James Robinson wonder in the Media page of the Observer 12.10.2008 (p 11) ‘Why didn’t the City journalists see the financial crisis coming?’; except a lone voice of Gilian Tett of the FT. One would expect that papers like FT, who has the resources, envy of many others, would have someone who is not involved in the day to day manufacturing of the NEWS, but who sits back and just takes long term view of the markets and the system as a whole, where it is coming from and where it is heading to?

Historically US Dollar enjoyed the benefits of world Trading Currency, as it was considered a stable hard currency. Recently it has been falling in its value as result OPEC country finding it difficult to fix the price of barrel of liquid.

The events of 9-11 are seared into the collective psyche of this generation. We have all been affected by the catastrophes of that fateful day, but what really happened on 9-11?

Many people all over the world positively hope and intensely imagine that this magical time will make this world a better place to live.

Keynote Paper read by Avtarjeet Dhanjal for the Seminar
'Shaping Histories - Imagining Futures'
At UNESCO Conference on Culture & Development
March 31, 1998, Stockholm

Today we are gathered here in this room and I, as an artist, will invite you to join me in extending and expanding the boundaries of this room beyond it's four walls. We artists have the power of imagination to expand this space as far as we intend, enough even to accommodate the whole planet and beyond. That is the prerogative of creative artists.

At one time on this planet, there were only fish, animals, birds, and insects. There were also those animals that looked like humans but they were not different from the others either. They were all fighting, killing and eating each other. That made God very unhappy.

Even the ‘Sunday’ a supposed to be religious program does not want to left behind in condemning the Chinese human rights record and inspiring others how to disrupt the games. What an opportunistic move?

08 August 2007

Thanks to New Statesman for commissioning special features for the issue. India has many problems, just name the few:

Reading Michael Lind's article, that Prospect has given the status of Cover Story, puts forward such a blinkered view of the US problems. It seemed like a paid article to camouflage the real problems US would face in near future.

Sarah Lucas’ provocative sculpture and comments of several lorry drivers, say a lot about the state of the British Art.

When successful artist is one who can make headlines in the media by creating something totally controversial, and not necessarily a good work of art.