What Can we Expect from Modi in the Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the strange relationship of Narendra Modi with Putin, the reasons for Modi’s recent cancellation of his annual summit with Putin, the role of India’s needs for oil and […]
Every Day is Thanksgiving in India (Global Connections)
But Thanksgiving Itself is Not Common. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar, who is from India, helps us understand the extent to which Thanksgiving is celebrated in India. It is not celebrated or recognized as a national holiday in India. But it is observed in the […]
The United Nations and the Norm of R2P (Global Connections)
A 2nd Book in the Indian Parliament Library. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our guest Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the UN Norm of R2P, that is, the Responsibility to Protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. This norm emerged as an […]
The Status of Diversity in New York City (Community Matters)
Is it Changing These Days, and in What Way. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our New York correspondent Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand diversity in New York, in the streets, shops, restaurants, museums and the UN. Is there racism or bigotry, or are people friendly and tolerant […]
A Clean Environment is a Universal Right (Global Connections)
The General Assembly Said so on July 28th. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar, who studies and writes on global relations, reports to us on the UN resolution declaring that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, is a universal human right. The states who […]
Covid is Surging in India (Global Connections)
It’s Coming Back with a Vengeance. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar helps us understand the covid surge that is taking place in India, how it is coming back, why is it coming back and what it is doing to India, its health care system and […]
What the World Thinks of the Roe Reversal (Global Connections)
Their Views of the Decline of our Democracy. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Rooptmai Khandekar will help us understand global reaction to the Roe reversal and the decline of progressive social policy and democratic government. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mHEEOF0uG_ZWaKXVlH7Wn9 Please visit our […]
Globalization is over (Global Connections)
The Global Culture Wars Have Begun. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our panel discusses an article about de-globalization or reverse globalization by David Brooks in the New York Times. What are the indications of de-globalization, what are the indications of the emergence of global culture wars, and […]
Burning Global Issues 2022
Make no mistake; the world is on fire! ThinkTech presents an examination of six continents by thought and community leaders living in or expert in those continents, discussing burning issues for each, how they relate to the prospects for functioning democracy, and what we can learn from all of that. The underlying theme is of […]
Update on Global Covid (Global Connections)
Recognizing the Epidemiological Realities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Roopmati Khandekar, author and researcher on global covid, helps us understand the latest sea changes and dynamics on the spread and lethality of the various mutations, including delta, omicron and now stealth, the distribution and effect of the […]