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THE CHAMCHA AGE
The Chamcha age (an era of the stooges) by Sahib Shri Kanshi Ram Ji released
on September 24th, 1982 on the occasion of 50th anniversary of Poona Pact
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CONTROVERSY OF MK GANDHI’S STATUE
AT CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL

OBAMA TRYING TO
UNIFY THE COUNTRY

After the Tucson tragedy, Obama rose to the occasion and tried to unify the country. His message, in the speech given in Tucson during the Memorial ceremony paying tribute to the victims of the tragedy, Obama gave a call to basically change the political atmosphere in the country. Many people are sick and tired of the bitterness injected by the extreme rightists and the populists.
Many people were thinking that like President Carter, Obama is going to be a one time only president. However, it looks more likely that he may follow President Clinton and try to broaden his base by moving to the center. His speech in Tucson was not only admired by his followers but was also appreciated by the people who did not agree with his policies. The media was almost unanimous in the evaluation of the speech, they all applauded it.
In the State of the Union speech, Obama again scored high marks. This was also intended to unite the country. Obama tried to put American exceptionalism in its proper perspective. Originally, the concept of American exceptionalism was introduced by the leftists and had very different connotations than the way it is being used by the extreme rightists and populists. American exceptionalism meant that America had less rigid class divisions than the other countries, particularly the European societies. Therefore, comparatively America provided more opportunities to the people of humble backgrounds than the other societies. However, things have radically changed.
Most of the European countries have become much more socialized and can be called welfare states. In America the opposite has happened, the class boundaries have become more rigid. America has decided to stick to the old style of Capitalism. For example, compared to Germany , the chances of a person coming from the lower one-fifth of the population to get a college education are very slim in America . Even in the percentage of students who will finish high school, there is a very big difference. The percentage of the students who will drop out of high school is much higher if they come from the lower class.
For the extreme rightists and populists, American exceptionalism has become synonymous with American arrogance. To them it means that the Americans are superior to the other people. Therefore, their concept of American exceptionalism is more divisive than unifying. Contrary to what they preach, their practice makes the divisions based upon class, race, and religion more rigid.
Obama wants to weaken the divisions based upon class, race, religion, and political orientation. He wants all Americans to have equal opportunity to progress. However, the situation can only change if we concede that the other countries have made more progress in some fields such as education and meeting the basic healthcare needs of the majority of the people.
For moving to a centrist position, Obama has to claim that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have done some good. However, these claims belie the truth. Neither the Iraq war nor Afghanistan war has done any good for America . The bitter reality is that the wars have been lost, however, excepting realities can be extremely difficult sometimes.
I feel that his promise to reform the malpractice laws has been long overdue. It is a common knowledge that many lawsuits are started to make a quick buck rather than making sure that good medicine is practiced. If we compare the number of lawsuits in America to the other countries than the bitter truth will become obvious. I feel probably more lawsuits are filed against the American doctors than the rest of the world combined. Overall, Obama´s message is being very well received in America ; however, the prejudice, ignorance, racially charged blind faith of the rightist followers who came alive during the Bush era and are being fed by Palin will not be easy to overcome. Posted on January 29, 2011

Seoul G-20 Summit, the Developing Countries Gain Clout

Sawraj Singh, M.D. F.I.C.S.
Chairman Washington State Network for Human Rights Chairman Central Washington Coalition for Social Justice

The recently concluded G-20 summit in Seoul clearly showed that the balance of power continues to shift from the developed countries to the developing countries. America is the leading developed country and China is the leading developing country. The relative loss of influence by America and the relative gain of influence by China actually are indicative of the shifting balance of power from the developed countries to the developing countries. The American media and many American intellectuals can now see that America is losing influence in the world and can no longer be called “the only superpower of the world.”

President Obama tried to convince the other countries that the Chinese policy of deliberately keeping the value of the Yuan (the Chinese currency) low was primarily responsible for the world economic crisis. Because, by doing this the Chinese goods became cheaper and that was responsible for the trade deficit as well as for the loss of jobs in other countries. However, the other countries did not agree with Obama.

Even in the midterm elections, both of the parties blamed China for the recession. However, the other countries not only disagree with America, but are critical of America pumping 600 billion dollars of government money into the economy. The American media and some leading American intellectuals have noticed that at the G-20 summit, it became apparent that America does not have the influence that it used to have.

Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, is wondering, “Is America Catching the British Disease?” Edmund Phelps, Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Nobel laureate seems to feel that the US is playing cards poorly with China; because China is seriously trying to reduce its dependence on the exports, but the US and Europe are competing to increase their exports.

America should not see its conflict with China as a conflict between these two countries. In reality, this is a conflict between the East and the West and also it is a conflict between the developing countries and the developed countries. In other words, the conflict between America and China is the manifestation of the old conflict between the old world order and the emerging world order. The western-dominated world order has outlived its age and change is bound to come. In the last two centuries, the West has dominated the East and the developed countries have suppressed the developing countries. The old, western-dominated world order is based upon inequality and unfairness.

In the new world order of a multipolar world in which different centers of power have emerged, the relations between the East and the West and between the developing countries and the developed countries, will be based upon equality and fairness. This is the only way that peace and harmony can be maintained in the world.

America should realize that it can no longer have its way and has to start acting like a member of the global community rather than the overlord of the world. Even South Korea did not agree with a free trade proposal by the US. The G-20 summit sent a loud and clear message to America that it is no longer the only superpower of the world and the developing countries are now gaining clout.Posted on November 17, 2010

CHINA AND RUSSIA CHANGE GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER

Sawraj Singh, M.D. F.I.C.S.

The Russian President Medvedev is visiting China. This visit coincides with the completion of a pipe line which will bring oil from Russia to China. This 999 kilo meter pipe line is very significant because it is a symbol of the emerging Russia-China Alliance. China gave Russia 25 billion dollars credit, and Russia will supply China 300 million tons of oil from 2011 to 2030. Not only, China has been able to guarantee a safe and secure supply for its energy needs for the next two decades, but it also cements the relations between the two countries, even stronger than before.

It is not just the oil but there are many other areas of increasing cooperation between the two countries, including coal, nuclear energy, banking system, cultural and educational exchanges and terrorism. Both the countries now consider their mutual relation as their most important relation.

I have written many times over the last two decades, that Russia and China are going to make an alliance, which will end the Western domination and the American Era. Actually, the Western domination and the American Era ended after America was defeated in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, in the early seventies. However, the Ping Pong diplomacy of Henry Kissinger extended their life by another fifty years. The gist of this policy was to make sure that Russia and China do not get together. After the turmoil of the cultural revolution, the Chinese started to understand the Western intentions. The West encouraged the ultra leftist forces and anti Russian sentiment in China, in order to keep the two countries against each other, thereby weakening both of them.

After the fall of the of the pro Western and weak leaders such as Gorbachov and Yelstin, the Russians also started to understand that the real Western intention was to keep Russia weak and unstable. For all practical purposes, Russia was encircled and contained by the West. When a strong leader, Putin, came to power, he immediately realized that Russia had only one option left to break the Western encirclement, that is to make an alliance with China. Putin laid the foundation of a strong Russia-China alliance.

America tried very hard to woo Russia back to the Western camp, but Putin is too smart to be taken in by the sweet talk. Even an invitation to Bush’s private ranch in Texas did not change Putin’s mind, and he stayed on course for building the alliance with China. Obama also tried to convince Russia that the American policy has fundamentally changed from the arrogant and unilateral policy of Bush. However, Putin did not believe that America will change its policies. So far, Putin proved to be right.

Once America was convinced that Russia will not change its course, then America fundamentally changed its own course, as far priorities in the foreign policy are concerned. The American policy was always based on the notion that Europe is the most important area for maintaining balance of power in the World. This policy was begun when the Soviet Union was considered the main adversary. Now, America considers China as its main adversary. Therefore, Asia has become the most important area for America, so that China can be encircled and contained.

America is trying to line up countries such as Japan, South Korea, the ASEAN and India against China. However, China and Russia know it very well that so long they are united; the American efforts are futile because none of the countries or group of countries can match the united Russia-China strength.

China can pull the rug under the feet of Japan, South Korea and the ASEAN countries because; economically they have become dependent on China. As far as India is concerned, the Western media has always tried to give the impression as if China and India are almost equal in their strength. The Western media even goes a step further and predicts that ultimately India will surpass China. However, all this propaganda is motivated by self interest rather than objectivity. The gap between China and India is too big to be filled in the near future.

One example of where China and India stand, can be seen by comparing the Beijing Olympics to Delhi common wealth games. Even the Western media admitted that the Beijing Olympics were probably the most well organized and the most expensive in the history of Olympics. China had finished most of the construction, about two year’s ahead of games. However, the common wealth games in Delhi have been marred by the charges of corruption, inefficiency and chaos. The foreign teams have arrived and the games are ready to start, but the construction is not finished yet. Just today, China announced that it has the fastest railway in the World reaching speed of 416.6 km per hour.

America should realize that its policy of containing China is not going to work, because China holds most of the cards. As long as Russia and China are together, the outcome of the third world war can be predicted before it even starts. America has lost the Iraq war, and today the Afghan President Karzai was seen openly weeping, because his son will have to leave Afghanistan. Therefore, the defeat in Afghanistan war is certain. America does not have the option of fighting a third World war because it cannot win the war. Therefore, the only sane option is to accept peacefully the emerging new World order of a multi polar World.

Posted on September 29, 2010

WILL CRISIS OF CAPITALISM LEAD TO A THIRD WORLD WAR?
Sawraj Singh, M.D. F.I.C.S.

The lessons from reviewing history tell us that whenever capitalist countries had difficult time coming out of an economic crisis, then they resorted to a war. The current economic crisis is one of the worst crises of the western capitalism. Can this crisis lead to a third World war? If we see the situations in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Korea, South America, and Africa, then the possibility of a third war cannot be ruled out.
In Afghanistan, the recently leaked papers show that quickly winning that was is not likely and the situation there is much worse than many people could imagine. The situation in Afghanistan is becoming worse.
Contrary to the western propaganda, Iraq is far from peaceful. Some American policy makers are advocating a solution in Afghanistan similar to Iraq. They are giving the example of Iraq as a successful resolution of the war, where America was able to align a section of the Sunnis, who were previously fighting against the American occupation. They recommend that America should similarly encourage a faction of Taliban to become allies against the insurgency. However, Iraq is not a good example, because it is far from becoming stable or peaceful. The Iraqi government has hardly any control over the situation and remains completely ineffective to deal with the violence. In Afghanistan, the situation is worse than Iraq, because the Taliban have a very big base and support not only among the Pashtuns in Afghanistan, but also have considerable support in Pakistan. Therefore, it is much harder to fight the insurgency in Afghanistan than it was in Iraq.
The situation in Iran is becoming tenser. The government in Iran shows no sign of buckling under the western pressure and remains very defiant. If attached, it almost looks certain that it will counter attack not only the western interests in the Gulf, but will also attack Israel. Russia, which seemed to have reached a compromise with the west on Iran, is now criticizing the European Union for imposing additional sanctions on Iran than what were agreed upon in the United Nations. It clearly shows that China and Russia will not go along with the western plans on Iran.
The situation in the Korean Peninsula also looks very dangerous. China and North Korea are very critical of the American and South Korean military exercises. Once again, China is firmly backing North Korea in the current crisis, as it did 60 years ago during the Korean War.
In South America, relations between Venezuela and Columbia are worsening every day. Hugo Chavez is blaming America of plans to attack Venezuela through Columbia. He has threatened to cut American oil supply from Venezuela.
In Africa, the situation in Somalia is becoming worse. The Somali radicals attacked Ugandans, who were watching the World foot ball cup final in Kampala, taking their struggle to the countries which have sent troops to Somalia. This can widen the conflict to many countries in Africa.
Any of the regional conflicts has the potential to get out of control and lead to a third World war. However, the outcome of this war is almost certain to be different than the previous two World wars. The big difference is that the West cannot win this war.
The West has lost the drive and the spirit to win a war which requires sacrificing millions of soldiers. There is so much domestic opposition when a few hundred or few thousand soldiers die. We have seen that in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a full blown war, the causalities can be so large that none of the western countries can afford to take that risk. The other side is willing to sacrifice their people; this gives them a big edge.
The only realistic option for the west is a diplomatic compromise. The global community should address the genuine grievances and make necessary changes in the present world order so that it becomes more fair and just. Fundamental changes should be made in the capitalist system, so that the benefits of the present Globalization are shared by the vast majority of the people of the world.
Peaceful negotiations and peaceful resolution of the crisis is the only sane option.

Posted on July 27, 2010

CAN HEALTH CARE REFORM WORK
WITHOUT CHANGING THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM?

Sawraj Singh M.D. F.I.C.S.

The passage of the health care reform bill in Congress is a significant step, but it is unlikely to make a large impact on health care. The American health care system has become the most inefficient in the industrialized world. America spends the highest percentage of the GDP without delivering the results. America has the unhealthiest population in the whole industrialized world. The main reason for this state of affairs is the inefficiency of the American capitalist system itself. The capitalist system has become outdated and needs fundamental reform. Without the fundamental changes, the system is likely to collapse before the middle of the century.

How is the American capitalist system different than the European capitalist system? The European system made changes to make the system responsive to the needs of the majority of the population. However, the American capitalist system has only worked for the top 1%. For the last thirty years, the top 1% has been increasing their assets while the bottom majority kept losing their income and purchasing power. The last thirty years, after Regan came to power, saw the gap between the rich and the poor widening. This is the main cause of so many people being unable to buy any insurance coverage. The number of uninsured Americans continued to climb in the last thirty years. About 46 million Americans have no insurance and even a larger number have inadequate coverage.

Europe has not allowed the gap between the rich and the poor to grow so much. The European working class has not seen their real income decline like their American counterparts. The European state has intervened to make sure that the fundamental needs of its people are met. The state has assured education and health care for all of the population.

Another big difference between the American and European capitalists is their attitude towards race. Even though all capitalists have never hesitated to use the racial factor to their advantage, but there is a big difference between the degree to which the factor has been used. The American capitalist system was founded on the super exploitation of the minorities. Slavery was practiced in Europe, but that was thousands or hundreds of years ago, but America has the rare distinction of practicing slavery in the nineteenth century. The systematic robbing of the lands of the Native Americans and Mexicans continued until the twentieth century, as did the lynching of black people.

The American capitalists have been able to align the white working class against the minorities. Even though the white working class has been the victim of exploitation, yet it has mostly sided with the exploiters rather than the exploited. This phenomenon has helped the capitalist class to keep the working class divided and deny them the benefits which the European working people were able to get.

The American health care suffers from both the relatively inefficient American capitalist system as well as from racism. All studies conducted have shown that the health of minorities is worse than the health of whites. Unfortunately, there are not studies available to show that the minority health care providers are not treated at par with white health care providers.

I have personal experience and know many other minority physicians who tried to practice in areas with large white majority populations. Many of these physicians, including myself, had to suffer tremendously for their experiments.

I have very serious doubts that unless the two major factors affecting our health care system, American capitalism and racism, are changed, we are not going to see a major impact in the delivery of health care. President Obama has tried to start the process of addressing the growing gap between the rich and the poor. Even though it is a step in the right direction, yet it does not go very far. That is why it is unlikely to make a big difference.

Posted on March 26, 2010

DR. AMBEDKAR AND DALIT EMANCIPATION
IN THE ERA OF NEO-LIBERAL MARKET

Prem Chumber
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Baba Sahib Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was in favor of state control market forces. He was of the opinion that nationalization of industrial as well as agriculture sectors would help develop India while taking everyone along with the rising level of national economic growth. In a country like India, long infested with caste divisions and related grim social exclusion, to allow market a free hand would amount to further oppress those who have already been just passing their time at the margins of the society. What does it matter to them whether India achieves 8 or 9 per-cent growth rate? When there would be nothing at all for poors in such glittering statistics, the rising levels of economic growth becomes an alien world for them. Since the very logic of globalization is based on the idea that the welfare state is a hindrance in the way of the global market, it is presumed that the marginalized need not be supported by the state at all as they used to be earlier. This has further deepened marginalization and exclusion of the marginal groups and communities that were traditionally vulnerable and excluded. The rapid pace of transformation in the context of the market forces in the contemporary world has not only heightened the exploitation of the marginalized, but also severely limited the possibilities of their emancipation. Globalization may have opened up enormous opportunities but one has to map the emphasis on the ‘opportunities’. In fact, in the asymmetrical world in which we live, such opportunities open many doors for the haves by further marginalizing the interests of the have nots.

In this way, the process of globalization has favored the capital and, ignored with impunity, the labor. Although, the pontiffs of the fast expanding caravan of globalization are over optimistic about the emergence of ‘integrated distance labor markets’ and the consequent birth of the ‘common wage rates’ the world over, especially in the sector of the skilled labor, there is no general consensus about the equity of flows between capital and labor. The opportunities for the poor, socially excluded, tribal people, women, disabled and other vulnerable groups have shrunk and marginalization of certain sections among these groups (Dalits) has been intensified through the process of Special Economic Zones and arbitrarily deprivation of land and displacement.

The Dalits have been excluded from social, economic and political rights including the right to education and employment, other than the traditional forced and customary undignified labor, precisely because of their birth in the untouchable castes. They also suffered from social exclusion because of their geographical segregation. They were forced to live on the outskirts of the villages towards which the wind blew and sewage flowed. Their houses were dirty, dingy, dark, and unhygienic where poverty and squalor loomed large. Until 1990, there had been some improvements in the lives of the Dalits in terms of education and employment opportunities, increase in wages, fall in poverty, access to land, water, health, education, housing and other resources owing to the State’s affirmative action. However, the trend was reverted and sidelined with the onset of the economic reforms under the process of globalization. The economic policy in India has undergone a major transformation since the beginning of the early 1990s, under the paradigm of liberalization, privatization, and globalization. One of the main concerns of this new paradigm is to facilitate the process of the roll back of the welfare State and prepare the space for the operation of the unrestrained market forces and open international trade. This pro-market and capital stance of the process of economic globalization has led to the widening of the gap between the privileged few and the large mass of the marginalized, and among them the Dalit laborers, daily wage workers and workers in the informal sector suffer the most.

For Dalits and other marginalized sections of the society in such adverse times, if still there is any hope to seek their genuine human rights and chances to livelihood that is the egalitarian, peaceful, rational and social-democratic philosophy of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar who had devoted his entire life for the cause of the uplift of the downtrodden.

Posted on January 1st, 2010

Year 2009: The End of the American Era and the Beginning of Asia’s Century

Sawraj Singh M.D. F.I.C.S.

The end of the year 2009 and the first decade of the 21st century show that America’s status as the only superpower of the world has ended and the era of the western domination of the world has also ended. China has clearly emerged as an economic superpower and the manufacturing center of the world. Whereas the western economies took a big beating because of the recession, the Chinese economy grew by more than 9% in the year 2009.

If we consider the most important happenings of the decade, then the 9/11 attacks on America stand out to be the most widely accepted important event of the decade. Many people believe that the rise of China is also one of the most important events of the decade. The election of a black man as President of America was also one of the most significant developments of the decade, but unfortunately, in the year 2009, it appears that a majority of white Americans are having difficulty accepting a black person as the leader of their country. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are also very important happenings. Similarly, the war in Pakistan against terrorism along with the war in Afghanistan is probably going to be the deciding war of the era. The outcome of the war will do the same thing to America and the west what it did for the Soviet Union.

The fastest bullet train between Hong Kong and Beijing did the same thing for China in 2009 what the Beijing Olympics did in 2008. These are the biggest symbols of the rising power of China and the declining influence of the West. Michael Jackson’s death and Tiger Woods’ fall from grace were clear messages that in the American capitalist system, instability and uncertainty can affect the highest achievers, particularly if they are minorities. Nobody in this system can feel safe, stable, or secure. Many people feel that people in the third world countries are unsafe, unstable, and insecure and one of the incentives for migration from the third world countries to the western countries is that people feel that they are safer, more stable, and more secure in the western countries. However, this is an illusion. While it may be true that physically, you may be at less risk, but overall, you become more unstable and more insecure. The capitalist system disintegrates the family structure.

The family plays a big role in making an individual stable and secure. The capitalist system breeds insecurity because of its belief that if people feel secure, then they become complacent and lose the urge to be more productive. Therefore, the feeling of insecurity makes them more productive.

The recession did not affect India as badly as it affected the western countries and the Indian economy grew more than 6%. India gained more status in the world in the year 2009. Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit to America showed that even though nothing much substantial was achieved, yet the way he was received clearly showed the enhanced status of India in the world. However, India has not clearly chosen sides between the East and the West. Japan, on the other hand, under the leadership of Yukio Hatoyama, seems clearly tilting to the East. After being elected as Prime Minister of Japan, Hatoyama has advanced the concept of an East Asian community on the pattern of the European Union. Hatoyama has made history by publicly stating his objective to expel all American troops from Japan.

England continues to decline. The French and German economies were already larger than the British economy. But in the year 2009, even the Italian economy surpassed England, pushing the British economy into the fourth place in Europe and the eighth place in the world. Russia’s influence, under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, in Europe and the world continues to grow. America has decided to retract the decision to install a new missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia perceived this system to be directed against it and strongly objected.

America was unable to change the outcome of the Presidential election in Iran. The Iranian government continues to maintain anti-American and anti-Israeli policies. At this point, the pro-Western opposition in Iran seems to be risking strong retaliation, including a risk of massacre. This may be a reversal of the roles; in Indonesia and Chile, the pro-American forces massacred the leftist and patriotic forces.

Cuba and Venezuela are firmly uniting to counter the American influence in Latin America. Hugo Chavez has emerged as the strongest and most vocal opponent of the American policies. Even Mexico seems to be challenging America and the religious right by becoming the first Latin American nation to legalize gay marriage.

Africa’s relation with China continues to become closer. China is helping Africa to get rid of the traditional western hold on its economy. In spite of some regional conflicts, overall, Africa is moving towards greater unity and is asserting independence from the west.

Australia has made significant change from John Howard’s pro-American, anti-third world, and overtly racist policies. Kevin Rudd, the new Prime Minister, continues to cement closer relations with China and the East. His fluency in Mandarin (Chinese language) and his college degree in Chinese studies are helping Australia to move closer to China.

The Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark could not achieve much and was unable to narrow the differences between the developing and the developed countries. It has been clearly established that global warming is the result of increased human activity, while the population of the world continues to increase. The main reason for the uncontrolled growth of the population is the capitalist system itself because it looks at people as if they were a commodity which can be exploited to maximize profits.

One can only hope that the fall of the western capitalist system will lead to an alternate model of development, which will be based upon the collective wisdom of mankind and will include the wisdom of the East, which has been ignored in the last two centuries.

Posted on December 31, 2009

PAKISTAN BECOMING THE ARENA FOR THE FINAL
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN WEST AND ISLAM
Dr Sawraj Singh

It is becoming clear that Pakistan is becoming the arena for the final and decisive showdown between West and Islam. American leaders are also admitting that Pakistan is now the main seat for the war against terrorism and the war in Afghanistan is also primarily based in Pakistan. Why is Pakistan so important for West’s struggle against Islamic fundamentalism? The major cause for this is that Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent have the largest Muslim population in the world.

At present there are three main centers of struggle between the West and Islamic fundamentalists. These are Afghanistan - Pakistan, Iraq and Somalia. Out of these three Afghanistan – Pakistan has the biggest population. Its population is about 10 times bigger than the other two. It is not just Pakistan but the whole Indian subcontinent is practically one unit of population. In this area about 500 million Muslins are living. This makes the area to have the largest population of Muslims in the World.

The second cause of the area’s importance in this struggle is historical. Historically, this area has played a very important role. In the ancient times, the Indus valley civilization of the Dravidians was a very highly evolved civilization. They had developed big cities such as Mohenjo daro and Harappa. Their ships traded with Mesopotemia via the Indus River and the Arabian Sea. The Aryan civilization also developed in this area. Alexander also attacked this area and when he met stiff resistance from the kings such as Porus, he decided to stop advancing further and return to Greece. Chandar Gupat Morya also defeated Seleucus, the Greek Governor, in this area and founded the Morya dynasty.

This area flourished under the golden age of the Gupta period and under the great kings such as Kanishka and Harshvardhan. The first and the greatest university was also built in this area. This was the University in Takshila attracting students from all over the World. This is the area which came in contact with Islam for the first time in the Indian subcontinent when Mohammad Bin Kasam invaded the area. Guru Nanak, who developed the Indian spirituality and thought to the peak, was also born in this area.

In the modern times also this area played a very significant role. In the nineteenth century, the greatest power of the century, the Great Britain tasted defeat for the first time in Afghanistan. In the twentieth century, the greatest military power the Soviet Union was defeated in this area and in the twenty first century the greatest power America is probably going to be defeated in this area.

The third cause of the importance of the area is geographical. This is the most strategically located area in Asia. This can be called a link between the three major parts of Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Middle East. Therefore, whatever happens in the area will not only affect the whole Asia but will also affect the balance of power in the World.

At this time, it appears that America and its Western allies are heading toward their final defeat in this area. The pro american military and civilian elite in Pakistan are facing its worst crisis and possible demise. Most probably the Islamic fundamentalists will come to power in Pakistan just as they have come to power in Iran .

The American defeat in Pakistan will be similar to the defeat in Vietnam but will also be different than that war. The defeat in Vietnam did not end either the American era or the Western domination of the World. However, the defeat in Pakistan will lead to the end of the American era and the end of the Western domination of the World. This will also lead to the beginning of “Asia’s century” because Islam can defeat the West but it cannot conquer the whole World. Actually, the third force, led by china will become the leading force in the World. China, Japan, Korea and the ASEAN countries will become the biggest financial and trading centers of the World.

I have been continually saying this for the last two decades that in the second decade of the twenty first century, Asia, led by China will become the major center of the World. I feel that my predictions are becoming true. India’s future depends upon whether it will continue its alliance with America and then suffer along with the defeated side or India will join Russia and the Asian countries and be on the winning side. India’s future can only be bright if it joins its natural allies, Asia and the third World.

Posted on December 12, 2009