Valleys and Valour

                                                   ‘TRUMP TARIFF’ GAMBIT CARRIES THE TRADE WAR INTO BRICS CAMP “ In classic strategy, attacking the weakest link of the enemy is the opening gambit of choice. ‘Trump Tariffs’ have applied this classical manoeuvre in targeting India and Brazil, the weakest duo of the Big Four of BRICS. ” – Col RS Sidhu Context The choke hold on the international trading, banking, and finance (ITBF) system by the US led economic grouping, the G7, is at the core of the US geopolitical supremacy . This pre-eminence is under challenge by BRICS, a geoeconomic bloc of eleven countries and expanding; founded by Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa; that aims at developing an alternative ITBF system . The BRICS is also facilitating intra Bloc bilateral trade in local currency, that sidelines the US Dollar . This...

  Velapanti Diaries 4 CONTEMPLATING THE STARS “ The most oft quoted iconic phrase in scientific circles, ‘ absence of evidence is not evidence of absence ’, and the ‘ Fermi Paradox ’, together acknowledge ‘ Velapanti ’ contributions not only towards art but also to serious ‘ science ’ as well .” – Vela Sidhu The Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI) The deepening understandings of modern science owes a lot to ‘ Velapanti ’. Archimedes discovered his principle of buoyancy in 246 BCE while dallying in his bath. Newton discerned the existence of gravity in 1867 CE while idling under a tree observing the fall of an apple. In 1998, ‘ Viagra ’, the famous erectile dysfunction medication, was discovered by scientists at Pfizer, while attempting to develop medication for ‘ Angina ’, a heart related ailment; the two organs being at the opposite spectrum of the human body.     In a similar vein, the ‘ Fermi Paradox ’ arose from a casual remark, “ where is everybody? ”...