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Andhra Pradesh — Moving fast to reach nowhere

Some Food for thought “Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are nowhere exactly.” ― Lionel Shriver , Checker and the Derailleurs Andhra Pradesh — Moving fast to reach nowhere Almost after two years, I got an opportunity to travel to Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh Capital region, again. Circumstances permitting, I would never miss an opportunity to visit this very beautiful part of our country, which brilliantly impersonates Mother India, as described in our National Song. This land is "rich with hurrying streams & dark fields, bright with orchard gleams and cool with winds of delight." The occasion for visiting Vijaywada this time was wedding of my close friend's son. This meant, meeting a lot of people from various walks of life and plenty of amazing food. I love both. In the elaborate marriage function, I noticed a number of socio-economic changes that have been widely accepted even b...

Economic and market review - Concluding part

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Next post of Morning Trekk will be on Monday, 3 September 2018. Thought for the day "If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning." —Mae West (American, 1893-1980) Word for the day Prima facie (adv) At first appearance; at first view, before investigation Malice towards none There are two kinds of ecommerce ventures in India - (a) which can get sold to a global giant like Amazon; and (b) which may eventually shut down.   First random thought this morning There is a race to appropriate the social and economic achievements made during past two decades. In particular, the finance ministers from UPA-2 and NDA-2 are at loggerheads over the statistical data about economic performance during 2004-14 and 2014-18 respectively. In their rather naive sounding arguments, two things stand out conspicuously: (a)    No one is willing to accept responsibility for the failures...