Monday, August 13, 2018

Quick notes: South China sea, Jihadi wives...

  • Confrontation looming? Japan will soon help Vietnam extract gas from the South China sea. How will China respond? .... China has spent much of the past two years fortifying these islands, including placing missiles on the Spratly island chain.


  • Wives of Jihadis: Wave of ‘disappointed’ wives are divorcing ISIS jihadis


  • Rohit Prasad: The Indian engineer who is the brain behind Alexa


  • Indra Nooyi: “Whether you are from the IITs or the IIMs, the Indian education system dishes to foreign companies the best and the brightest. In today’s world, as we CEOs look for truly global leaders who can pilot through all of the volatility in the world, Indian leaders are rising to the top. So every time we go out to look for leaders there are usually four or five people who have been educated in the IITs or the IIMs that show up.

    So the big question that I keep asking myself is if people who have been educated in India always bubble up to the top then why is it that these leaders want to leave India? Doesn’t India need these leaders? Even if they leave India, shouldn’t there be a round trip ticket for them to come back to India, so they can help India get to a better place. So I think one of the big issues we should talk about is not just lessons in leadership or what the leaders need to do today but what can India do to bring those leaders back to India, so India itself can become an even more powerful economy going forward.” 


  • Certified pSecular: Andhra govt officially organizing Jesus event..?


  • Lithuanian and Sanskrit:
    Sanskrit: Kas tvam asi? Asmi svapnas tava tamasi nakte. Agniṃ dadau te hridi tada viśpatir devas tvam asi.
    Lithuanian: Kas tu esi? Esmi sapnas tavo tamsioje naktyje. Ugnį daviau tau širdy, tada viešpatis dievas tu esi.
    English: “Who are you? I am a dream in your dark night. I gave you fire in heart, then you become a God”.


  • Bolava Vitthal - Ranjani Gayatri



  • Zuck wants to own you: Facebook wants your banking information, too. Banks are worried about the breadth of information being sought.


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