tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389161612011-04-21T13:01:14.638-07:00As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.. -- Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)Akshaya Shivkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538612013488497021noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38916161.post-75783512043344963272007-04-14T21:16:00.000-07:002007-04-14T21:21:09.126-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2CcfKmK5ntA/RiGoBpO33gI/AAAAAAAAABc/IvFYpLMjOAE/s1600-h/MeltingPot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053505003087977986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2CcfKmK5ntA/RiGoBpO33gI/AAAAAAAAABc/IvFYpLMjOAE/s400/MeltingPot.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">Globalization has become the most-used buzz word in socio-political circles, and with the resulting amalgamation of the cultures and civilizations of the World into a Global Village of sorts, each of us has now metamorphosed into a Citizen of the World.<br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.sacmag.com/media/images/MeltingPot.jpg"></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">The luminescence of long by-gone civilizations shimmers through the cultures and traditions of the Citizen of the World- he is formless, transcends borders, and can indulge with equal ease and enjoyment in activities which were once restricted to geo-political settlers-a Dim Sum culinary treat in Japan, a snow-skiing lesson in Alaska, a desert safari in the Sahara, learning about the boa in the Amazon, shopping in Milan, sleeping on hot stones in the freezing Gobi...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">A Citizen of the World's views on culture and its obelisks-Melting Pot</span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38916161-7578351204334496327?l=akshaya-meltingpot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Akshaya Shivkumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538612013488497021noreply@blogger.com0