1st B-log

Resolute on the Ground and Reasonable in Diplomacy should be the  FOREIGN POLICY  for China Month after Doklam withdrawal, more Chinese troops on the plateau than ever before The Indian team was given instructions by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his two principal aides - NSA Doval and foreign secretary S. Jaishankar - on the redlines: India would remain 'resolute on the ground and reasonable in diplomacy'. In other words, India was willing to discuss mutual disengagement or withdrawal but it would not step back just because the Chinese were making threatening noises. "Doklam was never about the PLA leaving," says an Indian army official. "It was about them staying." And while the world's attention was focused on Doklam, the PLA quietly moved deeper into Bhutanese territory. "De-escalation at Doklam is one phase," says Jayadeva Ranade, ex-additional secretary (R&AW) and a China analyst. "The Chinese are smarting and will...

When we sit in the very center of all our chaos and stop fighting it or wishing it away it is possible to find the present moment. And in the present moment we find our center, a.k.a. the eye of the storm. “At the center of a fierce tropical storm, there is a small area where the weather is calm, the sky is clear, and the winds are just light breezes. This area is called the eye of the storm.” When we stay centered and in the present moment, peace and calm are possible all the time. No matter what. When we try to runaway from what is happening in our lives or race through it we move into the eyewall: “Surrounding the eye is the eyewall, which is the most violent part of hurricane.” When we put all our efforts into getting away from the storm in our lives, we move into agitation, anger, upset. Yet if we stay exactly in the center of our selves, in the center of our lives in this moment we are fine. In each moment we are just fine. In fact calm weather, clear skies and light bre...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Is  artificial intelligence creating jobs, hardly stealing ? About 9 out of 10 Indian companies say artificial intelligence (AI) has created new jobs, according to a study report by IT services and consulting firm Capgemini. The same report mentioned that every 6 out of 10 Indian companies have been implementing AI in their operations. India has seen more than 20 per cent of such new roles in AI and digital technology being created at very senior level (C-suite), unlike other countries, noted the report. All the Indian companies who have been surveyed said they expect AI to increase effectiveness at varied operational categories. What is 'C-Suite' C-Suite, or C-Level, is a widely-used slang term used to collectively refer to a corporation's most important senior executives. C-Suite gets its name from the titles of top senior executives which tend to start with the letter C, for chief, as in chief  executive officer (CEO), chief fina...