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Notice (8): Undefined variable: file [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60]Code Context// $file = 'http://aabhiyan:QUVLg8Wzs2F7G9N7@nepalstock.com.np/api/indexdata.xml';if(!$xml = simplexml_load_file($file)){$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp' $dataForView = array( 'articles' => array( (int) 0 => array( 'Article' => array( [maximum depth reached] ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( [maximum depth reached] ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( [maximum depth reached] ) ) ), 'current_user' => null, 'logged_in' => false ) $articles = array( (int) 0 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1069', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'What Happens When We Treat The Country First And Self Interest Later? A True Revolution', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> </p> <p> <img alt="Buddha's Delight" height="111" src="http://www.newbusinessage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/budda's_delight_imageJune2013.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 0 0;" width="100" />Today people across globe are closely watching a country. The notion about that country revolves around a tag of Corruption, Nepotism and Lawlessness. It faced decades of political turmoil and sometimes complete paralysis of normal life. Being a young country, with 50% population below the age of 30 and bordering a large economy, there were significant migrations for greener pastures. Though the population grew moderately and the middle class was emerging as power house, country forecast was bleak due to radical syndication and rampant corruption. It is Mexico I am talking about. </p> <p> All the negative images of Mexico were true till some years back. It was facing problems from poverty, drug cartels, political instability, syndication, strikes – you name it. Then a revolution happened with a paradigm shift on people’s mindset. It was a silent revolution without any tag of any of the “Isms”. One day Mexicans decided that they have had enough. They realized that either they have to move on or they will be moved aside and their future cannot be defined by handicaps like Corruption and Political instability. They woke up to change the Image of Mexico. </p> <p> And look at the result. Financial Times reported on 19th September 2012 that Mexican exports surpassed the combined export of the rest of the Latin America. Chrysler uses their Mexico base to supply to the Chinese market. Chinese market – you have heard it right!!!</p> <p> How this has happened? It is the power of collective wisdom. When society decides to change together – the result can be awesome. Suddenly people do not want to be held hostage by radicalism. It’s a Mexican Wave – a Tsunami which gripped the country. Political parties were forced to act to avoid extinction. Waking up from the political coma, Mexico’s three major political parties decided to work together and signed a “Pact for Mexico”. </p> <p> Mexico still has huge governance problems to fix; nobody claims otherwise. Even then, the change was profound and clear. As American Journalist Dorothy Day said - “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us”. In that way, Mexico went in the right path. Acknowledging a problem is half the cure. </p> <p> In recent times Mexico signed 44 free trade agreements; more than any country in the world. It is more than double than China and four times than Brazil at the same period; shocking but true. With the greatly increasing number of graduating engineers and skilled laborers in recent times, slowly they are gaining manufacturing market share back from Asia and attracting increasing global investment. By the way, my sources say that in SAARC region, number of Engineering and Medical students in USA from Nepal is more than that of Pakistan and Bangladesh put together despite of Nepal’s population being only a fraction of them. So patient is alive and kicking; Indeed. </p> <p> But – we are discussing Mexico. What happened there? One trend became clear. Now, an average Mexican citizen can judge performances on real time. They can inform the authority about violations or infrastructure failure and government mends things. How quickly things are being fixed are also being tracked online. This gives them power. This power sets pressure points to force changes. Thus, Mexico liberalized commerce, fixed accountability and democratized Media. Basically, they democratized the democracy itself. Democracy in Mexico is not restricted to only a handful of people. Authorities and Government became accountable and answerable to all. </p> <p> As per World Bank, in 2 years by end of 2011, Per Capita GDP of Mexico increased from US$7852 to US$10047 while India moved from US$1127 to US$1489 and China from US$3749 to US$5445. It means a Country with 116Mill population & 1.1% growth rate increased their per capita exposure to goods by 28% in 2 years. As per latest figure - Mexican inflation is around 4% and unemployment rate 5%. 1.758 Trillion US$ Mexican GDP (based on PPP) gets a whopping 23% contribution from Industry!! Do we need more argument in favor of the power of people and the might of collective Wisdom?</p> <p> Is this a revolution? Revolution came from Latin word “Revolutio”, which means “a turnaround”. Revolution is a fundamental change in structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. It does not mean shutting down things or politicizing events or organizing strikes. Revolution means positive changes for the betterment of all member of the society. Revolution occurs when fellow citizens become accountable and behave responsibly. It is a turnaround which has to start with each Individual through small action. Even a handful of people can start this momentous change. As Margaret Mead said - “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who <span style="font-size: 12px;">ever have.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-07', 'modified' => '2013-07-15', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us.', 'sortorder' => '940', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1054', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;">We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos. I thought – “really?” Another sniggered, “what was the lady (the rape victim!!) doing so late at night”? (9.30 p.m.!!) They were declaring the victim guilty with such smugness that I felt sick. Who decides what modest dressing is? Does the fact of wearing western clothes give a right to molest? A female walking alone at 9.30 p.m., does that provide anybody a right to rape? Come on – must be joking!!! <br /> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> There is a part of society that always blames women. They whisper, “She must have provoked him”, “She must have done something wrong.” The “guilty” verdict is delivered. Ever wonder why the victim’s face is blurred on TV? She has not done anything wrong except, may be, walking alone at night!! Why does she have to use a veil to cover her face? Probably because she does not have faith in being treated humanely. She knows that her friends, relatives and society in general will not let her move on and continue with her life. There will be whispers everywhere she goes. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Declaring a woman guilty after being assaulted is not a recent phenomenon. It happened even in Ramayana. Sita,wife of Lord Rama, was asked to prove herself by entering in fire. Even then Rama had to ostracize her. She pleaded with mother Earth to take her back. Despite of remorse expressed by all, she went back to her maternal home. There are multiple versions of the story but one basic issue is clear: Sita had to prove her innocence. Till then, she was guilty. In Mahabharata – “Anushashana Parva section CXXIII” – it is mentioned that when the husband is away the wife should not use ornaments, not have a proper bath (gets stinky!!) and not indulge in any adornment till the hubby is back. In a nutshell, the diktat is clear – look horrible and smell horrible. If she wears ornaments, etc., what will happen? She will look good, off course!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Then what? Men will be attracted to her! And her husband is away. Guilty – guilty – guilty!! Unless she proves her innocence by ensuring she does not look good. Awesome – is it not so? By the way,nobody asks the husband how he satiates himself while he is away!! From ancient times a son, as heir, is always of paramount importance. Lineage to progress, as if the male was the only involved in the progression process. We have seen enough daughters making their family proud and sons shaming them. Still, a son is a must to advance the ancestry. In Puja Mantra, we pray to provide us with sons. Even ladies pray fervently – “Putram Dehi.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">If a girl is born, it is the lady’s fault. If she cannot conceive, she has to be tested. If the wife is brave enough to suggest testing her husband, may God save the poor lady. Somebody told me recently (a male) that his wife is having difficulties to conceive, so a doctor was consulted. Some tests were suggested for her. I asked, “What about you?” Apparently the doctor said “We shall test the wife first.” Surprised? Guilty unless proven innocent, isn’t it? I did not ask the gender of the doctor though. It does not matter. Every day someone, somewhere, is getting insulted; be it a daughter, mother or wife. She is being ostracized and her dignity gets violated. Some tolerate silently, some like Sita go back to their parental home, some decide to end their lives and very few fight back.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Even though we boast progress (but have we progressed really?), we can only proclaim that we are progressing when the victim removes her veil and looks into our eyes, holds her head high and seeks justice. We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit. Empowering women with more freedom and choices are crucial for a better future. There is incentive for all of us. It enhances development. Countries that have expanded opportunities to women have achieved moderate population growth, reduced child mortality and increased life expectancy. This, in turn, has improvedthe Human Development Index (HDI) of the country. HDI measures country’s performance beyond GDP. Women are the key factor for sustainable long term development with a triple-win strategy — better economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Empowering women and moving towards 360 degree development will not happen by merely commenting in social media or by candle light vigil alone. Each one of us must redefine our thought process. As Mahatma Gandhi said – “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> </p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos.', 'sortorder' => '927', 'image' => '1370333621.jpg', 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1055', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Socialism – The Great Equalizer Or Capitalism – The Great Divider?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <strong><span class="A29"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: ">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile?</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> So<span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">me ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. Everyone will be equally poor or equally rich! Typically, Socialism is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">A Professor had an experiment where all grades were to be averaged and everyone would receive same grade. So no topper – no loser either. It was enthusiastically accepted by all for obvious reasons. </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">After first test, grades were averaged, everyone got a B+. Students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were ecstatic. Before second test, students who studied little worked even less and who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. Average was a D. No one was happy. Next the average dropped to F.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">Time goes by, instead of the scores, bickering, blame and name-calling increased. No one would study for the benefit of anyone else. Perfect Socialist class – is it not so? </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">I am not to judge whether Socialism is good or bad but trying to share a perspective of Human Mind. It always asks – “what’s in it for me?”</span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile? Some insights which we must ponder; </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">1. One cannot elevate the poor into prosperity by taking the wealth out of the prospered!</span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">2. When one receives anything without working for it, another one would have worked for it without receiving! </span></span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">3. Nobody can give anybody anything for free that has not been taken first from somebody else for free! </span></span></strong></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">4. One cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);"><br /> <br /> 5. There will always be a section of people who want to try less than others and get more than others in return. </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">On the other hand – will there not be a tendency in human psychology to be successful and forge ahead of others – by hook or by CROOK? When reward seems to be so great that it elevates one from one’s current social strata, will that person not look for short cut and easy way to achieve the goal? Is individuality not a common human trait? Is an urge of becoming individual is not the germination of Capitalism? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">What is Capitalism? Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production, with the creation of goods and services for profit. What is Profit? It is Value obtained less cost incurred. If a person has Capital and he wants to employ the service of a group of people to create something out of that capital to maximize it’s Value and thereby earn a profit, is there anything wrong? Can the group of people whose service is sought dictate the terms to the person whose Capital is employed? Can the group of people whose service is sought demand a share of the profit which the value addition to the Capital obtained? Seems so unfair. Is not it so? Yes, if one is a Capitalist and no if one belongs to the group of service providers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">But what if in the whole exercise, the entity (person) takes undue advantage of any system or group of people? What is “Undue”? It is any non-acceptable social practice which takes advantage of current social condition of the service provider who works hard to finish a process which adds more value to the initial Capital. It is “Undue” if there is a conscious effort from the Capitalist to ensure that the Social strata of the service provider remains unchanged.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); text-align: justify;">There are good societies where there is a conscious effort to improve the quality of life of people, and the general satisfaction and sense of fairness is high amongst the entire social strata. There are bad societies where 90% of the wealth is accumulated with 1% of people through means of unfair actions where most of the people live in misery and general feeling amongst the mass is a concoction of mistrust, frustration, deceit and bitterness. </span></p> <p class="Pa9" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); line-height: 115%;">Can any society be 100% Capitalist or 100% Socialist? It needs a right kind of balance. It is the member of the society who must determine the balance and rule of the game. As Martin Luther King Jr pointed out - “Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. 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A True Revolution', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> </p> <p> <img alt="Buddha's Delight" height="111" src="http://www.newbusinessage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/budda's_delight_imageJune2013.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 0 0;" width="100" />Today people across globe are closely watching a country. The notion about that country revolves around a tag of Corruption, Nepotism and Lawlessness. It faced decades of political turmoil and sometimes complete paralysis of normal life. Being a young country, with 50% population below the age of 30 and bordering a large economy, there were significant migrations for greener pastures. Though the population grew moderately and the middle class was emerging as power house, country forecast was bleak due to radical syndication and rampant corruption. It is Mexico I am talking about. </p> <p> All the negative images of Mexico were true till some years back. It was facing problems from poverty, drug cartels, political instability, syndication, strikes – you name it. Then a revolution happened with a paradigm shift on people’s mindset. It was a silent revolution without any tag of any of the “Isms”. One day Mexicans decided that they have had enough. They realized that either they have to move on or they will be moved aside and their future cannot be defined by handicaps like Corruption and Political instability. They woke up to change the Image of Mexico. </p> <p> And look at the result. Financial Times reported on 19th September 2012 that Mexican exports surpassed the combined export of the rest of the Latin America. Chrysler uses their Mexico base to supply to the Chinese market. Chinese market – you have heard it right!!!</p> <p> How this has happened? It is the power of collective wisdom. When society decides to change together – the result can be awesome. Suddenly people do not want to be held hostage by radicalism. It’s a Mexican Wave – a Tsunami which gripped the country. Political parties were forced to act to avoid extinction. Waking up from the political coma, Mexico’s three major political parties decided to work together and signed a “Pact for Mexico”. </p> <p> Mexico still has huge governance problems to fix; nobody claims otherwise. Even then, the change was profound and clear. As American Journalist Dorothy Day said - “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us”. In that way, Mexico went in the right path. Acknowledging a problem is half the cure. </p> <p> In recent times Mexico signed 44 free trade agreements; more than any country in the world. It is more than double than China and four times than Brazil at the same period; shocking but true. With the greatly increasing number of graduating engineers and skilled laborers in recent times, slowly they are gaining manufacturing market share back from Asia and attracting increasing global investment. By the way, my sources say that in SAARC region, number of Engineering and Medical students in USA from Nepal is more than that of Pakistan and Bangladesh put together despite of Nepal’s population being only a fraction of them. So patient is alive and kicking; Indeed. </p> <p> But – we are discussing Mexico. What happened there? One trend became clear. Now, an average Mexican citizen can judge performances on real time. They can inform the authority about violations or infrastructure failure and government mends things. How quickly things are being fixed are also being tracked online. This gives them power. This power sets pressure points to force changes. Thus, Mexico liberalized commerce, fixed accountability and democratized Media. Basically, they democratized the democracy itself. Democracy in Mexico is not restricted to only a handful of people. Authorities and Government became accountable and answerable to all. </p> <p> As per World Bank, in 2 years by end of 2011, Per Capita GDP of Mexico increased from US$7852 to US$10047 while India moved from US$1127 to US$1489 and China from US$3749 to US$5445. It means a Country with 116Mill population & 1.1% growth rate increased their per capita exposure to goods by 28% in 2 years. As per latest figure - Mexican inflation is around 4% and unemployment rate 5%. 1.758 Trillion US$ Mexican GDP (based on PPP) gets a whopping 23% contribution from Industry!! Do we need more argument in favor of the power of people and the might of collective Wisdom?</p> <p> Is this a revolution? Revolution came from Latin word “Revolutio”, which means “a turnaround”. Revolution is a fundamental change in structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. It does not mean shutting down things or politicizing events or organizing strikes. Revolution means positive changes for the betterment of all member of the society. Revolution occurs when fellow citizens become accountable and behave responsibly. It is a turnaround which has to start with each Individual through small action. Even a handful of people can start this momentous change. As Margaret Mead said - “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who <span style="font-size: 12px;">ever have.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-07', 'modified' => '2013-07-15', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us.', 'sortorder' => '940', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1054', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;">We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos. I thought – “really?” Another sniggered, “what was the lady (the rape victim!!) doing so late at night”? (9.30 p.m.!!) They were declaring the victim guilty with such smugness that I felt sick. Who decides what modest dressing is? Does the fact of wearing western clothes give a right to molest? A female walking alone at 9.30 p.m., does that provide anybody a right to rape? Come on – must be joking!!! <br /> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> There is a part of society that always blames women. They whisper, “She must have provoked him”, “She must have done something wrong.” The “guilty” verdict is delivered. Ever wonder why the victim’s face is blurred on TV? She has not done anything wrong except, may be, walking alone at night!! Why does she have to use a veil to cover her face? Probably because she does not have faith in being treated humanely. She knows that her friends, relatives and society in general will not let her move on and continue with her life. There will be whispers everywhere she goes. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Declaring a woman guilty after being assaulted is not a recent phenomenon. It happened even in Ramayana. Sita,wife of Lord Rama, was asked to prove herself by entering in fire. Even then Rama had to ostracize her. She pleaded with mother Earth to take her back. Despite of remorse expressed by all, she went back to her maternal home. There are multiple versions of the story but one basic issue is clear: Sita had to prove her innocence. Till then, she was guilty. In Mahabharata – “Anushashana Parva section CXXIII” – it is mentioned that when the husband is away the wife should not use ornaments, not have a proper bath (gets stinky!!) and not indulge in any adornment till the hubby is back. In a nutshell, the diktat is clear – look horrible and smell horrible. If she wears ornaments, etc., what will happen? She will look good, off course!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Then what? Men will be attracted to her! And her husband is away. Guilty – guilty – guilty!! Unless she proves her innocence by ensuring she does not look good. Awesome – is it not so? By the way,nobody asks the husband how he satiates himself while he is away!! From ancient times a son, as heir, is always of paramount importance. Lineage to progress, as if the male was the only involved in the progression process. We have seen enough daughters making their family proud and sons shaming them. Still, a son is a must to advance the ancestry. In Puja Mantra, we pray to provide us with sons. Even ladies pray fervently – “Putram Dehi.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">If a girl is born, it is the lady’s fault. If she cannot conceive, she has to be tested. If the wife is brave enough to suggest testing her husband, may God save the poor lady. Somebody told me recently (a male) that his wife is having difficulties to conceive, so a doctor was consulted. Some tests were suggested for her. I asked, “What about you?” Apparently the doctor said “We shall test the wife first.” Surprised? Guilty unless proven innocent, isn’t it? I did not ask the gender of the doctor though. It does not matter. Every day someone, somewhere, is getting insulted; be it a daughter, mother or wife. She is being ostracized and her dignity gets violated. Some tolerate silently, some like Sita go back to their parental home, some decide to end their lives and very few fight back.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Even though we boast progress (but have we progressed really?), we can only proclaim that we are progressing when the victim removes her veil and looks into our eyes, holds her head high and seeks justice. We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit. Empowering women with more freedom and choices are crucial for a better future. There is incentive for all of us. It enhances development. Countries that have expanded opportunities to women have achieved moderate population growth, reduced child mortality and increased life expectancy. This, in turn, has improvedthe Human Development Index (HDI) of the country. HDI measures country’s performance beyond GDP. Women are the key factor for sustainable long term development with a triple-win strategy — better economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Empowering women and moving towards 360 degree development will not happen by merely commenting in social media or by candle light vigil alone. Each one of us must redefine our thought process. As Mahatma Gandhi said – “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> </p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos.', 'sortorder' => '927', 'image' => '1370333621.jpg', 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1055', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Socialism – The Great Equalizer Or Capitalism – The Great Divider?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <strong><span class="A29"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: ">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile?</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> So<span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">me ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. Everyone will be equally poor or equally rich! Typically, Socialism is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">A Professor had an experiment where all grades were to be averaged and everyone would receive same grade. So no topper – no loser either. It was enthusiastically accepted by all for obvious reasons. </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">After first test, grades were averaged, everyone got a B+. Students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were ecstatic. Before second test, students who studied little worked even less and who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. Average was a D. No one was happy. Next the average dropped to F.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">Time goes by, instead of the scores, bickering, blame and name-calling increased. No one would study for the benefit of anyone else. Perfect Socialist class – is it not so? </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">I am not to judge whether Socialism is good or bad but trying to share a perspective of Human Mind. It always asks – “what’s in it for me?”</span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile? Some insights which we must ponder; </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">1. One cannot elevate the poor into prosperity by taking the wealth out of the prospered!</span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">2. When one receives anything without working for it, another one would have worked for it without receiving! </span></span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">3. Nobody can give anybody anything for free that has not been taken first from somebody else for free! </span></span></strong></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">4. One cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);"><br /> <br /> 5. There will always be a section of people who want to try less than others and get more than others in return. </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">On the other hand – will there not be a tendency in human psychology to be successful and forge ahead of others – by hook or by CROOK? When reward seems to be so great that it elevates one from one’s current social strata, will that person not look for short cut and easy way to achieve the goal? Is individuality not a common human trait? Is an urge of becoming individual is not the germination of Capitalism? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">What is Capitalism? Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production, with the creation of goods and services for profit. What is Profit? It is Value obtained less cost incurred. If a person has Capital and he wants to employ the service of a group of people to create something out of that capital to maximize it’s Value and thereby earn a profit, is there anything wrong? Can the group of people whose service is sought dictate the terms to the person whose Capital is employed? Can the group of people whose service is sought demand a share of the profit which the value addition to the Capital obtained? Seems so unfair. Is not it so? Yes, if one is a Capitalist and no if one belongs to the group of service providers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">But what if in the whole exercise, the entity (person) takes undue advantage of any system or group of people? What is “Undue”? It is any non-acceptable social practice which takes advantage of current social condition of the service provider who works hard to finish a process which adds more value to the initial Capital. It is “Undue” if there is a conscious effort from the Capitalist to ensure that the Social strata of the service provider remains unchanged.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); text-align: justify;">There are good societies where there is a conscious effort to improve the quality of life of people, and the general satisfaction and sense of fairness is high amongst the entire social strata. There are bad societies where 90% of the wealth is accumulated with 1% of people through means of unfair actions where most of the people live in misery and general feeling amongst the mass is a concoction of mistrust, frustration, deceit and bitterness. </span></p> <p class="Pa9" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); line-height: 115%;">Can any society be 100% Capitalist or 100% Socialist? It needs a right kind of balance. It is the member of the society who must determine the balance and rule of the game. As Martin Luther King Jr pointed out - “Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Some ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. Everyone will be equally poor or equally rich!', 'sortorder' => '926', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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A True Revolution', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> </p> <p> <img alt="Buddha's Delight" height="111" src="http://www.newbusinessage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/budda's_delight_imageJune2013.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 0 0;" width="100" />Today people across globe are closely watching a country. The notion about that country revolves around a tag of Corruption, Nepotism and Lawlessness. It faced decades of political turmoil and sometimes complete paralysis of normal life. Being a young country, with 50% population below the age of 30 and bordering a large economy, there were significant migrations for greener pastures. Though the population grew moderately and the middle class was emerging as power house, country forecast was bleak due to radical syndication and rampant corruption. It is Mexico I am talking about. </p> <p> All the negative images of Mexico were true till some years back. It was facing problems from poverty, drug cartels, political instability, syndication, strikes – you name it. Then a revolution happened with a paradigm shift on people’s mindset. It was a silent revolution without any tag of any of the “Isms”. One day Mexicans decided that they have had enough. They realized that either they have to move on or they will be moved aside and their future cannot be defined by handicaps like Corruption and Political instability. They woke up to change the Image of Mexico. </p> <p> And look at the result. Financial Times reported on 19th September 2012 that Mexican exports surpassed the combined export of the rest of the Latin America. Chrysler uses their Mexico base to supply to the Chinese market. Chinese market – you have heard it right!!!</p> <p> How this has happened? It is the power of collective wisdom. When society decides to change together – the result can be awesome. Suddenly people do not want to be held hostage by radicalism. It’s a Mexican Wave – a Tsunami which gripped the country. Political parties were forced to act to avoid extinction. Waking up from the political coma, Mexico’s three major political parties decided to work together and signed a “Pact for Mexico”. </p> <p> Mexico still has huge governance problems to fix; nobody claims otherwise. Even then, the change was profound and clear. As American Journalist Dorothy Day said - “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us”. In that way, Mexico went in the right path. Acknowledging a problem is half the cure. </p> <p> In recent times Mexico signed 44 free trade agreements; more than any country in the world. It is more than double than China and four times than Brazil at the same period; shocking but true. With the greatly increasing number of graduating engineers and skilled laborers in recent times, slowly they are gaining manufacturing market share back from Asia and attracting increasing global investment. By the way, my sources say that in SAARC region, number of Engineering and Medical students in USA from Nepal is more than that of Pakistan and Bangladesh put together despite of Nepal’s population being only a fraction of them. So patient is alive and kicking; Indeed. </p> <p> But – we are discussing Mexico. What happened there? One trend became clear. Now, an average Mexican citizen can judge performances on real time. They can inform the authority about violations or infrastructure failure and government mends things. How quickly things are being fixed are also being tracked online. This gives them power. This power sets pressure points to force changes. Thus, Mexico liberalized commerce, fixed accountability and democratized Media. Basically, they democratized the democracy itself. Democracy in Mexico is not restricted to only a handful of people. Authorities and Government became accountable and answerable to all. </p> <p> As per World Bank, in 2 years by end of 2011, Per Capita GDP of Mexico increased from US$7852 to US$10047 while India moved from US$1127 to US$1489 and China from US$3749 to US$5445. It means a Country with 116Mill population & 1.1% growth rate increased their per capita exposure to goods by 28% in 2 years. As per latest figure - Mexican inflation is around 4% and unemployment rate 5%. 1.758 Trillion US$ Mexican GDP (based on PPP) gets a whopping 23% contribution from Industry!! Do we need more argument in favor of the power of people and the might of collective Wisdom?</p> <p> Is this a revolution? Revolution came from Latin word “Revolutio”, which means “a turnaround”. Revolution is a fundamental change in structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. It does not mean shutting down things or politicizing events or organizing strikes. Revolution means positive changes for the betterment of all member of the society. Revolution occurs when fellow citizens become accountable and behave responsibly. It is a turnaround which has to start with each Individual through small action. Even a handful of people can start this momentous change. As Margaret Mead said - “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who <span style="font-size: 12px;">ever have.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-07', 'modified' => '2013-07-15', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us.', 'sortorder' => '940', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1054', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;">We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos. I thought – “really?” Another sniggered, “what was the lady (the rape victim!!) doing so late at night”? (9.30 p.m.!!) They were declaring the victim guilty with such smugness that I felt sick. Who decides what modest dressing is? Does the fact of wearing western clothes give a right to molest? A female walking alone at 9.30 p.m., does that provide anybody a right to rape? Come on – must be joking!!! <br /> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> There is a part of society that always blames women. They whisper, “She must have provoked him”, “She must have done something wrong.” The “guilty” verdict is delivered. Ever wonder why the victim’s face is blurred on TV? She has not done anything wrong except, may be, walking alone at night!! Why does she have to use a veil to cover her face? Probably because she does not have faith in being treated humanely. She knows that her friends, relatives and society in general will not let her move on and continue with her life. There will be whispers everywhere she goes. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Declaring a woman guilty after being assaulted is not a recent phenomenon. It happened even in Ramayana. Sita,wife of Lord Rama, was asked to prove herself by entering in fire. Even then Rama had to ostracize her. She pleaded with mother Earth to take her back. Despite of remorse expressed by all, she went back to her maternal home. There are multiple versions of the story but one basic issue is clear: Sita had to prove her innocence. Till then, she was guilty. In Mahabharata – “Anushashana Parva section CXXIII” – it is mentioned that when the husband is away the wife should not use ornaments, not have a proper bath (gets stinky!!) and not indulge in any adornment till the hubby is back. In a nutshell, the diktat is clear – look horrible and smell horrible. If she wears ornaments, etc., what will happen? She will look good, off course!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Then what? Men will be attracted to her! And her husband is away. Guilty – guilty – guilty!! Unless she proves her innocence by ensuring she does not look good. Awesome – is it not so? By the way,nobody asks the husband how he satiates himself while he is away!! From ancient times a son, as heir, is always of paramount importance. Lineage to progress, as if the male was the only involved in the progression process. We have seen enough daughters making their family proud and sons shaming them. Still, a son is a must to advance the ancestry. In Puja Mantra, we pray to provide us with sons. Even ladies pray fervently – “Putram Dehi.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">If a girl is born, it is the lady’s fault. If she cannot conceive, she has to be tested. If the wife is brave enough to suggest testing her husband, may God save the poor lady. Somebody told me recently (a male) that his wife is having difficulties to conceive, so a doctor was consulted. Some tests were suggested for her. I asked, “What about you?” Apparently the doctor said “We shall test the wife first.” Surprised? Guilty unless proven innocent, isn’t it? I did not ask the gender of the doctor though. It does not matter. Every day someone, somewhere, is getting insulted; be it a daughter, mother or wife. She is being ostracized and her dignity gets violated. Some tolerate silently, some like Sita go back to their parental home, some decide to end their lives and very few fight back.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Even though we boast progress (but have we progressed really?), we can only proclaim that we are progressing when the victim removes her veil and looks into our eyes, holds her head high and seeks justice. We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit. Empowering women with more freedom and choices are crucial for a better future. There is incentive for all of us. It enhances development. Countries that have expanded opportunities to women have achieved moderate population growth, reduced child mortality and increased life expectancy. This, in turn, has improvedthe Human Development Index (HDI) of the country. HDI measures country’s performance beyond GDP. Women are the key factor for sustainable long term development with a triple-win strategy — better economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Empowering women and moving towards 360 degree development will not happen by merely commenting in social media or by candle light vigil alone. Each one of us must redefine our thought process. As Mahatma Gandhi said – “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> </p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos.', 'sortorder' => '927', 'image' => '1370333621.jpg', 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1055', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Socialism – The Great Equalizer Or Capitalism – The Great Divider?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <strong><span class="A29"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: ">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile?</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> So<span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">me ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. Everyone will be equally poor or equally rich! Typically, Socialism is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">A Professor had an experiment where all grades were to be averaged and everyone would receive same grade. So no topper – no loser either. It was enthusiastically accepted by all for obvious reasons. </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">After first test, grades were averaged, everyone got a B+. Students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were ecstatic. Before second test, students who studied little worked even less and who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. Average was a D. No one was happy. Next the average dropped to F.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">Time goes by, instead of the scores, bickering, blame and name-calling increased. No one would study for the benefit of anyone else. Perfect Socialist class – is it not so? </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">I am not to judge whether Socialism is good or bad but trying to share a perspective of Human Mind. It always asks – “what’s in it for me?”</span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile? Some insights which we must ponder; </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">1. One cannot elevate the poor into prosperity by taking the wealth out of the prospered!</span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">2. When one receives anything without working for it, another one would have worked for it without receiving! </span></span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">3. Nobody can give anybody anything for free that has not been taken first from somebody else for free! </span></span></strong></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">4. One cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);"><br /> <br /> 5. There will always be a section of people who want to try less than others and get more than others in return. </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">On the other hand – will there not be a tendency in human psychology to be successful and forge ahead of others – by hook or by CROOK? When reward seems to be so great that it elevates one from one’s current social strata, will that person not look for short cut and easy way to achieve the goal? Is individuality not a common human trait? Is an urge of becoming individual is not the germination of Capitalism? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">What is Capitalism? Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production, with the creation of goods and services for profit. What is Profit? It is Value obtained less cost incurred. If a person has Capital and he wants to employ the service of a group of people to create something out of that capital to maximize it’s Value and thereby earn a profit, is there anything wrong? Can the group of people whose service is sought dictate the terms to the person whose Capital is employed? Can the group of people whose service is sought demand a share of the profit which the value addition to the Capital obtained? Seems so unfair. Is not it so? Yes, if one is a Capitalist and no if one belongs to the group of service providers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">But what if in the whole exercise, the entity (person) takes undue advantage of any system or group of people? What is “Undue”? It is any non-acceptable social practice which takes advantage of current social condition of the service provider who works hard to finish a process which adds more value to the initial Capital. It is “Undue” if there is a conscious effort from the Capitalist to ensure that the Social strata of the service provider remains unchanged.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); text-align: justify;">There are good societies where there is a conscious effort to improve the quality of life of people, and the general satisfaction and sense of fairness is high amongst the entire social strata. There are bad societies where 90% of the wealth is accumulated with 1% of people through means of unfair actions where most of the people live in misery and general feeling amongst the mass is a concoction of mistrust, frustration, deceit and bitterness. </span></p> <p class="Pa9" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); line-height: 115%;">Can any society be 100% Capitalist or 100% Socialist? It needs a right kind of balance. It is the member of the society who must determine the balance and rule of the game. As Martin Luther King Jr pointed out - “Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Some ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. Everyone will be equally poor or equally rich!', 'sortorder' => '926', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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A True Revolution', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> </p> <p> <img alt="Buddha's Delight" height="111" src="http://www.newbusinessage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/budda's_delight_imageJune2013.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 0 0;" width="100" />Today people across globe are closely watching a country. The notion about that country revolves around a tag of Corruption, Nepotism and Lawlessness. It faced decades of political turmoil and sometimes complete paralysis of normal life. Being a young country, with 50% population below the age of 30 and bordering a large economy, there were significant migrations for greener pastures. Though the population grew moderately and the middle class was emerging as power house, country forecast was bleak due to radical syndication and rampant corruption. It is Mexico I am talking about. </p> <p> All the negative images of Mexico were true till some years back. It was facing problems from poverty, drug cartels, political instability, syndication, strikes – you name it. Then a revolution happened with a paradigm shift on people’s mindset. It was a silent revolution without any tag of any of the “Isms”. One day Mexicans decided that they have had enough. They realized that either they have to move on or they will be moved aside and their future cannot be defined by handicaps like Corruption and Political instability. They woke up to change the Image of Mexico. </p> <p> And look at the result. Financial Times reported on 19th September 2012 that Mexican exports surpassed the combined export of the rest of the Latin America. Chrysler uses their Mexico base to supply to the Chinese market. Chinese market – you have heard it right!!!</p> <p> How this has happened? It is the power of collective wisdom. When society decides to change together – the result can be awesome. Suddenly people do not want to be held hostage by radicalism. It’s a Mexican Wave – a Tsunami which gripped the country. Political parties were forced to act to avoid extinction. Waking up from the political coma, Mexico’s three major political parties decided to work together and signed a “Pact for Mexico”. </p> <p> Mexico still has huge governance problems to fix; nobody claims otherwise. Even then, the change was profound and clear. As American Journalist Dorothy Day said - “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us”. In that way, Mexico went in the right path. Acknowledging a problem is half the cure. </p> <p> In recent times Mexico signed 44 free trade agreements; more than any country in the world. It is more than double than China and four times than Brazil at the same period; shocking but true. With the greatly increasing number of graduating engineers and skilled laborers in recent times, slowly they are gaining manufacturing market share back from Asia and attracting increasing global investment. By the way, my sources say that in SAARC region, number of Engineering and Medical students in USA from Nepal is more than that of Pakistan and Bangladesh put together despite of Nepal’s population being only a fraction of them. So patient is alive and kicking; Indeed. </p> <p> But – we are discussing Mexico. What happened there? One trend became clear. Now, an average Mexican citizen can judge performances on real time. They can inform the authority about violations or infrastructure failure and government mends things. How quickly things are being fixed are also being tracked online. This gives them power. This power sets pressure points to force changes. Thus, Mexico liberalized commerce, fixed accountability and democratized Media. Basically, they democratized the democracy itself. Democracy in Mexico is not restricted to only a handful of people. Authorities and Government became accountable and answerable to all. </p> <p> As per World Bank, in 2 years by end of 2011, Per Capita GDP of Mexico increased from US$7852 to US$10047 while India moved from US$1127 to US$1489 and China from US$3749 to US$5445. It means a Country with 116Mill population & 1.1% growth rate increased their per capita exposure to goods by 28% in 2 years. As per latest figure - Mexican inflation is around 4% and unemployment rate 5%. 1.758 Trillion US$ Mexican GDP (based on PPP) gets a whopping 23% contribution from Industry!! Do we need more argument in favor of the power of people and the might of collective Wisdom?</p> <p> Is this a revolution? Revolution came from Latin word “Revolutio”, which means “a turnaround”. Revolution is a fundamental change in structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. It does not mean shutting down things or politicizing events or organizing strikes. Revolution means positive changes for the betterment of all member of the society. Revolution occurs when fellow citizens become accountable and behave responsibly. It is a turnaround which has to start with each Individual through small action. Even a handful of people can start this momentous change. As Margaret Mead said - “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who <span style="font-size: 12px;">ever have.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-07', 'modified' => '2013-07-15', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us.', 'sortorder' => '940', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1054', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;">We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos. I thought – “really?” Another sniggered, “what was the lady (the rape victim!!) doing so late at night”? (9.30 p.m.!!) They were declaring the victim guilty with such smugness that I felt sick. Who decides what modest dressing is? Does the fact of wearing western clothes give a right to molest? A female walking alone at 9.30 p.m., does that provide anybody a right to rape? Come on – must be joking!!! <br /> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> There is a part of society that always blames women. They whisper, “She must have provoked him”, “She must have done something wrong.” The “guilty” verdict is delivered. Ever wonder why the victim’s face is blurred on TV? She has not done anything wrong except, may be, walking alone at night!! Why does she have to use a veil to cover her face? Probably because she does not have faith in being treated humanely. She knows that her friends, relatives and society in general will not let her move on and continue with her life. There will be whispers everywhere she goes. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Declaring a woman guilty after being assaulted is not a recent phenomenon. It happened even in Ramayana. Sita,wife of Lord Rama, was asked to prove herself by entering in fire. Even then Rama had to ostracize her. She pleaded with mother Earth to take her back. Despite of remorse expressed by all, she went back to her maternal home. There are multiple versions of the story but one basic issue is clear: Sita had to prove her innocence. Till then, she was guilty. In Mahabharata – “Anushashana Parva section CXXIII” – it is mentioned that when the husband is away the wife should not use ornaments, not have a proper bath (gets stinky!!) and not indulge in any adornment till the hubby is back. In a nutshell, the diktat is clear – look horrible and smell horrible. If she wears ornaments, etc., what will happen? She will look good, off course!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">Then what? Men will be attracted to her! And her husband is away. Guilty – guilty – guilty!! Unless she proves her innocence by ensuring she does not look good. Awesome – is it not so? By the way,nobody asks the husband how he satiates himself while he is away!! From ancient times a son, as heir, is always of paramount importance. Lineage to progress, as if the male was the only involved in the progression process. We have seen enough daughters making their family proud and sons shaming them. Still, a son is a must to advance the ancestry. In Puja Mantra, we pray to provide us with sons. Even ladies pray fervently – “Putram Dehi.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> <span style="font-size:12px;">If a girl is born, it is the lady’s fault. If she cannot conceive, she has to be tested. If the wife is brave enough to suggest testing her husband, may God save the poor lady. Somebody told me recently (a male) that his wife is having difficulties to conceive, so a doctor was consulted. Some tests were suggested for her. I asked, “What about you?” Apparently the doctor said “We shall test the wife first.” Surprised? Guilty unless proven innocent, isn’t it? I did not ask the gender of the doctor though. It does not matter. Every day someone, somewhere, is getting insulted; be it a daughter, mother or wife. She is being ostracized and her dignity gets violated. Some tolerate silently, some like Sita go back to their parental home, some decide to end their lives and very few fight back.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Even though we boast progress (but have we progressed really?), we can only proclaim that we are progressing when the victim removes her veil and looks into our eyes, holds her head high and seeks justice. We must provide more freedom and choices to our daughters – be it economic or social. And we should do it for our own benefit. Empowering women with more freedom and choices are crucial for a better future. There is incentive for all of us. It enhances development. Countries that have expanded opportunities to women have achieved moderate population growth, reduced child mortality and increased life expectancy. This, in turn, has improvedthe Human Development Index (HDI) of the country. HDI measures country’s performance beyond GDP. Women are the key factor for sustainable long term development with a triple-win strategy — better economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> Empowering women and moving towards 360 degree development will not happen by merely commenting in social media or by candle light vigil alone. Each one of us must redefine our thought process. As Mahatma Gandhi said – “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> </p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Violence against women, an everyday event with cases splashed across media. This is a global phenomenon not specific to a particular country, cast, creed or community. I heard somebody commenting on a talk show that women should dress modestly, be accompanied after dark, and should not frequent discos.', 'sortorder' => '927', 'image' => '1370333621.jpg', 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '1055', 'article_category_id' => '78', 'title' => 'Socialism – The Great Equalizer Or Capitalism – The Great Divider?', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <strong><span class="A29"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: ">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile?</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> So<span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">me ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. Everyone will be equally poor or equally rich! Typically, Socialism is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">A Professor had an experiment where all grades were to be averaged and everyone would receive same grade. So no topper – no loser either. It was enthusiastically accepted by all for obvious reasons. </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">After first test, grades were averaged, everyone got a B+. Students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were ecstatic. Before second test, students who studied little worked even less and who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. Average was a D. No one was happy. Next the average dropped to F.</span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">Time goes by, instead of the scores, bickering, blame and name-calling increased. No one would study for the benefit of anyone else. Perfect Socialist class – is it not so? </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">I am not to judge whether Socialism is good or bad but trying to share a perspective of Human Mind. It always asks – “what’s in it for me?”</span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when one winner takes all the reward away, what’s the point for others in running that extra mile? Some insights which we must ponder; </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span><strong style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">1. One cannot elevate the poor into prosperity by taking the wealth out of the prospered!</span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">2. When one receives anything without working for it, another one would have worked for it without receiving! </span></span></strong></p> <p class="Pa27" style="margin-left:14.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-14.0pt"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">3. Nobody can give anybody anything for free that has not been taken first from somebody else for free! </span></span></strong></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">4. One cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);"><br /> <br /> 5. There will always be a section of people who want to try less than others and get more than others in return. </span></span><span style="font-size:12px;"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">On the other hand – will there not be a tendency in human psychology to be successful and forge ahead of others – by hook or by CROOK? When reward seems to be so great that it elevates one from one’s current social strata, will that person not look for short cut and easy way to achieve the goal? Is individuality not a common human trait? Is an urge of becoming individual is not the germination of Capitalism? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">What is Capitalism? Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production, with the creation of goods and services for profit. What is Profit? It is Value obtained less cost incurred. If a person has Capital and he wants to employ the service of a group of people to create something out of that capital to maximize it’s Value and thereby earn a profit, is there anything wrong? Can the group of people whose service is sought dictate the terms to the person whose Capital is employed? Can the group of people whose service is sought demand a share of the profit which the value addition to the Capital obtained? Seems so unfair. Is not it so? Yes, if one is a Capitalist and no if one belongs to the group of service providers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30);">But what if in the whole exercise, the entity (person) takes undue advantage of any system or group of people? What is “Undue”? It is any non-acceptable social practice which takes advantage of current social condition of the service provider who works hard to finish a process which adds more value to the initial Capital. It is “Undue” if there is a conscious effort from the Capitalist to ensure that the Social strata of the service provider remains unchanged.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); text-align: justify;">There are good societies where there is a conscious effort to improve the quality of life of people, and the general satisfaction and sense of fairness is high amongst the entire social strata. There are bad societies where 90% of the wealth is accumulated with 1% of people through means of unfair actions where most of the people live in misery and general feeling amongst the mass is a concoction of mistrust, frustration, deceit and bitterness. </span></p> <p class="Pa9" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 29, 30); line-height: 115%;">Can any society be 100% Capitalist or 100% Socialist? It needs a right kind of balance. It is the member of the society who must determine the balance and rule of the game. As Martin Luther King Jr pointed out - “Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.”</span></p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-06-04', 'modified' => '2013-06-06', 'keywords' => 'new business age buddha’s delight news & articles, buddha’s delight news & articles from new business age nepal, buddha’s delight headlines from nepal, current and latest buddha’s delight news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali buddha’s delight economic news and events, ongoing buddha’s', 'description' => 'Some ardent supporters of Socialism argue that it is a perfect tool for equal distribution of wealth. If it is properly implemented and followed, no one would be poor or reach. 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| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
