Picto Diary - 21 April 2017 - Lectures at Sea

Above: Seven Seas Voyager. Bangkok to Abu Dhabi.
Sri Lanka coast now visible starboard.
Day at sea. Bay of Bengal. 21 April 2017.

"India's increasing impact on the world's economy and politics is well known. But, she has an equally huge impact on world culture as well."

Clive Leatherdale, on board lecturer. Seven Seas Voyager.

Film (image 1), sports - cricket (image 2), literature (image 3 V.S Naipaul).

Above: Selected slides from shipboard lecturer Clive Leatherdale's presentation on India. Seven Seas Voyager. Rounding Sri Lanka. 21 April 2017.

"India is a place that breeds conflict."

Two such "breeders" are the rise of Hindu Nationalism (1st image) and rapidly growing imbalance of female to male ratio (second image), where, with introduction of ultrasound technology, disproportionate numbers of pre born females are aborted by couples preferring male children.

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Good history lesson on Korea-- and of course very topical—enjoy the cruise

Montage, Marina del Rey, CA