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கிரேக்கத்தில் வங்கிகள் மூடப்பட்டு மாதத்தின் துவக்கத்தில் ஓய்வூதியதாரர்கள் எவ்வளவு சிரமப்படுகின்றார்கள் என்பது குறித்தான செய்திகளைக் காண நேர்ந்தது. மக்கள் அங்கு சந்திக்கின்ற துயரங்கள் கடந்த ஒரு வாரமாக பத்திரிகைகளில் வந்த வண்ணம் உள்ளன.

ஜனநாயகத் தத்துவங்களின் தொட்டிலாகவும், கலைகள், அறிவியல், கணிதம், தத்துவம், தற்கால மருத்துவம் என அனைத்திற்கும் வழிகாட்டியாகத் திகழ்ந்த கிரேக்கத்திற்கா இந்த பாடுகள். சாக்ரடீஸ், ப்ளாட்டோ, அரிஸ்டாட்டில், அலெக்ஸாண்டர், பித்தாகரஸ் போன்ற ஆளுமைகள் தோன்றிய மண். வானளாவிய உயர்ந்த கட்டிடங்களில் அங்கு ஜனநாயகத்தின் தத்துவ விவாதங்கள் நடந்தன. ஆனால், இன்றைக்கு அக்கட்டிடங்கள் இடிந்து வெற்றுச் சுவர்களாக நிற்கின்றன.

அதுபோல இன்றைக்கு கிரேக்கத்தின் பொருளாதாரமும் தேக்கமடைந்து பின்னோக்கிச் சென்று அங்குள்ள மக்கள் துயரத்தில் வாடுகின்றனர். உலக சமுதாயம் கிரேக்கம் வேறொரு நாடுதானே என்று நினைக்காமல் மனிதகுலத்திற்கு ஜனநாயகத்தையும், கலாச்சாரத்தையும் போதித்த அந்த மண்ணைக் காப்பாற்ற வேண்டிய கடமையை மேற்கொள்ளவேண்டும்.

கிராமங்களில் எவ்வளவோ கண்ணியமாக வாழ்ந்து பலருக்கு நிழலாக அமைந்து உதவியவர்களின் பெரிய மாடிவீடுகள் எல்லாம் மழையிலும் வெயிலிலும் பழுப்பேறி அதைப் பராமரிக்க ஆள் இல்லாத காட்சியைப் போலதான் இன்றைக்கு கிரேக்கத்தின் நிலை.  வாழ்ந்து கெட்டு மற்றவர்களுக்கு உதவி செய்தவர்கள் கூட இன்றைக்கு வறுமைகோட்டில் வாழ்கின்ற காட்சியாக இருக்கின்றது.
இதுவெல்லாம் கிராமங்களில் வசித்தவர்களுக்குத்தான் தெரியும்.

உலகத்திற்கு வழிகாட்டியாகத் திகழ்ந்த கிரேக்கத்தின் நிலைமை இன்றைக்கு தலைகீழாகியுள்ளது. இதனை நாம் வேடிக்கை பார்க்கக்கூடாது. ஒவ்வொரு நாடும் கிரேக்கத்தின் துயரத்தைக் கண்டு, தெளிந்து  தன் நாட்டின் நிர்வாகத்தையும் சீர்செய்துகொள்ளவேண்டும்.

ஆதியில் நல்லவைகளுக்கு வழிகாட்டிய கிரேக்கம் இப்போது கேடு வந்தால் தற்காத்துக் கொள்ளவும் வழிகாட்டியாகத் திகழ்கின்றது.
ஐரோப்பிய யூனியன் இன்றைக்கு கிரேக்கத்திற்கு உதவுவது குறித்து தன்னுடைய தயக்கங்களையும் தெளிவான முடிவுகளையும் எடுக்க முன்வராமலிருக்கின்றது.  அதைக்குறித்து ஞாயிறன்று வெளியான டைம்ஸ் ஆஃப் இந்தியா மற்றும் எக்கனாமிக் டைம்ஸ்  ஏட்டில் வெளியான பத்தி.

Don't Worry, It's Not All Greek

It's not going to be the end of the world or even the European Union. Not just yet. And not because of a Greek tragedy long in the making, and heading towards a much-feared end. Relatively insulated, India and its investors have reason to be optimistic, feel some experts. More so, because the infrastructure sector is beginning to show signs of life
Tech Analysts Predict a Rebound; Nifty Could Bounce 3-4%

Investors have been uncertain about market prospects in the wake of the crisis in Greece. But, those tracking the charts are more optimistic about the outlook. Technical analysts are betting on a rebound in benchmark indices as indicators are pointing to further strength in the market for the near term.Analysts feel traders could create bullish bets as the Nifty could move about 3-4% in the near term. The Nifty closed at 8,368 on Tuesday.
SHUBHAM AGARWAL HEAD TECHNICAL RESEARCH, MOTILAL OSWAL SECURITIES

Where are we now?

Nifty is now at a verge of a breakout post a reversal from the lower end of a `Downward Sloping Wedge' which has been under development for the past four months. The probability of it moving up based on the historical back-test remains at 80%.

Levels to watch:

Post a temporary time correction in the band of 8150-8450, the Index is expected to move up for an initial target of 8900 and a pattern target of 9200. A statistical study which compares Relative Strength of Global Equities coincide with a Buy for Indian equities and could lead to inflow of fresh investments.


Where are we now?

Nifty futures are stuck in a range. On the downside, it is finding support at 8160 (the 100% price extension which we have drawn from low of 4538 to high of 6349). On the upside, it is finding resistance at 8390 (the 50% price extension which we have drawn from low of 2228 to high of 6336).

Levels to watch:

A close above 8390 on the weekly basis can take Nifty futures to higher level of 8587 (8587 is the 123.60% price extension which we have drawn from low of 4538 to high of 6349). So levels to watch out for in days to come would be 8160 --8390--8587.


Where are we now?

The index has validated a channel breakout last Monday and moved in to a consolidation phase for a couple of days. It provided a strong weekly close on Friday with rising window candle formation on weekly chart. The much-required throw back fall seems to have completed on Monday due to Greece developments. Interestingly, the turnaround has taken place at a cluster support which are around 50% retracement of last rise (7940 to 8423) and 200-day EMA.

Levels to watch:

Technically, a larger bounceback move may be on the cards. The next level to watch on upside is 84238490.If we clear this level, then we could test 8650­8700 band before July expiry which is around 61.8% retracement level of entire fall from 9119 to 7940.  
(Courtesy : The Economic Times​ ) 

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ERGO, WE OWE GREECE

`Crisis' Comes From Greece, As Does `Therefore'. If We Paid For Each Use, Their Troubles Would End In A Day
Austerity or not--that's what the Greeks will be voting for today , as the country decides on whether to accept a proposal by creditors to keep aid flowing.While the Greeks are lining up outside banks and worrying about their next meal, the internet has been debating creative solutions to this real world problem.
At the top of the headlines is the Greek Bailout Fund, a crowd funding campaign set up by London-based marketing manager Thom Feeney , to “sort this s*** out“, possibly over some salad and retsina. The campaign has raised more than 1.7 million euros in six days, but they're likely to fall short of the 1.6 billion euro target despite the tempting offers of postcards from Greece and bottles of ouzo for each pledge.

Another line of thought advocates a write-off, a waiver of sorts, to repay the cultural debt the West owes Greece. Eminent historians, classicists and authors have written to The Telegraph urging policymakers to remember ancient Greece's contributions to the Western world as also “how valiantly many Greeks fought in WWII and how hard-working, frugal and family-minded the majority of Greeks have long been and continue to be.“

Ideas of democracy , philosophy , modern medicine, mathematics, art and science can be traced back to Greece. In fact, it was the Greeks who gave us the word `crisis'--which is tagged to the country in every other reference now--derived from the Greek krinein, meaning decide. Hard to put a price on all that.

“What would our world be like if Socrates hadn't talked of knowledge, Plato hadn't written about love, and Aristotle hadn't thought about science and ethics and logic and God? If Phidias hadn't de signed the Parthenon and Polykleitos hadn't defined male beauty and Praxiteles hadn't sculpted the female form? If Hippocrates hadn't revolutionized medicine? If Alexander hadn't been so great?“ writes Lauren Davidson in The Telegraph.

To give credit where it's due, this isn't an entirely new idea. Four years ago, in an interview to The Guardian, French Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard came up with a similar solution. “The Greeks gave us logic. We owe them for that. It was Aristotle who came up with the big `therefore'... We use this word millions of times, to make our most important decisions. It's about time we started paying for it. If every time we use the word therefore, we have to pay 10 euros to Greece, the crisis will be over in one day , and the Greeks will not have to sell the Parthenon to the Germans,“ he had said. So, if we applied Godard's logic to all the other words Greece gave us--or maybe just picked the number of times `crisis' has been used in news reports in the last two weeks--it would all be repaid in less than a day .

There's more advice from BBC Magazine, which suggests that the Greeks will have to look into their past to face up to the present. “Fortunately for them, the ancient Greeks provided us with a splendid strategy for dealing with crises: the philosophy known as Stoicism,“ writes William Irvine.“The Stoics have a simple technique for making our days go better: we should think about how they could have been worse,“ he says. Stoics also focus on things they can control, and work on those.

Is that what Feeney is doing with his fund? “While I thought the campaign was near impossible when I started, I've since downgraded to merely `improbable'. I sincerely hope that in the coming weeks I, and hundreds of Greeks, will be employed in wrapping bottles of ouzo and sending postcards of Alexis Tsipras out to people who have donated. The infrastructure required to do that alone would be quite something. But just think of the party!“ he writes in The Guardian.

Courtesy : The Times of India.

- கே.எஸ்.இராதாகிருஷ்ணன்.
7-05-2015.

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