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Above is a clip of US army blows up the swastika atop the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg which marked the end of Nazism and reign of Adolf Hitler, the Führer (Leader) of the Nazi party.

But I have been thinking and something doesn’t add up. Why did Hitler go through all that trouble to exterminate the Jewish people?No he was not lunatic.Then I don’t understand why go through such a huge operation to round up and destroy 6 million Jews in such a shortspan of time. No single reason seems to explain….

Check this extract from wikipedia.org on BRIC thesis :-

BRIC or BRICs are terms used to refer to the combination of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.General consensus is that the term was first prominently used in a thesis of the Goldman Sachs investment bank. The main point of this 2003 paper was to argue that the economies of the BRICs are rapidly developing and by the year 2050 will eclipse most of the current richest countries of the world.

Goldman Sachs argues that the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC)is such that they may become among the four most dominant economies by the year 2050. The thesis was proposed by Jim O’Neill, global economist at Goldman Sachs. These countries are forecast to encompass over forty percent of the world’s population and hold a combined GDP [PPP] of 14.951 trillion dollars. On almost every scale, they would be the largest entity on the global stage

Last day I accidentally came across this interesting map which shows China’s sphere of influence as a regional power currently and as a world power in future. But in both scenarios its worth noticing that India and Japan are out of their influence. What does that mean? Are we Indians big a fish to swallow? Answer is –We are big fish indeed. But we fail to realize that the threat posed by Chinese are much more grave and potential than that of Pakistan even .Looking back at history, Indo-China relations were never smooth going and the news is even bad as Chinese team up with Pak for their extended reach in Persian Gulf. With the current GDP growth of China and the way they are flexing their economic muscles it’s just a matter of decision, when we should move more barrels right into those cold northern borders.

Update:-

Emigrating to Brazil doesn’t seem to be a bad idea

Hailing from Kerala, the costal state of India famous for their communist dominance in politics, Che Guevara is not an unfamiliar name at all. The guerilla revolutionary who joined Fidel Castro in overthrowing Cuba’s repressive Batista regime gained an iconic status among communist around the world as the leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas.But after being captured and executed deep in Bolivian forest by Bolivian soldiers the very famous Che-photo attained never before popularity that any other single photo has managed. This picture of Che Guevara was given the status -”the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century.” The following  picture was taken on 5th of March 1960 during the memorial ceremony following the Belgian arms transport explosion in Havana harbor which killed 136 people.

 The photo was taken by Alberto Korda who snaps just 2 pics  of Che when he appeared  on the stage for less than a minute during the Fidel Castro speech at the ceremony. The photo became famous only seven years later after the death of Guevara in Bolivia, when Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli obtained the rights to  publish Guevara’s Bolivian Diary and published the image as a large poster. Feltrinelli had obtained prints from Korda a few months before Guevara’s death. It was originally planned to 
use the picture for the cover of the Italian edition of the diary. But Soon after his death the photo found a new meaning and purpose. The various version of the photos came out, some in red and black, others in black and white and some in black and white with a red star.

The two-toned print version of the picture, has a long history of free distribution starting as free posters in Italy to innumerable number of copies and versions all around the globe promoting the spirit of Che Guevara.Korda never asked for any profits from the sale of his image, and never questioned the use of it until 2000, when he sued Smirnoff Vodka for using it in an ad campaign. The image is now worn and adored by a diverse group of people; the one’s who truly believe in ideals that Che Guevara lived for to fashion freaks who has little or no knowledge of the symbolism or history of Che Guevara. Either way the legacy and history of Che Guevara remains immortal.

 I found the above interesting cartoon map about how Ronald Reagan the
US president (1980-198 might have thought about the word during his reigning period.(Click the pic for an enlarged image). 

Now this one for George W. Bush (a.k.a Dubya) for his ultra conservative outlook…(Click the pic for an enlarged image).