How to access a blocked site?

Indian government has blocked access to many web sites. The official reasons are piracy, anti-national, etc. When you access these web sites, you will get a message similar to "Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Please contact administrator for more information."

If you are still interested in accessing that web site, then please download and install Tor Browser. This browser accesses the web site via a network of other computers. So no governemnt can track or block access via this browser.

Nitin Gadkari's plan will make India poor.

Nitin Gadkari, transport minister of India, is borrowing a huge number of dollars (Reference). He will use these dollars to build roads, highways, tall skyscapers, etc. Reference. This act will mostly benefit Gadkari and his close friends; the indian citizen will be stuck with a huge debt to be paid back in foreign exchange.

I would have no problems with these constructions if a private party was building them; because then the Indian citizen does not have to repay the loans. I would have a much smaller problem, if Gadkari was borrwowing in rupees and payment was to be made back in rupees. This way at least the profits will remain in India. But, Gadkari is borrowing in foriegn exchange. This is a big problem. Indian rupee has been falling. It will likely continue to fall. So this means Gadkari's plan will drive India to bankruptcy.

Highways, tall buildings, etc primarily benefit a select few; while the whole country is laden with debt. So Gadkari's plan needs to be discussed in more detail before implementing the same.

Unfreedom movie banned in India

The movie has two parallel stories.

1. A Muslim terrorist uses violence against a Muslim liberal. The intention here is to convert the Muslim liberal.
2. A father uses violence to force marriage unto his lesbian daughter. The father thinks that being gay/lesbian is a disease.

The message of the movie is: violence does not solve problems in the long run.

Unfortunately, the movie fails to convey an important message: violence is perfectly fine for self-defence, in fact it is the right path.
In the movie, the characters don't use violence even for self defence. They continue to suffer (like Gandhi) at the hands of their violent perpetrators.
Gandhism works only in public; in private Gandhism fails miserably. In private, violence has to be countered with violence.
Hence, the movie is only average.

Did China actually devalue its currency?

The headlines are screaming that China has devalued its currency. But let us go into details. China has devalued its curency by 0.2%. When we look at long term picture below, Indian rupee has lost nearly 50% value against Chinese currency in last 7 years.

When we look at the long term picture, China's currency has strenthened against most currencies. Currently, China is facting a stock market crash and housing bubble burst. Devaluing its currency, it a way to lessen the pain for the people. China is afraid of a revolution should so many of its citizens suffer. It is likely that China will continue to devalue its currency in coming months.

Indian government wants to ban Child Porn

Indian government wants to put in regulations on the use internet. Then they will be able to restrict access to any site. The reason given for this is "Child Pornography".

I think that this is a fake reason. Internet is self-regulated. Anyone, who has searched or seen porn on the internet, will tell you that there is no child porn on the internet. Should someone keep such a video, immediately there is hue and cry from other viewers. So the maker of that video is literally forced to take down the video.

"Banning child porn" is an excuse used by many governments including India to put in more controls. Under the guise of preventing child porn, the Indian government can now block any site. More powers to government means lesser freedom for individuals.

People should oppose Indian governments "Child Porn restriction", not because they are for child porn, but because this rule is a trick by government to usurp power at the cost of Citizen's freedom.

First Deflation, then hyper-inflation

Now (Aug 2015) we are seeing deflation. The proof is

• Falling Copper prices. Copper is also known as Dr. Copper. It tells us the state of world economy. When consumption of copper falls, it s price falls. Falling consumption of goods is deflationary.
• End of real-estate boom in China. China is the production hub of world. If Chinese are not buying factories and houses, then it idicates falling consumption (deflation) in the world.

During deflation stock, real-estate and commodities fall in value. So intelligent investors move to cash, bonds, gold, silver, etc in a deflation. During this period, the dollar will grow stronger. The deflation will last between 3 to 12 months.

Governments cannot tolerate deflation because tax revenues fall. Also most governments are heavily indebted. Defaltion makes paying back debts difficult. So governemnts will try every trick to counter deflation.
Governments will essentially increase money supply (by reducing interest rates). The tsunami of money supply ultimately ends deflation and causes high inflation. During hyper-inflation, cash and bonds loses in value. So intelligent investors move to stocks, real-estate, commodities, gold, silver and other hard assets.

Prepare youself for this roller-coaster ride.