Sep 10If Hsuan Tsang didn’t come to India, China would’ve been poorer… spirituallyWhat if Hsuan Tsang chose not to travel to India — just like Xi Jinping did by skipping the G20 summit in India ? China would have been poorer today… spiritually Hsuan Tsang (or Xuanzang, Chinese: 玄奘), also known by his Sanskrit name Mōkṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk…India2 min readIndia2 min read
Sep 10India and China are too quantumly entangled to separateAncient Chinese believed “an invisible (red) thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.” Ancient Chinese clearly knew about quantum entanglement. Even if Chinese president Xi Jinping rebuffed India by not attending the…India1 min readIndia1 min read
Sep 8Comment les décideurs français perçoivent les BRICSCela fait exactement 20 ans que je consulte et donne des conférences pour des entreprises françaises Durant ces 2 dernières décennies, j’ai vu une évolution considérable — globalement positive — dans l’attitude (mentalité) des décideurs français vis-a-vis des économies émergentes — surtout l’Inde et l’Afrique En 2023, quand j’explique que…India3 min readIndia3 min read
Sep 2SmartIDEAthon 2023 showcases frugal innovators across IndiaCongrats to Anup Paikaray, a frugal innovator from the Indian state of Odisha, who just won GITAM SmartIDEAthon 2023 for his clean-burning cook-stove for rural India. Organized by GITAM Deemed University in partnership with Startup India and Northeastern University, Boston, GITAM SmartIDEAthon is a competition that recognizes & award innovators…Innovation2 min readInnovation2 min read
Aug 28India must embody “ShivShakti” right here on Earth — not just on the MoonIt makes sense to name ShivShakti (abbrev. for “Shiva + Shakti”) the landing spot of India’s chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon. Ardhanarishvara — the integrated (or rather “integral”) form of Shiva and Shakti — perfectly embodies the non-dual consciousness that Indian spiritual traditions are known for. “Embodied non-dual consciousness” is…India2 min readIndia2 min read
Aug 21L’Occident doit percevoir les BRICS comme une dynamique “Multi” et “Poly” — et non une force “Anti”Les médias occidentaux paranoïaques doivent arrêter de percevoir et inscrire l’essor des BRICS (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine, Afrique du Sud) dans une dynamique “ANTI” (anti-occidentale) La montée des BRICS s’inscrit plutôt dans une dynamique “MULTI” et “POLY” A l’aube du 21eme siècle et du 3ème millénaire, nous assistons à la…International2 min readInternational2 min read
Aug 18Europe must practice “Afro-mimicry”Biomimicry is a set of techniques that enable companies to draw inspiration from Nature to increase their performance, i.e. their “know-how” Afro-mimicry goes further: it is about drawing inspiration from Africa to raise our consciousness and improve our “savoir-être” (way of being in the world) In an excellent article (in…Africa2 min readAfrica2 min read
Aug 18Et si l’Europe pratiquait « l’Afro-mimétisme » ?Le biomimétisme permet aux entreprises de s’inspirer de la Nature pour augmenter leur performance, c.-à-d. leur « savoir-faire » L’afro-mimétisme va plus loin : il s’agit de s’inspirer de l’Afrique pour élever notre conscience et améliorer notre « savoir-être » Dans un excellent article publié dans Afrimag, Soha Benchekroun —…Africa2 min readAfrica2 min read
Aug 15Dear India: Happy 77th Independence Day !Dear India: Happy 77th Independence Day ! May you be independent of uniformity and freely express your diversity While 1.4 billion people altogether call you Motherland, they speak over 19,500 diverse languages or dialects as mother tongues While you gave birth to Hinduism, from your womb was also born Buddhism…India1 min readIndia1 min read
Aug 6India@2047: Leading the World in Sustainable DevelopmentLeading to India’s 77th independence day on August 15, 2023, I will publish several posts on how India can become not only a developed economy by 2047, but also build an inclusive and sustainable society You can read my first post here. In this second post, I want to highlight…India2 min readIndia2 min read
