Neo Imperialism

I remember a discussion I was involved in at a session in Cambridge last month. The current MNC trends in India were compared to the establishment of East India Company in India a few centuries ago. Does this suggest that the current trends might lead to imperialism or may be newer avatar of imperialism?

We live in an exponentially different world today compared to the world in the 18^th century. The information revolution removed the barriers for communication and expression. Is imperialism even possible in this information world? I think not as long as no single entity completely controls and filters the communication pipelines.

China and India

We humans tend to compare things and enjoy a grin on our face when our side is better than the other. Why do we do this? I do not know! Did anyone figure it out yet? Leaving that aside, I want to present an interesting comparison I did that definitely put a grin on my face :)

This is a trend analysis on the number of searches done for a keyword on Google. The keywords compared here are "China" and "India". The result says that users have searched for the keyword "India" more. Does this mean more people are interested in learning about India than the number of people interested in learning about China? Or does this mean more people have lesser knowledge on India but have enough knowledge on China?

PS: Off late I've been getting a sense of understanding on how we can calm our brains. We often heat it up by asking the questions on why things happen. May be a better approach is focusing on what we can do when things happen...a good topic for a very long blog.