our own water to drink under the hot tropical sun. Some times we were moving so quickly from one task to another task that it gave me a headache. Practice, practice, and practice; and through work you can hone your skills; and you will become a different person; and as a skilled person a lot of other opportunities may open up for you; and as a skilled person you can demand higher wages. This is year 2007 and we are all a few decades older now. I hope I am not wrong but I think Japanese and Indians can work together because they are both Asians. I would urge the Indian youth to take advantage of the DMIC. Please prove to yourself that you are better than the Japanese. You are young only once. You should work hard when you are young because as you grow older, you grow weaker. Once again, please prove to yourself that you are better than the Japanese.

My friend had warned me that I would not last for more than a day working for the Japanese. I did last for more than a day working for the Japanese. I felt I must prove myself, instead of surrendering. Initially there would be aches, pains, and headaches. Pretty soon your mind and body would be broken in and all the aches, pains, and headaches would disappear and you would have a smile on your face.

In school I was not an A grade student. I was more like a C or D grade student. It doesn't matter. My work environment is my school. No school in this world can teach you as much as life itself can. I worked with the Japanese to prove to myself that I was better than them. It was fun. I am grateful to the Japanese for having hired me. May my Japanese brothers and sisters live happily ever after.

A developing nation is like a growing child. In sharp contrast, a developed nation is like an adult who has long since stopped growing.

A developing nation is like a growing child and therefore changes every year. A developed nation does not change much yearly. Developed nations do grow but usually grow slower than developing nations.

India is a growing child. As she grows she should always be stable and be at rest with herself. The DMIC offers opportunities to India’s youth to prove something to themselves. There is a difference between working hard and working smart. It is better to work smart than to work hard. As you gain more experience, you can reorganize things so that you can work smart, not work hard. As you understand your work better, you will know how to work smart. As you understand your work better, you will know which work is important and which work is less important. As you understand your work better, you will know which work to do first and which work to do later. As you understand your work better, you will know which work to do today and which work can wait till tomorrow. As you understand your work better, you will know which work will require a high degree of accuracy and which work does not require a high degree of accuracy. As you understand your work better, you will know when to take a break and when not to take a break.

Yes, there are risks involved in the construction industry. Please be careful. You can take risks only if you know what you are doing. It all depends. You can take risks provided you are sharp, stable, and if you are calculated. Please do not be foolhardy. I have lost a few friends permanently probably because they were not paying attention, or not alert, or foolhardy, etc. Without calculating you should not take any risks. Always be stable and be at rest with yourself. Please follow the instructions to be cautious. Be cautious. Be cautious. Be cautious.

A good worker will know his territory which is his work station. He will defend his work station. He should not allow anybody to wander into his work station. He should not allow others to touch the equipment in his work station. He also should not wander into another persons work station too. Your work is your work, and my work is my work. You do your work and I will do my work. You should be stable and be at rest with your work.

No matter how big the project is, there is a way to simplify it. It is all about one person one work or one person one task. The big picture is decomposed into smaller pictures. Eventually it is about one person one work or one person one task.

To my youthful brothers and sisters I say that do not surrender easily. Do not give up easily. Construction work is not complicated. It is not difficult because it is all about one person one work or one person one task. The work is divided into tasks. Each person will do a specific task. It is something like one person one work, or one person one task. The whole project is the big picture; and the big picture is decomposed into smaller pictures. All you have to do is your part, which is your task. You do not have to know anything about the big picture. As long as you do your specific task, you are useful. Since you are doing the same specific task every day, it would not be complicated for you.

Always remember that no matter how big and complicated the big picture looks, it can be simplified using one person one task.

Technicians will tell you that engineers know nothing. Not quite. At least I can safely say that a technician knows his own work better than an engineer knows the work of the technician. (Technicians are the unsung heroes.) Likewise, I am sure that the technicians know very little of the engineers work. Both technicians and engineers should be stable and be at rest with their work.

Both technicians and engineers have to look at the plan often. Everybody in construction should look at the plan often. Therefore it is important that all of them learn to read the plan. Everything is centered on the plan. To find out more about plan reading, please go to http://www.google.com/ and type the words PLAN READING. Also to find out more about plan reading, please go to http://www.google.com/ and type the words ENGINEERING PLAN READING. Please do make sure that you keep one copy of the plan at home. Even when you are at home, please do keep studying the plan. Whenever you get some time, please do look at the plan. The more often you look at the plan, the more you would remember about the plan. As you keep looking at the plan, slowly but surely, everything in the plan will demystify and become clearer and clearer. As you keep studying the plan again and again, the plan will take root in your mind. This is the employer’s dream. Yes, the employer’s dream is to have an employee technician to have the plan in his mind.

Like all other industries there are violations to cut costs or violations to get kickbacks. Thus there may be engineers who might not want technicians and workers to have access to the construction plan. One way to reduce violations is to increase transparency. It is in the best interests of the nation that the maximum number of people see the plan often. It is in the best interests of the nation that the engineers, technicians, and members of the public have access to the plan. One way to reduce violations is to have the maximum number of people to monitor the implementation of the plan. Thus, if it is possible, may I suggest that the construction plan be posted in an Internet website in order to make sure that the maximum number of people can monitor the implementation of the plan.

A project is divided into different sections or different departments. The different departments may share a common garbage area where they dispose of rubbish or unwanted material. Please do visit the garbage disposal area often. Look around. You may be surprised by the number of useful things that you can find which could be used for your work. Another worker’s unwanted material may be wanted material for your work.

I have not known of a people who are as dedicated to their work as the Japanese. I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do. Japanese punctuality is hard to beat. It would be hard to prove that Japan had benefited from well qualified and talented immigrants as USA has. With a population of 127 million and100% literacy rate, Japan is no nation for Indians to ignore. India is a non-aligned movement nation. Japan is a developed nation, while India is a developing nation. It is unlikely that Japan would grow as fast as she did in the 1950's and 1960's. This is year 2007 and now it is India's turn to grow. It would be naive of Japan if she did not take advantage of India's growth potential. A closer relationship between Japan and India would be mutually beneficial. Both are Asian nations. My personal experience tells me that Japanese and Indians would have few problems working together. I dare say that I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do.

Japan is the nation with the highest literacy rate in the world. She also has the highest life expectancy rate in the world.

Both Japanese and Hindus generally cremate the dead.

Unlike me, few Japanese have an obesity problem.

During the Second World War, Japan was able to briefly defeat (about 40 months) the Western colonial powers and occupy parts of East Asia and South East Asia. For the first time, the Asians saw the White people’s troops running for their lives while being chased by the Japanese troops. And this was it. It was an eye opener for Asians. It changed the history of Asia forever. The Asians realized that White people are not invincible. After the defeat of Japan in 1945, when the White people returned to repossess their colonies in Asia, they were surprised that Asians had changed. The Asians became more assertive and demanded independence from White rule. One by one all the Asian nations became independent. The Cold War ensued and nations had to choose sides. Amidst the Cold War, some nations decided to remain NAM nations. May be NAM is relevant or irrelevant in year 2007. I do not know if NAM is relevant or irrelevant in year 2007. In any case, our motherland India cannot afford to give up on her sovereignty and independence. Indians should think carefully and decide in the best interests of India.

By the 1960's, the Japanese made a second invasion of Asia. This time the Japanese did not send troops. This time the Japanese flooded Asia with made in Japan goods, which almost drove the made in Europe and USA goods out of the Asian market.

The first attempt by the Japanese, using the code of bushido, proved to be a failure. The Japanese are quick at learning from their mistakes. They may never ever make this mistake again; and the objective is to correct your mistake. The code of bushido is a big mistake. The code of bushido may have outlived its usefulness. Today’s world and yesterday’s world are different. Yes, the code of bushido might have outlived its usefulness. The second attempt by the Japanese was markedly different. Post-war Japan had shunned the code of bushido. Post war Japan switched from military to economics; yes, the Japanese had corrected their mistake. Post-war Japan was centered on work, work, and work. It is possible to live without the code of bushido, but it is almost impossible to live without work. Anybody can live without the code of bushido, but not too many people can live without work. You must be stable and be at rest with your work. I have not known of a people who are as dedicated to their work as the Japanese. I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do.

One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes. The first attempt by the Japanese, using the code of bushido, proved to be a failure. The Japanese corrected their mistake by switching from military to economics. By the 1960’s Japan was a producer of goods, though their goods were not of the best quality. By the 1960’s if a product broke down, the joke was that it was made in Japan. Yes, the Japanese are quick at learning from their mistakes. They corrected their mistake again. By the 1970’s the quality of made in Japan goods had already improved significantly. They corrected their mistake again. By the 1980’s the quality of made in Japan was on par with made in Europe or USA goods. They corrected their mistake again. By the 1990’s the quality of made in Japan had in some cases surpassed made in Europe or USA goods. Yes, the Japanese are quick at correcting their mistakes. This is year 2007 and not too many people joke about the quality of Japanese goods these days. One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes.

Yoga is about you, the self. The most noticeable sign of your soul/atma/chi/spirit/lifeforce is probably your heart and lungs at work. Your heart and lungs never stop working. Even when you are asleep or in a coma, your heart and lungs work tirelessly. The heart and lungs are connected like gears. When one gear increases speed, the other gear also automatically increases speed. When one gear reduces speed, the other gear also reduces speed. So by working on one gear you can influence the other gear. So the heart influences the lungs, and likewise, the lungs influence the heart. The lungs and heart are interdependent. When your heart and lungs stop working, your body decomposes. Yoga is about achieving personal stability. In yoga it would not be asking too much if we expect results today. Yoga is about you preparing to deal with today’s world, not the afterlife.


Just because you have god presence/atma/chi/soul in you, it does not mean that you are doing everything right. Just because you have god presence/atma/chi/soul in you, it does not mean that you are perfect. Your soul may be stable, but you are unstable. Your soul may be neverchanging, but you are everchanging. Your objective in life is to reach into the self and be at rest with the god/soul within you. Your objective in life is to merge with the soul within you. The soul is a subtle and stable force within you. The soul is a stable and tame force, not a wild force. To reach the soul, you have to tame yourself, firstly. To reach the soul, you must be on par with the soul. To be at rest with the soul you have to tame yourself. The soul is stable and you are unstable; the soul is never-changing, and you are ever-changing. Your objective is to merge with the soul; your objective is to be at rest with the soul. One way to merge with the soul is exercise. This is the physical approach. I recommend the physical approach. The physical approach is one approach, not the only approach. As far as I am concerned, the physical approach is the only practical approach. Therefore I always recommend the physical approach. There is a solution. Try yoga. Yoga can bring about greater stability of mind, soul, and body. If you don’t like yoga, try the Tai Chi dance or Qigong. They do have yoga, tai chi, and qigong instructions in DVD’s. If you do not like yoga, tai chi, or qigong, then try walking for fitness. If you prefer muscle-building, then please go into muscle-building. Muscle men have been known to be hard working people. If you prefer soccer, then please do try soccer. Engaging in sporting activities is also a way for the youth to prove something to themselves.

Do not think even for a moment that the yoga practitioner is resistant to change. Change, in itself, is not important. You have to direct your change. You have to direct your destiny. If you have a stable character within, you can direct your change. If you have a stable character, you can direct your destiny. In yoga we will use our strength to shape and reshape this world into a better one. For example, in archery, the bow is motionless and the arrow is put in motion. For example, in walking, one leg is motionless and the other leg is put in motion. So there is a relationship between motion and motionlessness. It would be difficult for an archer to hit his target without personal stability. From this you get goal setting and goal achieving. You should have a plan or plans in your mind. What's your plan? You should have a plan or plans in your mind.

Do you have a plan? I might have a plan for you. Try reeling in the wandering mind. Yes, reel-in the wandering mind. Don’t let your mind wander too much. The more you think, the less you can act. Do not dwell on the past, and do not think too much into the future. Take life one day at a time. I might have the solution on how to reel-in the wandering mind. Read on.

The foundation stone of our view of the universe has something to do with Einstein’s equation E=mc2. If you look into your mirror you would see your body, but not your Being. Your Being is inside the atom. It is subtle. The subtlest is at the innermost part of the atom. It is so subtle that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. In fact, you have not seen your Being at all. It has something to do with the field of quantum mechanics; and this area is unstable and illusive; and scientists have never been able to pin down the primary building blocks. Atoms are everywhere. It is pantheism. If you are looking for god, this is all you can get. If you are looking for God, this is as close as you can get. God is energy; energy is God. There is no creator because you cannot create energy or destroy energy. Since energy cannot be created or destroyed, then there is no beginning; if there is no beginning, then it follows that there is no end. So, there is no beginning and no end. Anything that has a beginning has an end. Anything that has an end, has a beginning. If the so called creator created man, then who created the creator?

The heart, lungs, mind, body, and soul are all connected like gears. If you move one gear, the other gear moves automatically. If you stop one gear, the other gears stop automatically. To move the mind, you have to move the body; likewise to move the body, you have to move the mind because both of them are connected like gears. The mind often wanders away. So how do you bring the mind back to the self/body? By moving the body. When you slow motionly move parts of the body, the mind is forced to pay attention to moving the parts of the body; and thus the wandering mind is brought back to the body; and this is how you reel-in the wandering mind. They say that an idle mind is a devils workshop. When your mind is idle, immediately give your mind something physical to do: that is, do slow motion movements with your fingers, or legs, etc. It is similar to yoga stretches. The slower the motion, the better it is. Immediately your mind will pay attention and get busy with moving the body parts; and you would have reeled-in the wandering mind. Just as an angler reels-in the fishing line by cranking the reel, you do slow motion movements with your body parts to reel-in the wandering mind. Yes, this is Tai Chi as I understand it to be.

The slower you do it, the more benefits you will get. Why? Because god is a subtle thing. God is inside the atom. It is so subtle and so small it cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is so subtle that you have to slow down to be at rest with the subtle thing. To be at rest with the subtle thing, you must slow down.

The slower you do it, the more benefits you will get. There are some physical training instructors who say that the most beneficial exercise is “go slow, go long” exercises. Tai Chi helps you to forget the past and move on with your life. Whenever you are reminded by something that hurts you, please do some slow moving exercises to calm and still the mind and forget the past. Whenever you feel nervous, do some slow motion movements with your fingers or hands to calm and still the mind and forget the nervousness.

A calm and still mind is a confident mind. Rightfully, the mind should at all times be centered within the self/body. The objective is to be a well centered person. The objective is to have the mind centered within the self. Yes, rightfully, the mind should at all times be centered within the self. But the mind often wanders away. The objective is to bring the mind back to the self and be at rest with the self.

Rightfully, the mind should at all times be centered within the self. But as human beings our minds keep going astray. So, do some Tai Chi to bring the mind back to the self.

After a hard days work in a competitive environment I would not be surprised if you would be a scatterbrain; and to regain your composure, please do so some slow motion yoga stretches called Tai Chi. I would not be surprised if your back ache disappears within weeks.

A still mind is not a weak mind. A still mind is a stable mind. A still mind is a confident and firm mind.

The Economic advantages:
Well exercised workers would have a calm and still mind and be productive in the work environment. Hotheads can hardly make productive workers. A worker with a calm and still mind would be competitive.

The Social advantages:
If your mind is calm and still, then you would be well centered; your mind would wander away less often; and you would be less of a troublemaker. Troublemakers are often restless people with wandering minds. Restless people use alcohol to pacify themselves. If restless people do not get alcohol to pacify themselves, then they really become a problem because they would become troublemakers. There is another way. Try the slow motion Tai Chi dance. Use the slow motion Tai Chi dance to pacify yourself. At least theoretically, an increase in Tai Chi, would result in the reduced intake of alcohol and tobacco. Never allow yourself to have an idle mind. When your mind is idle, immediately give it something to do: that is, do some slow motion movements with your body parts. The slower the motion, the more the mind has to pay attention to the slow motion movements. The slower the better.

The Educational Advantage:
Practicing Tai Chi regularly would give you patience and your restlessness would disappear. To get good grades in school you have to sit on a chair for long hours and read the book. If you are restless, you cannot sit for long hours and read the book. So, try Tai Chi to make your restlessness disappear. Soon you would be sitting for long hours reading books and getting good grades in school.


How to turn a hothead into a coolheaded person? Try the slow motion taijiquan dance. Try any slow motion dance similar to Tai Chi. You can make up your own slow motion dance similar to Tai Chi. If you are doing it right, your breathing will change. If you maintain this slow motion dance for a few minutes, then pretty soon your breathing would change, which is a healthy phenomenon. When your breathing changes, you are having communion with god. This is more than an exercise. It is communion with the divinity within you. Any Yoga practitioner will tell you that there is a close relationship between Yoga and breathing. There is a close relationship between breathing and divinity.


You can even create your own taijiquan dance with weights. If you are the muscle building kind of person, you can modify the Tai Chi dance by adding on dumbbells. Have you tried doing a slow motion dance with weights. Be creative. What you need is 1 kilo, 2 kilo, or 3 kilo dumbbells, a radio or walkman with earphones and go for it. Turn on the radio to give the music, grab the dumbbells (one in each palm) and do a slow motion dance; slowly you will be dancing to the tune of the music. Again, go slow, go long. (You can dance without the music too.) If you do not have two dumbbells to grab, then grab two stones, two pebbles, two pieces of hardware, two pieces of timber, etc. Make sure the weights are light enough for you to carry (1 kilo, 2 kilos) for a 10 minute dance. How long you want to dance is up to you. The lighter the weight, the longer you can dance; the heavier the weight, the shorter you can dance. The objective is to go slow, go long. It is a dumbbell dance or weight dance.

There are those who recommend that you be conscious of your breathing at all times. It helps to calm you down and take life one day at a time. You might want to read up more about improving your breathing by visiting internet websites on breathing. I still feel that you should use the go slow go long dance to improve your breathing. I type this portion of the document while doing the go slow go long dance, taking a break for a few seconds to type and then going back to dancing. It’s about breathing. It’s a moving meditation. It’s about soothing the self. Practice, practice and your breathing will improve by itself. Do not regulate breathing, it will regulate itself. Do not enforce your breathing, but free your breathing and it would change by itself. Keep moving your arms and legs and your breathing will synchronize itself. You should use your arms and legs to exercise your breathing. Once again, do not enforce your breathing, but free your breathing and it would change by itself. That is, simply focus on your arms and legs and your lungs will take care of itself.

If 6.5 billion of us are to get along and coexist in this world, then our best bet would be to find ways to tame the human being without using drugs, tobacco, or alcohol. If 6.5 billion of us are to get along and coexist in this world, then our best bet would be to find ways to pacify the human being without using drugs, tobacco, or alcohol. If 6.5 billion of us are to get along and coexist in this world, then our best bet would be to find ways to stabilize the human being without using drugs, tobacco, or alcohol. You have to be passive, yet stable. You have to be tame, yet unperturbed. You have to be non-violent, yet non-submissive. You have to be not offensive, and yet stable enough to engage in self-defense. Therefore, try go slow go long dances. The longer you dance, the stronger you will get.

The slow motion tai chi dance will help to calm you. It will make a difference. It will erase the hate in you. It will help you to forget the past. It will erase the hurt in you. The past is the past. Seize the day.

In Yoga you are not a slave of your mind, but you conquer your own mind. Please use your pranayam/breathing to conquer your own mind. There is a relationship between divinity and pranayam/breathing. There is plenty of “hurt” and “hate” in this world. Despite the hurt, you have to continue to show up for work in order to make a living, which is a challenge. If you are a seller, despite the hurt, you have to continue to sell, which is a challenge. If you do nothing, then dwelling on the hurt may overwhelm you. Do not allow the hurt to win. Defeat the hurt. The hurt is the devil. Defeat the devil. Do not allow the devil to conquer you. Defeat the devil. There is a way. Try the slow motion taijiquan dance. Whenever you think of the hurt, give your mind something to do like slow motion movements with your body parts. Slow motion movements can erase the hurt and hate. The slower the motion, the more effective the erasing of the memory of hurt or hate. Defeat the devil. Victory is a certainty. If you maintain this slow movement for a few minutes, then pretty soon your breathing would change, which is a healthy phenomenon. Your breathing changes because your lungs and other parts of your body are connected like gears; and so when you move your arms in slow motion, then your lungs eventually respond because they are all connected like gears. The slower the better. Go slow, go long. The slower the more benefits you get. When you do the slow motion movement, after some minutes, your breathing changes. This is good. When your breathing changes, you are having communion with god. This is more than an exercise. It is communion with the god within you. God is the unmanifested one within you; and you are the manifestation of the unmanifested one. When you do your slow motion exercise, your breathing changes, and now you are in communion with god; you are closer to god; you are in merger with god; you are at rest with god; the manifested one and the unmanifested one are closer to each other. You are undergoing ablution with this merger of you and god. To achieve this merger you must do your go slow, go long exercise periodically. If you are doing it rightly, your breathing will change. Do not interfere with your breathing. Leave your breathing alone. Your breathing will take care of itself. When your breathing changes, it changes. When you finish your exercise, your breathing will return to normal. . Exercise is like smelting ore. When you smelt gold ore, the ore heats up and the impurities melt away. And what is left behind, the residue, is pure gold. Similarly, when you engage in exercise, your body heats up, the impurities melt away, and what is left behind, the residue, is the purer self/soul. Physical exercise is one way to achieve ablution.

Yes, one way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes. Yoga is not about preparing for the afterlife. In yoga it would not be asking too much if we expect results today. Yoga is about you preparing to deal with today’s world. Our daily tasks are important. Yoga is about you achieving stability to deal with today’s world, not the afterlife. Yoga is about you engaging in self-improvement, achieving stability, and improving your performance in your daily tasks. In yoga we attach greater value to today’s world, not preparing for the afterlife. The afterlife is the afterlife. The afterlife comes later. Later is later. Yoga is about today’s world, not the afterlife. Yoga is about you strengthening yourself so that you will be able to be a more stable person and face today’s world. Physical fitness is a part of Yoga. Through sports and exercise you would be able to achieve personal stability. What happens after you achieve personal stability? There would be a change in your daily tasks after you achieve personal stability. If you have personal stability, you would be able to improve the performance in your daily tasks. Yoga is about you strengthening yourself to face today’s world, to make the world a better place for all of us. One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes; and this is one way to deal with today’s world. In yoga we will use our strength to shape and reshape this world into a better one. In yoga we demand results today, not preparing for the after life. Our daily tasks are important. The DMIC offers an opportunity to the Indian youth to prove something. Please prove to yourself that you are better than the Japanese. You are young only once. You should work hard when you are young because as you grow older, you grow weaker. Once again, please prove to yourself that you are better than the Japanese. Do not surrender easily. Do not give up easily. Please keep correcting your mistakes. As much as possible, please do not repeat your mistakes.

Yoga is about you engaging in self-improvement. All of us, without exception, need to engage in self-improvement. There is always room for self-improvement. You use pranayama/breathing to cleanse yourself. You use pranayama to correct yourself. You use pranayama to stabilize yourself. You use pranayama to reduce your nervousness. To find out more about pranayama, please go to http://www.google.com/ and type the word PRANAYAMA.

We are all at different levels of nervousness. There is a solution. Try pranayama. Pranayama will strengthen you.

We are all at different levels of fearfulness. There is a solution. Try pranayama. Pranayama will strengthen you.

Breathing and digestion are part of our autonomic nervous system, the body’s involuntary functions. By turning the involuntary into the voluntary you may be able to achieve self-mastery, which a goal of Pranayama. Pranayama is a component of Yoga. Try Pranayama.

As more than one billion Indians inhale and exhale, India will grow and grow. She should grow in a non-threatening and non-submissive way. It is India’s duty to teach the art of being non-threatening and non-submissive to the rest of the world; and this is Pranayama. The socio-economic benefits of Pranayama are enormous. Pranayama does not require that you convert from one religion to another. Pranayama is recommended to all 6.5 billion of us. You should find ways to use more of your lungs.

In the developed nations, the people live mostly in cities, while in a developing nation like India the people live mostly in the villages. Today India’s population of one billion is stretched thin as it is spread out mostly in the villages in India. That is, there are too many villages and thus India is too decentralized, which has weakened her socially, politically, and economically. The good news is that India’s population is restructuring. The good news is that India’s population is urbanizing. Like the developed nations, she will eventually restructure into metropolises. Slowly but surely the villages will surrender to the metropolises. It is these metropolises that will strengthen her socially, politically, and economically. It is these metropolises that will breathe life to her socially, politically, and economically. Her metropolises will find their niche in the global economy. Yes, as more than one billion Indians inhale and exhale, she will grow and grow into metropolises. She should grow in a non-threatening and non-submissive way.

India has a population of more than one billion. Despite her one billion strong population she is not even half as strong as she could be. This is due to the fact that her one billion strong population is divided into numerous villages. There are too many villages in India. There is a surplus of villages in India. She is stretched thin. That is, the villages are not integrated into the global economy. The solution is that Indians have to regroup. The solution is urbanization. Instead of India being divided into villages, she has to be divided into cities, metropolises, and megapolises. Once India urbanizes, she will gain strength socially, politically, and economically.

In this urbanization of India, the villages will exhale/rechaka their population while the metropolises will inhale/pooraka the same population. The metropolises may retain/kumbhaka some of the population, if not all of the population. As a general rule, the villages exhale/rechaka, while the metropolises inhale/pooraka and retain/kumbhaka. Yes, as more than one billion Indians inhale and exhale, she will grow and grow into metropolises. She should grow in a non-threatening and non-submissive way.

If Indians want to relocate and urbanize, please leave them alone. Let the market decide for itself. The market works best when it is sufficiently de-controlled by politicians. The people are the market and do know how to take care of themselves. The market is always changing. We are the market. The market is composed of buying and selling goods, services and ideas. It is hard (in fact, impossible) to keep track of the market because it is composed of billions of buyers and sellers world-wide. Business cycles are hard to predict. There are always surpluses and shortages in the market. Surpluses sometimes become shortages over time; and shortages, over time, sometimes become surpluses too. If you move from an area of surplus to an area of shortages, you would be doing yourself and the market a favor. Yes, the market is always changing. Leave the market alone. The people are the market and do know how to take care of themselves. The people know what to do. Let the market take care of itself. Let the market decide for itself.



Apparently, most of us do not use the full capacity of our lungs. Apparently, we use only part of the capacity of our lungs. We need to improve our breathing to use more of our lungs. You may be able to build your life around your breathing. You may be able to build your life around your lungs. You may be able to put breathing and dancing together to develop a breathing dance. If we can use more of our lungs, we would be on the right track.

Irrespective of who you are, there is always room for self-improvement. So, in pranayama, you conquer your mind, conquer your breathing, and conquer your digestive system to achieve self-improvement. So, in pranayama, you conquer your mind, conquer your breathing, and conquer your digestive system to achieve self-mastery.

In Yoga you are not a slave of your mind, but you conquer your own mind. Only you have the right to conquer your own mind. Please use your pranayam/breathing to conquer your own mind. There is a relationship between divinity and pranayam/breathing. Yoga is about you using your pranayam to become an unperturbed person: unperturbed by stress. Yoga is about you using your pranayam to become a non-submissive person: non-submissive to stress. I would hope that a relationship between Japan and India would gradually stabilize. I hope both nations would accept each other as long term friends. I am sure we can all breathe easy now.
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Always love your mother.*Be altruistic.*Always buy packaged goods with the name of the producer on the package*Always buy from supermarkets and chain stores*Support teamwork, team spirit, and team based problem solving.* Learn Judo, Karate, Aikido, Jujitsu. Tai Chi, Yoga and walk for fitness.* Yoga is about the chakras, and achieving self-mastery and samadhi and achieving full 100% Godhood. *All 6.5 billion of us can return to full 100% Godhood* I would recommend that the best preparation for our youth would be the military experience. Yes, an experience in the military service would do our youth some good. You should have a life of duty. Your duty to yourself. Your duty as a husband. Your duty as a wife. Your duty as a parent. Your duty as an employee. Your duty as an employer. Your duty as a taxpayer. Your duty as a voter. Your duty as a teacher. Your duty as a student and so on. * Engage in sports and exercise.* Be a profit-maker.* Do not give away goods, services, or ideas free of charge; and do not take goods, services, or ideas free of charge.* Self-defense is an inviolable human right.* Always use condoms* All 6.5 billion of us Gods are both buyers and sellers; but at any given time you are either a buyer or seller* All 6.5 billion of us are Gods and can return to full 100% Godhood through self-improvement*One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes*Your divine powers within you are your natural powers within you*An economy is composed of areas of surpluses and areas of shortages; when there is a surplus it is time to move to an area of shortage; ideally there would be no shortages and rationing in this world*

Is there a shortage of food?

Is there a shortage of food or is there a surplus of food? My understanding is that if food is defined as nutrients for the body, then there are plenty of nutrients in this planet. However, as human beings, we are selective of the nutrients we consume. Our taste buds have a bias; and based on this bias, we select our foods. We often select the foods the way our parents have raised us. To a certain extent our parents mold our taste buds. We have to break this parent-child dictatorship as regards to the food we consume. It would be difficult to change the eating habits of adults. However, we have to plan for the future. Our children are the future. The public school system can help to break parent-child dictatorship as regards to the food we consume. There are schools in India that give food to the children. May I suggest that an attempt be made to mold the taste buds of our children. We have to use political power to mold the taste buds of our children. The children in schools should be given not what the adults eat, but what the adults generally do not eat. The children in schools should be given not what the parents eat, but what the parents generally do not eat. We want our children to eat both Eastern and Western foods. We want our children to eat fusion foods. We want our children to be trained at an early age to eat different kinds of foods. We want to survive in this planet. We want to co-exist in this planet. We want to use food to bring the human beings together.

How about energy bars and nutrition bars? If you want to find out more about nutrition bars, then please do go to www.google.com and type the words NUTRITION BARS. We should use the public schools to train our children to eat, at least once in a way, nutrition and energy bars. I know some Indians who would not be satisfied until they eat rice; and these Indians have taste buds which tell them that only rice is food. Pardon me. There are 6.5 billion people in this world and not all of them eat rice; and some of them are happy not to eat rice. I know some Indians who would not be satisfied until they have a chair and table to eat curry stew on rice with their fingers; and these Indians feel that life would be incomplete without curry stew on rice. The reality is that there are different kinds of foods besides curry stew and rice. There are many different kinds of foods and many different kinds of nutrients. Some times, if you are in a hurry, then you may have to eat while standing up. Some times if you are in a hurry, then you have to eat a nutrition bar. I am an adult and I know that my eating habits are hard to change: my beloved mother may have molded my taste buds a little too much. I am hoping that the next generation of Indians would be different.

Also, the importance of sports cannot be underestimated. Even the late Swami Vivekananda was in favor of us engaging in physical development. In the Hindu context, physical improvement is simply another way to achieve yoga/union.

Our children are the future. Therefore we have to make sure that India has a good public school system. It is important that we separate teachers from exams. One day the children of India will turn India into a developed nation.

If India is looking for role models for work ethics, then India does not have to look far. I would recommend that India rely on the military people as the role model. The armed forces have served as the role model for management techniques to the private sector all over the world. Further more, as domestic competition inside India increases, there would be changes in India’s work ethics.

Economic growth alone is not enough. We have to keep social problems at a minimum. In this respect, allow me to commend Indians for keeping arranged marriages popular. Arranged marriages may have helped to reduce some social problems that have plagued some other nations.

A closer relationship between India and Japan will also help. Japan is the first Asian nation to achieve developed nation status. India has been through Western colonial occupation. She obtained her independence in 1947. A closer relationship between India and Japan may help to re-Asianize the Asians. We have to ensure that this century would be the Asian century. With a population of 127 million and100% literacy rate, Japan is no nation for Indians to ignore. India is a non-aligned movement nation. Japan is a developed nation, while India is a developing nation. It is unlikely that Japan would grow as fast as she did in the 1950's and 1960's. This is year 2007 and now it is India's turn to grow. It would be naive of Japan if she did not take advantage of India's growth potential. The onus is on Japan to find her niche in India. A closer relationship between Japan and India would be mutually beneficial. Both are Asian nations. My personal experience tells me that Japanese and Indians would have few problems working together. I dare say that I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do.


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Always love your mother.*Be altruistic.*Always buy packaged goods with the name of the producer on the package*Always buy from supermarkets and chain stores*Support teamwork, team spirit, and team based problem solving.* Learn Judo, Karate, Aikido, Jujitsu. Tai Chi, Yoga and walk for fitness.* Yoga is about the chakras, and achieving self-mastery and samadhi and achieving full 100% Godhood. *All 6.5 billion of us can return to full 100% Godhood* I would recommend that the best preparation for our youth would be the military experience. Yes, an experience in the military service would do our youth some good. You should have a life of duty. Your duty to yourself. Your duty as a husband. Your duty as a wife. Your duty as a parent. Your duty as an employee. Your duty as an employer. Your duty as a taxpayer. Your duty as a voter. Your duty as a teacher. Your duty as a student and so on. * Engage in sports and exercise.* Be a profit-maker.* Do not give away goods, services, or ideas free of charge; and do not take goods, services, or ideas free of charge.* Self-defense is an inviolable human right.* Always use condoms* All 6.5 billion of us Gods are both buyers and sellers; but at any given time you are either a buyer or seller* All 6.5 billion of us are Gods and can return to full 100% Godhood through self-improvement*One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes*Your divine powers within you are your natural powers within you*An economy is composed of areas of surpluses and areas of shortages; when there is a surplus it is time to move to an area of shortage; ideally there would be no shortages and rationing in this world*

NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) and India.

The non-aligned movement (NAM) is a collection of nations. To find out more about NAM please go to http://www.google.com/ and type the words NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT. The non-aligned movement or NAM is an important part of India’s identity. In 1954 the late Indian Prime Minister J. Nehru coined the term “non-alignment”. Over the years India has been identified with NAM. Many of us Indians have been raised for decades with India’s NAM position. Over the years we Indians have become at rest with NAM.

Mahatma Gandhi wanted swaraj for India. Swaraj is a desire by the Indian people to resist foreign domination of India. Swaraj is dear to the Indian people.

India is a sovereign independent nation. Every nation has a different world view. Every nation takes decisions based on her own realities. India is entitled to her world view. NAM is India’s position in this world.

Yes, every nation has to take decisions based on her own realities. No matter which nation India has ties with, she should not compromise on her NAM position. I think Japan and India can have a mutually beneficial relationship without India compromising on her NAM position. In fact, if Japan wants to have closer relations with India, she should accept India as a NAM nation. Japan has to decide whether she wants to accept India as a NAM nation or not. The onus is on Japan to find her niche in India.

I have not known of a people who are as dedicated to their work as the Japanese. I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do. Japanese punctuality is hard to beat. It would be hard to prove that Japan had benefited from well qualified and talented immigrants as USA has. With a population of 127 million and100% literacy rate, Japan is no nation for Indians to ignore. India is a non-aligned movement nation. Japan is a developed nation, while India is a developing nation. It is unlikely that Japan would grow as fast as she did in the 1950's and 1960's. This is year 2007 and now it is India's turn to grow. It would be naive of Japan if she did not take advantage of India's growth potential. A closer relationship between Japan and India would be mutually beneficial. Both are Asian nations. My personal experience tells me that Japanese and Indians would have few problems working together. I dare say that I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do.

Japan is the nation with the highest literacy rate in the world. She also has the highest life expectancy rate in the world.

Both Japanese and Hindus generally cremate the dead.

Unlike me, few Japanese have an obesity problem.

During the Second World War, Japan was able to briefly defeat (about 40 months) the Western colonial powers and occupy parts of East Asia and South East Asia. For the first time, the Asians saw the White people’s troops running for their lives while being chased by the Japanese troops. And this was it. It was an eye opener for Asians. It changed the history of Asia forever. The Asians realized that White people are not invincible. After the defeat of Japan in 1945, when the White people returned to repossess their colonies in Asia, they were surprised that Asians had changed. The Asians became more assertive and demanded independence from White rule. One by one all the Asian nations became independent. The Cold War ensued and nations had to choose sides. Amidst the Cold War, some nations decided to remain NAM nations. May be NAM is relevant or irrelevant in year 2007. I do not know if NAM is relevant or irrelevant in year 2007. In any case, our motherland India cannot afford to give up on her sovereignty and independence. Indians should think carefully and decide in the best interests of India.


By the 1960's, the Japanese made a second invasion of Asia. This time the Japanese did not send troops. This time the Japanese flooded Asia with made in Japan goods, which almost drove the made in Europe and USA goods out of the Asian market.

The first attempt by the Japanese, using the code of bushido, proved to be a failure. The Japanese are quick at learning from their mistakes. They may never ever make this mistake again; and the objective is to correct your mistake. The code of bushido is a big mistake. The code of bushido may have outlived its usefulness. Today’s world and yesterday’s world are different. Yes, the code of bushido might have outlived its usefulness. The second attempt by the Japanese was markedly different. Post-war Japan had shunned the code of bushido. Post war Japan switched from military to economics; yes, the Japanese had corrected their mistake. Post-war Japan was centered on work, work, and work. It is possible to live without the code of bushido, but it is almost impossible to live without work. Anybody can live without the code of bushido, but not too many people can live without work. You must be stable and be at rest with your work. I have not known of a people who are as dedicated to their work as the Japanese. I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do.

One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes. The first attempt by the Japanese, using the code of bushido, proved to be a failure. The Japanese corrected their mistake by switching from military to economics. By the 1960’s Japan was a producer of goods, though their goods were not of the best quality. By the 1960’s if a product broke down, the joke was that it was made in Japan. Yes, the Japanese are quick at learning from their mistakes. They corrected their mistake again. By the 1970’s the quality of made in Japan goods had already improved significantly. They corrected their mistake again. By the 1980’s the quality of made in Japan was on par with made in Europe or USA goods. They corrected their mistake again. By the 1990’s the quality of made in Japan had in some cases surpassed made in Europe or USA goods. Yes, the Japanese are quick at correcting their mistakes. This is year 2007 and not too many people joke about the quality of Japanese goods these days. One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes.

I would hope that a relationship between Japan and India would gradually stabilize. I hope both nations would accept each other as long term friends.
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Always love your mother.*Be altruistic.*Always buy packaged goods with the name of the producer on the package*Always buy from supermarkets and chain stores*Support teamwork, team spirit, and team based problem solving.* Learn Judo, Karate, Aikido, Jujitsu. Tai Chi, Yoga and walk for fitness.* Yoga is about the chakras, and achieving self-mastery and samadhi and achieving full 100% Godhood. *All 6.5 billion of us can return to full 100% Godhood* I would recommend that the best preparation for our youth would be the military experience. Yes, an experience in the military service would do our youth some good. You should have a life of duty. Your duty to yourself. Your duty as a husband. Your duty as a wife. Your duty as a parent. Your duty as an employee. Your duty as an employer. Your duty as a taxpayer. Your duty as a voter. Your duty as a teacher. Your duty as a student and so on. * Engage in sports and exercise.* Be a profit-maker.* Do not give away goods, services, or ideas free of charge; and do not take goods, services, or ideas free of charge.* Self-defense is an inviolable human right.* Always use condoms* All 6.5 billion of us Gods are both buyers and sellers; but at any given time you are either a buyer or seller* All 6.5 billion of us are Gods and can return to full 100% Godhood through self-improvement*One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes*Your divine powers within you are your natural powers within you*An economy is composed of areas of surpluses and areas of shortages; when there is a surplus it is time to move to an area of shortage; ideally there would be no shortages and rationing in this world*

Outsourcing.

A developing nation is like a growing child. In sharp contrast, a developed nation is like an adult who has long since stopped growing.

A developing nation is like a growing child and therefore changes every year. A developed nation does not change much yearly. Developed nations do grow but usually grow slower than developing nations.

Yes, Americans are a competitive people and probably could outperform other workers in an even playing field. It could be because the American youth grow up with better nutrition and almost on skateboards. Yes, the important thing is to start early and some American kids are almost raised on skateboards. Most of these youthful skateboard Americans eventually join America's energetic workforce, while a handful of them become juvenile delinquents, party animals, and adrenaline junkies. I have known some female Americans who look stronger than Asian males. The kind of things the American youth can do in a skate park continues to baffle me. With a population of 300 million, 98% literacy rate, and little disparity between rich and poor, USA is no nation to be underrated. However, the role of immigrants in USA should not be ignored either. (To find out more about skateboards, please go to http://www.google.com/ and then type the word SKATEBOARDS.)

Just as there are different kinds of Indians, there are different kinds of Americans. Some Americans are unwilling to accept the old values of starting at entry level and working their way to the top: that is, they want to go straight to the top, like being a supervisor, manager, or CEO. While some Americans are underrated, there are a few Americans who are overrated. Some Americans will not accept anything less than get rich quick work. Some Americans will give numerous excuses for being unemployed, even when there is work available. It is widely known that Americans have a higher turnover rate in the work environment than the Japanese. Some American females do not work because they are waiting for a rich male to come by and marry them. Just because a person moves fast in the work environment, it does not mean that the person is productive because if you move too fast you can make mistakes too; and mistakes can be costly. If you think Americans do not make mistakes, then you had better guess again. Yes, there are different kinds of Americans, and Indians are no exception.

My heart, however, goes out to single moms in USA who raise the children through hard work because of good-for-nothing boyfriends/dads or dads/boyfriends who disappear. If the boyfriend/dad disappears, then the mother has to raise the children on her own. So my heart goes to the mother in USA who raises the children through hard work. Yes, always love your mother. Mother's love for the children is hard to beat.

I have not known of a people who are as dedicated to their work as the Japanese. I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do. Japanese punctuality is hard to beat. It would be hard to prove that Japan had benefited from well qualified and talented immigrants as USA has. With a population of 127 million and100% literacy rate, Japan is no nation for Indians to ignore. India is a non-aligned movement nation. Japan is a developed nation, while India is a developing nation. It is unlikely that Japan would grow as fast as she did in the 1950's and 1960's. Now it is India's turn to grow. It would be naive of Japan if she did not take advantage of India's growth potential. A closer relationship between Japan and India would be mutually beneficial. Both are Asian nations. My personal experience tells me that Japanese and Indians would have few problems working together. I dare say that I have not known of a people who have reverence for work as the Japanese do.

Economic activity, however, is not about even playing fields. Economic activity is about the law of comparative advantages, whereby you have your market niche and I have my market niche. Sometimes different communities have a different market niche. Immigrants in USA do have their market niche. For India, it seems that India has her so called demographic dividend to her advantage. To find out more about India's demographic dividend, please go to http://www.google.com/ and type the words INDIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND.

In the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s, and probably even now, there was a brain drain from developing nations to USA. This brain drain was a gain to USA and a loss to developing nations. Many developing nations complained about USA benefiting from the brain drain; but the complaints of developing nations fell on deaf years in USA. It is no secret that USA had benefited from this brain drain. Though it was the US flag that was planted on the moon, it is no secret that immigrants from many nations had either directly or indirectly contributed to USA’s showpiece project, the space program. There are numerous universities in USA that have some immigrant instructors. USA has always benefited from well-qualified and talented immigrants.

This is year 2007. It might be possible that the situation may have been reversed, or at least partially reversed, or at least beginning to reverse. The good news for India is that, as India’s economy improves, some Indians living outside India are returning to India. Yes, slowly but surely the Indian Diaspora are returning to Mother India; and these returnees may have something to contribute to India’s economy. In year 2007 some manufacturing facilities close shop in USA and reopen in Asia. Some people call this outsourcing. Some Americans complain that outsourcing increases unemployment in USA. Not quite. Outsourcing helps Americans keep their buying power and standard of living. To find out more, please keep reading.

No American will work for less than US$6 per hour. If it is union labor in USA, then Americans would get paid US$10 per hour, US$15 per hour, or even more. Let us take the case of shoes. The reason why Americans can buy cheap tennis shoes or sneakers for $10, $20, $30 is because these shoes are made in Asia. Some of the Asian workers get paid 20 cents per hour, 30 cents per hour, or 40 cents per hour, 75 cents per hour, and 100 cents per hour. This explains why Americans can buy cheap imported shoes and other manufactured goods from developing nations. If tennis shoes were made in USA, then the $30 shoes would probably cost about $90 or $120, etc because US cost of labor is much higher than cost of labor in developing nations. If all the goods were made in USA, then the current retail prices in USA would have to be multiplied by 3 or 4 times, etc. again because US cost of labor is much higher than cost of labor in developing nations. If all the goods were made in USA, then the US retail prices would increase because it reflects US cost of labor; if the retail prices increase, it would result in a decrease in the buying power of Americans; if there is a decrease in the buying power of Americans, then there would be a commensurate decrease in the standard of living of Americans. The only way out is for the manufacturer to close the manufacturing facility in USA and reopen in Asia and take advantage of the cheap labor in Asia. Have you noticed that every once in a while, the retailers in USA give special discount sales and drop prices of some items by 20% or 30%. Some times the American retailers put up price tags that state “Buy one get one free”. Do you actually think that all these items are made in USA? Give me a break. For your information, many Americans (and me too) do build their lives around buying discount sales items, but I would imagine that this is a world-wide phenomenon. If these items are all made in USA, I doubt it if you could get this very many special discount sales, and “Buy one get one free” offers. Many retail stores in USA would probably close shop if all the imported items on display are removed; and if the retail store closes shop, then the retail store employees risk becoming unemployed. From Asia will come cheap goods which will enter USA and fill the shelves in American retail stores. Americans will buy the cheap goods and continue to keep their buying power and standard of living. Yes, Americans are dependent on cheap goods manufactured in Asia. In this case Americans are the buyers, and Asians are the producers/sellers. But Asians as sellers are also dependent on American buyers. Yes, the buyer is dependent on the seller; and the seller is dependent on the buyer.

In short, made in Asia/Latin America shoes are cheaper than made is USA shoes, made in Asia/Latin America fabric is cheaper than made in USA fabric, made in Asia/Latin America computers are cheaper than made in USA computers, made in Asia/Latin America microwave ovens are cheaper than made in USA microwave ovens. It is not often that I see made in USA shoes, fabric, computers, or microwave ovens or television sets. If you go into the homes of the Governors and Mayors and other politicians of USA, you have a pretty good chance that some of the household appliances or fabric they use are not made in USA. Like many other people I just love to buy the cheapest goods in the retail stores. None of my under-wears are made in USA and I wonder what the politicians use?

If international trade stops tomorrow, then it would hurt both sides. Both the buyer and the seller would be hurt by a stop in international trade.

Let me look for some signs. For example, I have been told that nothing is made in the Silicon Valley (California) any more. If it is true, it is not surprising. It is probably because the manufacturing facilities have relocated to Asia or Latin America. It is a changing world and we have to take life one day at a time. I think international trade and economic interdependence in going to increase.

On the other hand, there are some good signs for USA too. Please do not underestimate Americans. Please do not be premature enough to sign away USA yet. America is not done yet. I think some Japanese cars are manufactured in USA. So it is possible to persuade some Japanese manufacturing facilities to relocate to USA too. I have read of at least one European model automobile which is designed in California, manufactured in Mexico, and the chassis is from Argentina. Yes, it is challenging trying to keep up with these changes.

There is more for USA and EU in the future. Let us suppose that China and India continue to increase exports to USA and EU. As China and India increase exports to USA and EU, they will grow economically, and this may turn out to be a good sign for USA and EU in the long run. As China and India grow economically, they would grow richer. I have read something to the effect that by year 2020 both China and India would have a growing middle income group. This combined middle income group from China and India would have more buying power. At least some of the year 2020 or year 2030 Chinese and Indians may buy USA and EU goods and services and visit USA and EU as tourists, which would enrich USA and EU. What does this mean? Before 2030 USA and EU would enrich the developing nations through international trade. After year 2030 international trade will continue with both sides enriching each other. May be. I don’t know, and neither do you. The future is uncertain. We will take life one day at a time and when we get to 2020 or 2030 we will know. If you are from USA or EU please do not celebrate yet, because we are talking about year 2020 or 2030.

In the long run it is going to be a win-win for both developed and developing nations; and so can we all breathe easy now?
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Always love your mother.*Be altruistic.*Always buy packaged goods with the name of the producer on the package*Always buy from supermarkets and chain stores*Support teamwork, team spirit, and team based problem solving.* Learn Judo, Karate, Aikido, Jujitsu. Tai Chi, Yoga and walk for fitness.* Yoga is about the chakras, and achieving self-mastery and samadhi and achieving full 100% Godhood. *All 6.5 billion of us can return to full 100% Godhood* I would recommend that the best preparation for our youth would be the military experience. Yes, an experience in the military service would do our youth some good. You should have a life of duty. Your duty to yourself. Your duty as a husband. Your duty as a wife. Your duty as a parent. Your duty as an employee. Your duty as an employer. Your duty as a taxpayer. Your duty as a voter. Your duty as a teacher. Your duty as a student and so on. * Engage in sports and exercise.* Be a profit-maker.* Do not give away goods, services, or ideas free of charge; and do not take goods, services, or ideas free of charge.* Self-defense is an inviolable human right.* Always use condoms* All 6.5 billion of us Gods are both buyers and sellers; but at any given time you are either a buyer or seller* All 6.5 billion of us are Gods and can return to full 100% Godhood through self-improvement*One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes*Your divine powers within you are your natural powers within you*An economy is composed of areas of surpluses and areas of shortages; when there is a surplus it is time to move to an area of shortage; ideally there would be no shortages and rationing in this world*

Nothing is fair culture

On the one hand we have Mahatma Gandhi as a man of character, and on the other hand we have the nothing is fair culture. The American culture, if I understand it well, is centered on a nothing is fair culture. You hear this “nothing is fair” thing from Americans quite a bit. It has made Americans competitive. American competitiveness is linked to this nothing is fair culture of the Americans. Yes, USA is a competitive nation. Now you know why USA is competitive: it is because the American culture is a nothing is fair culture.

In sharp contrast, Mahatma Gandhi was a different person. He was a man of character. On the one hand we have Mahatma Gandhi as a man of character, and on the other hand we have the nothing is fair culture. As a Hindu, I am torn between these two loyalties.
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Always love your mother.*Be altruistic.*Always buy packaged goods with the name of the producer on the package*Always buy from supermarkets and chain stores*Support teamwork, team spirit, and team based problem solving.* Learn Judo, Karate, Aikido, Jujitsu. Tai Chi, Yoga and walk for fitness.* Yoga is about the chakras, and achieving self-mastery and samadhi and achieving full 100% Godhood. *All 6.5 billion of us can return to full 100% Godhood* I would recommend that the best preparation for our youth would be the military experience. Yes, an experience in the military service would do our youth some good. You should have a life of duty. Your duty to yourself. Your duty as a husband. Your duty as a wife. Your duty as a parent. Your duty as an employee. Your duty as an employer. Your duty as a taxpayer. Your duty as a voter. Your duty as a teacher. Your duty as a student and so on. * Engage in sports and exercise.* Be a profit-maker.* Do not give away goods, services, or ideas free of charge; and do not take goods, services, or ideas free of charge.* Self-defense is an inviolable human right.* Always use condoms* All 6.5 billion of us Gods are both buyers and sellers; but at any given time you are either a buyer or seller* All 6.5 billion of us are Gods and can return to full 100% Godhood through self-improvement*One way to engage in self-improvement is to try to never to repeat your mistakes*Your divine powers within you are your natural powers within you*An economy is composed of areas of surpluses and areas of shortages; when there is a surplus it is time to move to an area of shortage; ideally there would be no shortages and rationing in this world*
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Arranged marriages

Arranged marriages are almost unique to South Asians. Arranged marriages are also popular in the South West Asian nations. So arranged marriages are popular in South and South West Asia; and arranged marriages almost define people in this region. The people of South Asia and South West Asia are the arranged marriage people. I guess there are two kinds of people in this world: those who are supportive of arranged marriages and those who are unsupportive of arranged marriages.

You see, there are other non-Asian nations that have a diverse population and income disparity as India’s, but per capita, they have far more social problems than Hindus. Why? My enlightenment tells me that it is probably because, per capita, they produce far more illegitimate babies than Hindus. Illegitimate persons do not know who they are, or how they came to this world. They are rootless people. They are generally not ashamed to misbehave. Of course, this is a stereotype of illegitimates and there are many exceptions. In such non-Asian societies arranged marriage is almost impossible to introduce as a cure to reduce the birth of illegitimate babies to a minimum. However, Hindus are arrange marriage people any way, and this is where the advantage of Hindus over non-Asians lay; and in this world if you do not take advantage of your advantage, then you are a fool. I guess there are two kinds of people in this world: on the one hand there are the arranged marriage people, and on the other hand there are the illegitimate babies people. Let us hope that Hindus perpetuate arranged marriages as long as they can in order to reduce social problems to a minimum. We South Asians need to define ourselves as the arrange marriage people and be proud of it.

Without giving up arranged marriages, we Hindu’s have been able to achieve the second fastest growing economy in the world. Without sacrificing arranged marriages, India has achieved a multi-party political system, one person one vote, and an independent judiciary. Electronic voting machines (EVM’s) are increasingly being used in India. Without giving up arranged marriages, India manages more than one billion people through a multi party political system, which is unprecedented in human history.

I am proud to say that my beloved parents engaged in arranged marriage. I know who I am. I know who my parents are. It is crystal clear to me who my beloved parents are. I am rootful, not rootless. There are certain good things among Hindus that we want to keep. As a Hindu if you agree with me, please do put arranged marriages without enforcement up on a pedestal. Within India I think arranged marriage without enforcement is widespread among both Hindus and non-Hindus and so I think India should be okay.

I hope that I would not be considered racially prejudiced. For decades, Whites have done extensive anthropological studies of non-Whites. There are numerous books that have been written by Whites on anthropology. Since I am a non-White, I decided to do an anthropological study of Whites.


It is very common in USA for persons who reach the age of 18 to move out of their parent’s homes and live elsewhere; and if the person does not move out of the parent’s home at age 18, he then risks being asked to leave home by the parents. There is a need to understand that USA has a different culture and South Asia has a different culture. If Americans want to move out of their parent’s home at age 18, it is their own prerogative. Americans may have their own reasons for detaching from their parents at age 18, and I hope they continue to do so because it not for me to decide American family values. Some Americans come from dysfunctional families and I call them rootless, family-less, and parent-less people; and these people are often street smart. It pains me to state that there are many deadbeat parents in USA; nobody knows how many deadbeat parents there are in USA; nobody will ever know how many deadbeat parents there are in USA. If you go to http://www.google.com/ and type the words DEADBEAT PARENT, you can read more about deadbeat parents.This is not a knock on Whites; there are many Whites who have been kind to me; there are many different kinds of Whites, just as there are many different kinds of Hindus. American family values are American family values, and Asian family values are Asian family values. In Asia, it is very common for grandparents, parents, and grandchildren to live under the same roof. The Japanese work for the same employer for many years. In South Asia and South West Asia, arranged marriages are very common. So there is a difference between Asians and Whites. Once again, this is not a knock on Whites because there are different kinds of Whites, just as there are different kinds of South Asians. Numerous Whites have been kind to me and I appreciate their kindness. Some of the best people I have known are Whites.

Yes, in South Asia and South West Asia, arranged marriages are very common. India's historical ties with South West Asia cannot be denied. Attempts to divide the peoples of South Asia and South West Asia should be resisted. Good neighborliness should be a cornerstone of India's foreign policy. Please do keep your team work, team spirit, and team based problem solving.

India’s best bet would be to keep team work, team spirit, and team based problem solving. I shall try to prove the advantages of team work, team spirit, and team based problem solving. For instance, is the tiger stronger than the dogs? It all depends. One tiger can defeat one dog any day. However, what will happen if the dogs pool their resources? If 30 dogs unite, then the 30 dogs as a united force can defend themselves against one tiger any day. Self-defense is an inviolable human right. It all depends on how united the Indians are. Similarly, one engineer in the Western nations may be qualitatively better than one engineer in India. However, if ten engineers in India unite, meet regularly, and share their experiences, and teach each other, then all ten engineers would improve rapidly and be a match to Western engineers. Similarly, if ten physicians in India unite, meet regularly, and share their experiences, and teach each other, then all ten physicians would improve rapidly and be a match to Western physicians. Thus engineers and technicians meeting and sharing experiences and teaching each other is to the advantage of India; and this is why team work, team spirit, and team based problem solving is important. If India’s manpower were to act as individuals competing with each other, and not as a team, they would not be able to improve fast enough to compete with the Western nations. It must be made a national policy that India’s manpower meets regularly to exchange information and teach each other.

The civil engineers in India should meet annually, biennially, or triennially, share their experiences and teach each other; and this meeting will only enrich all the participants. The electrical engineers in India should meet annually, biennially, or triennially, share their experiences and teach each other; and this meeting will only enrich all the participants. The physicians in India should meet annually, biennially, or triennially, share their experiences and teach each other; and this meeting will only enrich all the participants. The software engineers in India should meet annually, biennially, or triennially, share their experiences and teach each other; and this meeting will only enrich all the participants. The wheat farmers in India should meet annually, biennially, or triennially, share their experiences and teach each other; and this meeting will only enrich all the participants. The teachers in India should meet annually, biennially, or triennially, share their experiences and teach each other; and this meeting will only enrich all the participants. I hope this meeting will not degenerate into a buyer-seller meeting place because it will defeat the purpose of sharing experiences and teaching each other.

It is like a pilgrimage. The civil engineers should go on their annual, biennial, or triennial pilgrimage to meet other civil engineers. The cooks should go on their annual, biennial, or triennial pilgrimage to meet other cooks. The accountants should go on their annual, biennial, or triennial pilgrimage to meet other accountants. The motor mechanics should go on their annual, biennial, or triennial pilgrimage to meet other motor mechanics.

Each time you act individually, you risk making mistakes. Each time you check something individually, you risk making mistakes because you are a human being. To reduce mistakes, it is better to check collectively. For example, let us discuss editing a document. It is better to get a team to edit the document so as to reduce mistakes. Many minds are better than one. This is why teamwork and team based problem solving is important. Another example I have known of is a fictitious story. Once upon a time there was a king. He wanted a building and so asked a famous architect to design it. The architect proudly presented the plans to the king. The king and his aides checked the design and found out that it was missing a restroom/toilet. The architect, upon realizing his mistake, committed suicide to hide his embarrassment. The solution to the problem is that many people have to do the checking. Many minds are better than one.


My feeling is that politicians and bureaucrats should act only to provide, at best, a room for the meeting of the people. It would be best that politicians and bureaucrats not participate at the meeting because I fear that politicians and bureaucrats may try to fulfill their personal agenda at the meeting. This regular meeting strategy will help to upgrade India’s human resources rapidly and make it withstand foreign competition. I also feel that regular meetings are a cost efficient way to upgrade India’s human resources. If there is good cooperation among Indians, then these regular meetings can give India its competitive edge to face foreign competition. India’s upgrading should be centered on team work, team spirit, and team based problem solving. Please do learn a lesson from dogs. It happens in the forests of Asia all the time. Tigers are cats and hunt individually. Tigers do fear dogs in the forests of Asia. Tigers have been known to run away from a pack of dogs. In fact, a tiger had better run away from a pack of dogs.

In fact, by offering team work, team spirit, and team based problem solving as India's specialty, she may even be able to attract foreign investment.

Also, India should separate teachers from exams.

The Cold War is almost over. What I am about to admit is long overdue. It is a secret I have been living with for years. I am embarrassed to state that I have kept it a secret all these years. It’s about the Second World War. Though many people know this secret, it is time for me to admit it. The secret is that it was the former USSR that played a pivotal role in defeating the Nazi Germans. The former USSR lost 20 million people to defeat Nazi Germany. Yes, it is 20 million. There were cases of Russian boys with sticks fighting against machine gun carrying Germans. The USA may have lost about 1 or 1.5 million people to defeat Nazi Germany. I have nothing against today’s Germans, but it would be a very different world today if the former USSR was unwilling to pay a heavy price to defeat the Nazi Germans. Allow me to credit the former USSR for defeating Nazi Germany.


After Nazi Germany was defeated in the Second World War, there was a rush to grab German scientists. The USA took German scientists back to USA to build up their nuclear and space program. The USSR took German scientists back to the USSR to build up their nuclear and space program. There is always a high demand for German scientists. Even the French use German scientists. Wait a minute. I think the whole world subscribes to a nothing is fair culture. Yes, over the centuries the USA was able to attract successive waves of talented immigrants who have contributed enormously to USA in order to continuously rejuvenate her and keep her competitive. In sharp contrast, developing nations have never been successful in attracting very many talented immigrants. The good news for India is that, as India’s economy improves, some Indians living outside India are returning to India. Yes, slowly but surely the Indian Diaspora are returning to Mother India; and these returnees may have something to contribute to India’s economy.

The USA would be remembered more for her economic achievements. With a well ingrained nothing is fair culture, she became a competitive nation. Her nothing is fair culture is probably irreversible and advantageous. When you pause and think about it, capitalism is about the pursuit of self interest, and so there is not much room for people of character and plenty of room for a nothing is fair culture in USA. Mahatma Gandhi, as a person of character, would find it very difficult to get ahead in USA. I think it is okay for USA to have a nothing is fair culture because it has made her competitive. The reality is that corporate America is not concerned about human rights, but profit making. Also, the Second World War was fought in Europe and Asia. After the Second World War, Europe and Asia were war ravaged, leaving the economy of USA untouched and in an advantageous position. Besides, successive waves of talented immigrants have contributed enormously to USA in order to continuously rejuvenate her and keep her competitive.

Now, back to arranged marriages. I do not think that arranged marriages are common in China. China is the land of the great teacher Confucius. Taoism emanates from China. The closeness of Yoga and Tai Chi cannot be denied. Buddhism, which emanates from India, has influenced many parts of Asia. I would insist that India maintain good relations and unity with our Chinese brothers and sisters. Asian unity, team work, and team spirit are important. China-India good neighborliness is important. It is extremely important that India maintain good relations with her immediate neighbors. Let us suppose that there are two nations as neighbors. Let us call them nation A and nation B. Since they are neighbors, what happens in nation A may spill over into nation B. Like wise, what happens in nation B may spill over into nation A. Thus it follows that it is in the best interests of both nations to maintain good relations with each other. Thus I would insist that maintaining good relations with your immediate neighbors be the cornerstone of India’s foreign policy.

Do I recommend arranged marriage to the whole world? No. Realities are different in different parts of the world. Each nation has to take decisions based on its own realities.

We should not encourage or discourage arranged marriages in South Asia. Let the market take care of itself. Let the market decide for itself. I think the market in South Asia has already decided because arranged marriages are popular.

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