Ides of trade between India and Pakistan
By Rama Rao Malladi Speaking to the media in Washington on Oct 28, 2024, Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said: ‘Not trading with your neighbours does not make sense’. The media interaction took place as he was packing his bags to return home after attending the annual IMF-WB Fall meetings. Editorially commenting a day later, the News International said his remarks ‘echo a pragmatic perspective that Pakistan can no longer afford to ignore’. Pakistan’s struggling economy demands ‘creative, strategic solutions’, the daily observed, and noted there is ‘a growing recognition among policymakers that regional trade might be one of them’....
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Ides of trade between India and Pakistan
By Rama Rao Malladi Speaking to the media in Washington on Oct 28, 2024, Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said: ‘Not trading with your neighbours does...
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While Modi professes concern for the jobless, “his government’s budget escalates class war”
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The humour of the divine love-game is that the One who is sought is Himself the seeker.
It is the Sought who prompts the seeker to ask,
Where can I find Him whom I seek?
The seeker asking,
Where is God? is really God saying,
Where indeed is the seeker!”
……
Modesty breeds egoism and man eventually succumbs to pride through assumed humility.
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