| A visitor to Moscow would be immediately
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| | natural calamities, apathetic rulers,
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| struck by the fact that an otherwise dull
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| | poverty and ignorance everyday, and those
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| Kremlin now seduces one to break the
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| | who suggest that the panacea of all evils
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| sound barrier in a mike, rediscover one
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| | is to watch more movies, guzzle more
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| self on a Compaq or simply feel Warner in
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| | beers drink more colas, and Just Do
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| a Pringles. If this is not enough then
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| | It?Tied to the above factors is the fact
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| there is always Chairman Mao in Tiananmen
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| | that all over the world maybe in the
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| Square calling upon workers and peasants
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| | countries themselves, the so-called
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| to not only carry forward the revolution
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| | engines of globalization seem to be
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| but also gulp down a Sprite, while they
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| | acquiring local hues and colours as they
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| are at it. Numerous more examples abound
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| | clank. Be it the fact that fast food
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| from the Adriatic, so what does it all
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| | giants serving local cuisines, global
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| signify? Is it truly the end of History?
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| | television channels beaming programmes in
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| Do we now see a time when a matter of
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| | regional languages or giant corporations
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| ideology is drinking a Coke or a Pepsi?
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| | trying to be more uniform global system,
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| Closer introspection would reveal that it
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| | driven by the forces of profit and loss
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| is not quite so.Let us begin by noting
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| | seems to be weakening.If Bill Gates came
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| that the world has not got rid of or
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| | to Hyderabad to sell his Windows XP, an
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| minimized the areas of conflict. From the
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| | Indian has moved to Redmond to design it
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| more recent Israeli- Palestinian clashes,
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| | for him. As a result America is browning
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| to the problems in Chechnya, Kashmir, Sri
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| | and in a decade from now, the white man
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| Lanka, parts of Africa etc. The war on
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| | would be a minority on his island.
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| Terror has brought Afghanistan and Iraq
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| | Immigrants are no longer poor Italians,
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| into global focus. Tensions persist on
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| | Irish and Jews sailing to their land of
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| one form or another and have the
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| | opportunity in claustrophobic ships but
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| potential to assume more enormous
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| | are in fact an important constituent of
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| dimensions at any time. Closely related
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| | the demographic profile of every western
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| to this point is the fact that there are
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| | country. Over the years these Patils and
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| vast areas of the globe that were, in a
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| | Changs have emerged as significant
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| sense left behind in time: parts of the
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| | pressure groups in the government of
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| middle-east, chunks of Africa and Latin
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| | their new homeland, and it is only with a
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| America and especially Afghanistan are
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| | passage of time that we will realize the
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| regions where modernity as we know it has
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| | full impact of these movements of
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| failed to penetrate let alone reach a
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| | migrants on the history of
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| critical mess to iron out medieval
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| | mankind.Equally significant has been the
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| tensions and propel the inhabitants
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| | revolution in the fields of science and
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| towards growth and self realization. Such
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| | technology. We are today witness to a
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| geographical pockets are breeding grounds
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| | rapid advancement in communication,
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| of what may seem outdated, yet in fact
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| | especially information technology and
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| extremely potent ideologies and
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| | networking. The world is increasingly
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| movements. These regions are not merely
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| | shrinking to become one global village.
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| trouble spots of the world meant to be
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| | One development in one part of the world
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| fumigated at will by the forces of
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| | soon affects the life of people in other
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| modernity in their multi-billion dollar
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| | parts of the world. Say for instance, oil
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| corporate avatars but are in fact
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| | production. If Saudi Arabia or any of the
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| pointers towards more serious matters.
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| | major OPEC nations decide to cut
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| Namely how does one reconcile the
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| | production, even if it is a marginal cut,
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| difference between the majority of the
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| | oil prices shoot up and political climate
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| human population that is battered by
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| | can change.
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| pressures of war, disease, hunger,
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