Either Way It's Gonna Rain In India

Agricultural sector contributes around 28 percent to India's GDP, and more than 70 percent resident Indians still live in the rural areas of India. The correlation is that those 70 percent are dependent on agriculture-related products and services. And, if it doesn't rain there on time, the chances are highly likely that it's gonna rain on the Indian bourses, stripping the bourses of their sheen for a couple of quarters, at the max -- yes, at the max! Why?

Poor monsoon leads to poor agricultural products and services for the year, leading to poorer, or lesser, incomes for the populations in those rural areas, reducing the demands for the commodities that those poor people feed on. Thus, the economy relatively slows down, and investors find it relatively very hard to send "greenshoots" on the Indian market, crippling their abilities, and/or capabilities, to play speculative games through which they "cohort-ly" "rig" the bourses to make obscene amount of money.

So, watch out for the "Indian" sky, or call the Meteorological department of India, before you invest on the Indian bourses! Since it has already been "raining" all over the world, and if it even rains on the Indian bourses, you might not have any place left to hide your "speculatively" earned stack of cash! Am I right -- dear FIIs?

Retrospect

I was thinking how weird we all have become. How fragile things are getting in life. How we unavoidably lose a lot, when we strive to earn just a little more. How far should, or could, or must, we go to get things we want, or need, the most? And, how would, or could, or should, we justify all our sincere efforts? Things do backfire! Don't they?

Life is indeed a rollercoaster ride! We enjoy it, when we are at the top. But, how should we take it, when we are at the bottom? Should we expect something to cling on? What if, when we don't have any? We are just human! Ain't we? Human!

At times, we just get scared of growing up further. You never know what is awaiting you next! Knowing all this, would you still prefer living the rest of your life forward, or would you prefer living it backward -- provided that you can make that kind of choice only once? Weird? Retrospect! That might solve a lot of issues!

As far as I am concerned, I want to make more mistakes in the future!

Bangalore or Buffalo?

I would like to share with you some newly "coined" governments' statements, and some new findings in the international-politics-cum-international-business. These are some power-pact excerpts from the Times of India.

Pitching for increased economic ties between India and the America, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for "advanced" linkages, similar to the existing ones, between "Manhattan and Mumbai," or between "Boston and Bangalore."

Unveiling new proposed tax reforms, Obama had said, "It's a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York."

Terming the blooming partnerships between the two countries as "exciting", Clinton asserted that India's growing economic prowess is recognised the way, the law of gravity is accepted by people.

"We need bilateral cooperation between our governments to catch up with our people-to-people and economic ties," asserted Clinton.

"People know what kind of business and investment opportunities are there in India. According to Clinton, the America views India as one of the few partners worldwide who would help the country in shaping the "21st century."

The reason is as simple as anything! The trade between India and the US is worth over USD 43 billion and has more than doubled since 2004. Moreover, a study has found that corporate India created employment for 300,000 people in the US between 2004 and 2007. An India Brand Equity Foundation study release mentioned that the Indian industry contributed USD 105 billion to the US economy during 2004-07.

So, Bangalore or Buffalo? Is it gonna matter, anymore?