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Dark clouds and silver linings

Today I heard about a grand wedding of an Indian tycoon (Ambani's son) from a friend of mine, and he showed me some videos of it too. He said famous and powerful people from around the world have been invited to it, and the cost of the event was going to be several Billions (of Indian Rupees or USD, I don't know). If you think about it, India is a country with a higher population of substandard living conditions. There are innocent and miserable children who are forced to work for a mere subsistence, being deprived of education, health facilities, and food and water. I remember a movie based on a true story in which Akshey Kumar was playing the leading role where he makes sanitary towels (pads) for poor women who could not afford it. In such a country, a single wedding event spends billions of money. What a crappy world we are living! You could imagine how much wealth this family has amassed. On the other, this "mental disease" of exorbitant spending must be highly we

Proposal to Reform the United Nations

Proposal to Reform the United Nations     Preamble It is obvious that the current United Nations is not democratic and fair because it is effectively controlled by the five States which have the veto power.   Even to amend it to become a better democratic global institution is impossible because the Security Council stops such process.   This situation must be stopped at any cost. The vast majority of the Member states are deprived of their equitable place and dignity in this present system. Therefore, they must be prepared to be brave and smart enough to re-form a new United Nations, if the existing system is not willing to be reformed in better and democratic way.          1.      A new UN Charter should be adopted based on the current Charter with amendments to include the proposed changes herewith.          2.      The functional and administrative organizational hierarchy should be as follows.        3.      The General Assembly (UNGA) shall be made the apex body of the UN, and al