at the very Core of it all … is Content!
William J. Burns Deputy Secretary of State Washington, DC July 12, 2013 Good morning. I am delighted to welcome all of you to the State Department’s Benjamin Franklin Room. I am especially pleased to welcome our guests from the Government of India, Finance Minister Chidambaram, Minister of Commerce Sharma, and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Ahluwalia. I …
Brookyn, NY, May 6, 2013 – “Not Dick Whitney. Not Dick Whitney!” President Franklin D. Roosevelt exclaimed upon being told Richard Whitney, the long-time president of the New York Stock Exchange, was a criminal. Almost ten years earlier, on October 24, 1929, Black Thursday, as one newspaper’s headline put it the next day, “Richard Whitney Halts …
An army of ignited minds, born in 1991 or thereabouts, brought up in post liberalization affluence are now adults. They did not learn, like we did, that India is a developing country, faced with resource crunches. Rationing, mixed economy, 5 year plans, non-aligned movement, license, permits, quotas and words that were the staple of our …