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Monday, August 18, 2025

The Gautam Adani Saga: From Diamond Sorter to Global Tycoon Amid Storms of Controversy



The Gautam Adani Saga: From Diamond Sorter to Global Tycoon Amid Storms of Controversy

Gautam Adani, the enigmatic Indian billionaire, embodies the quintessential rags-to-riches narrative that has both inspired and divided opinion. Born into modest circumstances in Gujarat, he has built one of India’s largest conglomerates, the Adani Group—spanning ports, energy, mining, airports, cement, media, and digital infrastructure. His journey illustrates entrepreneurial grit, strategic opportunism, and the transformative power of India’s post-1991 economic liberalization. Yet it is equally shadowed by allegations of cronyism, environmental neglect, and financial impropriety.

As of August 2025, Adani’s net worth is estimated at around $60 billion, making him India’s second-richest individual and the world’s 25th wealthiest. But his story is no linear tale of success. Instead, it is punctuated by dramatic turning points, fierce controversies, and, more recently, high-profile attacks from U.S. short-sellers and regulators—episodes that raise deeper questions about corporate integrity, Western financial scrutiny, and the geopolitics of global capitalism.

This article traces Adani’s life, entrepreneurial ascent, defining milestones, and character assessments, before turning to the contentious battles with U.S. entities that frame his current reputation.


Early Life: Humble Roots in a Textile Family

Gautam Shantilal Adani was born on June 24, 1962, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, into a middle-class Jain family of modest means. His parents, Shantilal and Shantaben Adani, had migrated from Tharad, a small town in northern Gujarat. Shantilal worked as a textile merchant, but financial constraints were a fact of life in the household of eight children.

Adani attended Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya school but dropped out in 1978, aged just 16, to pursue work and business rather than academics. Rejecting his father’s textile business, he sought independence.

In 1978, he moved to Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, and began working as a diamond sorter for Mahendra Brothers. The job gave him his first exposure to high-value commerce, teaching him negotiation, market timing, and risk. By the early 1980s, he had developed both confidence and contacts.

In 1986, he married Priti Vora, a dentist. They have two sons: Karan Adani, now CEO of Adani Ports & SEZ, and Jeet Adani, who leads Adani Airports and Adani Digital Labs. His brother Vinod Adani—who later settled in Dubai—has also been deeply involved in the business, though often at the center of controversies over offshore entities.

Unlike many Indian industrialists born into established empires, Adani’s path was self-made, embodying the ethos of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) long before it became a national slogan.


Entrepreneurial Journey: From Plastics to Ports and Power

Adani’s entrepreneurial foray began in 1981, when he returned to Ahmedabad to help his brother Mahasukhbhai run a plastics unit, focusing on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) imports. By 1985, he launched his own trading venture in polymers, capitalizing on India’s growing manufacturing demand.

In 1988, he founded Adani Exports (now Adani Enterprises), initially trading agro products and power commodities. The timing proved fortuitous: India’s 1991 economic liberalization under P.V. Narasimha Rao dismantled the “License Raj,” creating new opportunities for private enterprise. Adani scaled aggressively, becoming one of the country’s leading foreign exchange earners by the late 1990s.

The defining pivot came in 1995, when the Gujarat government invited bids to manage Mundra Port. Adani won, and soon developed it into India’s largest private port and a flagship of the group’s logistics empire.

Over the following decades, the Adani Group expanded relentlessly:

  • 1996: Founded Adani Power, which would become India’s largest private thermal power producer.

  • 1999–2008: Entered coal trading and acquired international mines, including the Bunyu mine (Indonesia).

  • 2010–2012: Acquired the Carmichael coal mine in Australia, sparking global protests and the “Stop Adani” campaign.

  • 2000s–2010s: Launched Adani Wilmar (edible oils), Adani Gas, and diversified across infrastructure.

  • 2020–2022: Won the world’s largest solar energy bid (worth $6 billion), acquired Mumbai International Airport (74% stake), purchased Ambuja Cement & ACC ($10.5 billion), and took a controlling stake in NDTV.

By 2022, Adani briefly became Asia’s richest man, overtaking Mukesh Ambani. His growth strategy centered on vertical integration—controlling supply chains from mining to ports to energy distribution—leveraging both debt and proximity to government contracts.


Major Turning Points

Adani’s career has seen decisive turning points:

  1. 1978 – Migration to Mumbai, diamond trade apprenticeship.

  2. 1988 – Founding Adani Exports, expanding beyond polymers.

  3. 1991 – Liberalization opened global trade access.

  4. 1995 – Mundra Port contract: entry into infrastructure.

  5. 2006–2009 – Expansion into power and mining.

  6. 2010–2012 – Carmichael coal mine acquisition, sparking global activism.

  7. 2020–2022 – Renewable energy push and mega acquisitions.

  8. 2023 – Hindenburg Research report, triggering a $150 billion stock crash.

  9. 2024 – U.S. indictment on bribery and fraud charges, a major international setback.

These milestones reveal both his ability to seize opportunities and the recurring vulnerabilities of overleveraging, political dependence, and regulatory scrutiny.


The Adani Empire Today

By 2025, the Adani Group operates across energy, logistics, cement, finance, media, consumer goods, and technology, employing tens of thousands. Key projects include:

  • Vizhinjam Port in Kerala,

  • A 10,000 MW solar park in Rajasthan,

  • Data centers via Adani Connex,

  • New expansions in cement (Orient Cement acquisition, 2025).

However, concerns persist. Adani’s rapid growth was funded heavily by debt, making the group vulnerable during the 2023 market crash. Foreign investors have pressed for greater transparency.


Integrity Under Scrutiny

Adani inspires both admiration and suspicion.

  • Supporters hail him as a visionary who modernized India’s infrastructure, created jobs, and aligned with national priorities like renewable energy. His Adani Foundation, led by wife Priti, runs education, healthcare, and rural development programs. He was named in Time’s 100 Most Influential People (2022).

  • Critics accuse him of crony capitalism, pointing to his proximity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Environmental violations (Mundra, Carmichael) and stock manipulation allegations have marred his record. He has faced multiple legal probes—some dismissed, others ongoing.

The 2023 Hindenburg report accused him of “brazen stock manipulation,” and the 2024 U.S. indictment alleged $250 million in bribes for solar contracts. Adani has denied wrongdoing, calling the charges “politically motivated.”

The truth is likely mixed: while some allegations are exaggerated, others (especially on opaque offshore structures) remain credible. His reputation is indelibly shaped by the blurred lines of business and politics in India.


The U.S. Short-Selling Attacks: Shakedown, Racism, or Both?

Adani’s biggest reputational crisis came not from Indian regulators but from the United States.

  • Hindenburg Research (2023) accused the group of the “largest con in corporate history,” wiping out $150 billion in market capitalization.

  • U.S. DOJ & SEC Indictment (2024) charged Adani executives with bribery, securities fraud, and wire fraud. Indian authorities were slow to act, fueling suspicions of political shielding.

Were these legitimate actions—or a “financial hit job”?

  • Shakedown Theory: Critics argue short-sellers profit from crashes they help trigger. Hindenburg openly disclosed its short positions, leading some to call its tactics predatory.

  • Racism Theory: Defenders claim Western firms resent India’s rise and unfairly target brown-skinned billionaires. The aggressive tone of the Hindenburg report fed perceptions of bias.

  • Hybrid Reality: U.S. prosecutors did bring evidence-based charges, yet the profit-driven short-selling and selective focus on Adani add weight to shakedown claims.

This dual framing has turned the Adani saga into a case study in global finance, geopolitics, and identity politics.


Conclusion: A Complex Legacy in Flux

Gautam Adani’s journey—from diamond sorter to global tycoon—is both a story of India’s liberalization boom and a parable about the risks of concentrated power. His empire symbolizes ambition and innovation, but also the pitfalls of debt-fueled growth and political entanglement.

As of 2025, Adani continues to expand, but his legacy hangs in the balance. To supporters, he is a nation-builder; to critics, an emblem of crony capitalism. In truth, he is both—ambitious, resilient, flawed, and emblematic of the complex, contentious, unbreakable rise of modern India itself.




गौतम अडानी की गाथा: हीरे छाँटने वाले से वैश्विक उद्योगपति तक, विवादों के बीच

गौतम अडानी, भारत के रहस्यमयी अरबपति, उस विशुद्ध रैग्स-टू-रिचेस (फटेहाल से समृद्धि तक) कथा का प्रतीक हैं जिसने दुनिया का ध्यान खींचा है। गुजरात की साधारण पृष्ठभूमि से उठकर उन्होंने भारत के सबसे बड़े समूहों में से एक — अडानी समूह — की नींव रखी, जिसका विस्तार बंदरगाह, ऊर्जा, खनन, हवाई अड्डे, सीमेंट, मीडिया और डिजिटल अवसंरचना तक है। उनकी यात्रा उद्यमशीलता की दृढ़ता, रणनीतिक अवसरवाद और 1991 के बाद भारत की आर्थिक उदारीकरण की परिवर्तनकारी शक्ति का प्रमाण है। लेकिन इसके साथ ही यह गाथा सामाजिक संबंधों के सहारे उन्नति (क्रोनी कैपिटलिज़्म), पर्यावरणीय उपेक्षा और वित्तीय गड़बड़ियों के आरोपों से भी घिरी रही है।

अगस्त 2025 तक अडानी की कुल संपत्ति लगभग 60 अरब डॉलर आँकी गई है, जिससे वे भारत के दूसरे सबसे अमीर और दुनिया के 25वें सबसे धनी व्यक्ति हैं। लेकिन उनकी कहानी सीधी-सादी सफलता की दास्तान नहीं है। यह नाटकीय मोड़ों, तीखे विवादों और हाल के वर्षों में अमेरिकी शॉर्ट-सेलर कंपनियों तथा नियामकों के हमलों से भरी है — ऐसे प्रकरण जो ईमानदारी, नस्लवाद और कॉर्पोरेट दबाव (शेकडाउन) पर गहरे सवाल उठाते हैं।


प्रारंभिक जीवन: वस्त्र व्यापारी परिवार से उठान

गौतम शांतिलाल अडानी का जन्म 24 जून 1962 को अहमदाबाद, गुजरात में हुआ। वे एक मध्यमवर्गीय जैन परिवार से थे। उनके पिता शांतिलाल और माता शांताबेन अडानी मूल रूप से गुजरात के थराद कस्बे से आए थे। पिता वस्त्र व्यापारी थे और घर में आठ बच्चों के साथ आर्थिक तंगी आम बात थी।

अडानी ने अहमदाबाद के शेत चिनमणलाल नागिंदास विद्यालय में पढ़ाई की, लेकिन 1978 में मात्र 16 वर्ष की उम्र में पढ़ाई छोड़ दी। वे अपने पिता के कपड़े के व्यवसाय में रुचि नहीं रखते थे और स्वतंत्र राह चुनना चाहते थे।

1978 में वे मुंबई पहुँचे और महेंद्र ब्रदर्स नामक कंपनी में हीरे छाँटने वाले (डायमंड सॉर्टर) के रूप में काम शुरू किया। इस काम ने उन्हें उच्च मूल्य वाले वैश्विक व्यापार की बारीकियों से परिचित कराया और जोखिम उठाने व मोलभाव करने की कला सिखाई।

1986 में उनकी शादी प्रीति वोरा (दंत चिकित्सक) से हुई। उनके दो बेटे हैं — करन अडानी, जो अब अडानी पोर्ट्स एंड एसईजेड के सीईओ हैं, और जीत अडानी, जो अडानी एयरपोर्ट्स और अडानी डिजिटल लैब्स का नेतृत्व करते हैं। उनके भाई विनोद अडानी भी व्यवसाय से जुड़े रहे हैं, हालांकि ऑफशोर कंपनियों को लेकर वे विवादों में रहे।

अडानी की कहानी उन औद्योगिक घरानों से अलग है जिनके वारिस पहले से ही संपन्न थे। उन्होंने सचमुच आत्मनिर्भर भारत की भावना को मूर्त रूप दिया।


उद्यमिता की यात्रा: प्लास्टिक से पोर्ट और पावर तक

1981 में अडानी अहमदाबाद लौटे और अपने भाई महसुखभाई की प्लास्टिक इकाई संभाली, जहाँ से उन्होंने पीवीसी (PVC) आयात शुरू किया। 1985 तक उन्होंने खुद की पॉलिमर ट्रेडिंग कंपनी शुरू की और छोटे उद्योगों के लिए कच्चा माल उपलब्ध कराया।

1988 में उन्होंने अडानी एक्सपोर्ट्स (आज का अडानी एंटरप्राइजेज) की स्थापना की। शुरुआती कारोबार कृषि व ऊर्जा उत्पादों में था। 1991 के आर्थिक उदारीकरण ने उनके कारोबार को पंख दिए और वे भारत के सबसे बड़े विदेशी मुद्रा अर्जक बने।

1995 में गुजरात सरकार ने मुंद्रा बंदरगाह का प्रबंधन निजी क्षेत्र को सौंपने का निर्णय लिया। अडानी ने यह अनुबंध जीता और आगे चलकर इसे भारत का सबसे बड़ा निजी बंदरगाह बना दिया। यही उनका टर्निंग पॉइंट साबित हुआ।

इसके बाद समूह ने तेजी से विविधीकरण किया:

  • 1996: अडानी पावर की स्थापना — देश का सबसे बड़ा निजी ताप बिजली उत्पादक।

  • 1999–2008: कोयला व्यापार और इंडोनेशिया की बुन्यू खदान का अधिग्रहण।

  • 2010–2012: ऑस्ट्रेलिया की कारमाइकल कोयला खदान की खरीद, वैश्विक विरोध के बीच।

  • 2000–2010: अडानी विलमार (खाद्य तेल), अडानी गैस और अन्य सेवाएँ।

  • 2020–2022: विश्व की सबसे बड़ी सौर ऊर्जा बोली, मुंबई एयरपोर्ट (74% हिस्सेदारी), अंबुजा सीमेंट व एसीसी (10.5 अरब डॉलर), और एनडीटीवी में हिस्सेदारी।

2022 तक अडानी ने क्षणिक रूप से मुकेश अंबानी को पछाड़कर एशिया का सबसे अमीर व्यक्ति बनने का गौरव पाया।


अहम मोड़

अडानी की यात्रा कई निर्णायक मोड़ों से गुज़री:

  1. 1978 – मुंबई आगमन, हीरा व्यापार में प्रशिक्षण।

  2. 1988 – अडानी एक्सपोर्ट्स की स्थापना।

  3. 1991 – उदारीकरण से वैश्विक व्यापार का रास्ता खुला।

  4. 1995 – मुंद्रा पोर्ट का ठेका, बुनियादी ढाँचे में प्रवेश।

  5. 2006–2009 – पावर और माइनिंग में विस्तार।

  6. 2010–2012 – ऑस्ट्रेलिया की कारमाइकल खदान और “स्टॉप अडानी” आंदोलन।

  7. 2020–2022 – नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा और बड़े अधिग्रहण।

  8. 2023 – हिन्डेनबर्ग रिपोर्ट, 150 अरब डॉलर का बाजार मूल्य ध्वस्त।

  9. 2024 – अमेरिका में रिश्वतखोरी और धोखाधड़ी का अभियोग।


अडानी साम्राज्य आज

2025 तक अडानी समूह का विस्तार ऊर्जा, लॉजिस्टिक्स, सीमेंट, मीडिया, वित्त, उपभोक्ता वस्तुएँ और तकनीक तक है। प्रमुख परियोजनाएँ:

  • केरल का विझिंजम पोर्ट,

  • राजस्थान का 10,000 मेगावॉट सौर पार्क,

  • अडानी कॉनेक्‍स के माध्यम से डेटा सेंटर।

लेकिन कर्ज़ का बोझ अब भी चिंता का कारण है।


ईमानदारी पर सवाल

अडानी को लेकर ध्रुवीकरण साफ है:

  • समर्थक उन्हें दूरदर्शी मानते हैं, जिन्होंने लाखों रोजगार दिए और भारत के बुनियादी ढाँचे को बदल डाला।

  • आलोचक उन्हें क्रोनी कैपिटलिस्ट बताते हैं, जो सत्ता से नजदीकी का लाभ उठाते हैं। पर्यावरणीय उल्लंघन, स्टॉक हेरफेर और ऑफशोर कंपनियाँ उनके खिलाफ सबूत माने जाते हैं।

2023 की हिन्डेनबर्ग रिपोर्ट और 2024 का अमेरिकी अभियोग उनके करियर के सबसे बड़े झटके रहे। हालांकि, वे सभी आरोपों से इनकार करते रहे हैं।


अमेरिकी हमले: शेकडाउन, नस्लवाद, या दोनों?

  • हिन्डेनबर्ग रिसर्च (2023) ने अडानी को “कॉरपोरेट इतिहास की सबसे बड़ी ठगी” करार दिया।

  • अमेरिकी न्याय विभाग व SEC (2024) ने 250 मिलियन डॉलर की रिश्वत व धोखाधड़ी का आरोप लगाया।

इस पर बहस जारी है:

  • शेकडाउन सिद्धांत: शॉर्ट-सेलर गिरावट से मुनाफा कमाते हैं।

  • नस्लवाद सिद्धांत: पश्चिमी जगत भारत के उदय और “भूरे अरबपति” को स्वीकार नहीं करना चाहता।

  • संकर सच्चाई: कुछ आरोप सबूतों पर आधारित हैं, लेकिन लाभ-प्रेरित हमलों में पक्षपात की झलक भी है।


निष्कर्ष: एक जटिल विरासत

हीरे छाँटने वाले युवक से वैश्विक उद्योगपति तक अडानी की कहानी भारत की उदारीकरण गाथा का दर्पण है। उनकी उपलब्धियाँ जितनी बड़ी हैं, उतने ही बड़े विवाद भी हैं।

2025 तक वे विस्तार की राह पर हैं, लेकिन चल रही जाँचें उनके भविष्य को तय करेंगी। कुछ के लिए वे राष्ट्र निर्माता हैं, तो कुछ के लिए सत्तासंपोषित पूँजीपति। सच शायद बीच का है।

गौतम अडानी की गाथा, अंततः, महत्त्वाकांक्षी, विवादास्पद और अदम्य भारत की ही गाथा है।





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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Amazon Walking Away Was A Loss For AOC

I was not even following the developments closely. I thought it was a done deal. Past tense. And then Amazon announced its exit. I was surprised. I still have not had the time to dig into the details. I did read the NYC Mayor's op-ed on the topic. And the AOC celebratory tweet. And there is this Wharton podcast, that I read. (I did not listen)



If it was a botched deal, maybe the NY Governor, and the NYC Mayor did not sell it to the people hard enough. Or maybe Amazon made the mistake of not engaging. Or the protestors did not see the full picture. It comes across as a political victory, but an economic loss.

When I think of the Green New Deal, I see a lot of high tech entrepreneurship. Otherwise, under the current economic paradigm, the Green New Deal can look really, really hard. Pricing out dirty energy is much smoother than trying to shut down an industry. There is no shutdown valve.

Just like the original New Deal created a new middle class and a new age of prosperity, I see the Green New Deal as ushering in an Age of Abundance.

You probably don't want to come across as anti-entrepreneurship. On the other hand, maybe Amazon should not be so stand-offish when it comes to ordinary people and their elected representatives. The local community matters. The city might have gotten 25,000 jobs. But what was Long Island City going to get specifically?

I see no evidence AOC was the central figure in the protests. (Some New Yorkers will protest a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g) But she obviously was supportive, and she obviously was celebratory after the fact. If it was a political victory, it was a grand one. Hey, not everything is business.

But I do think AOC should work harder to come across as pro-entrepreneurship.


















Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Rethinking Education, Health And Entrepreneurship

Hillary Clinton taking the White House, the Senate and the House and Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren beating the drums in the US Senate creates a perfect environment for a progressive agenda like has not been possible since the time of FDR. This is not about making the right noise, this is not about reckless tax and spend your way to utter powerlessness, this is not about whiny liberalism when you would rather be in opposition so you can sneer at power and take delight and get nothing done. This is about creating a new American majority and being the natural party of power for a generation.

I am for tax increases and tax cuts and closing the loopholes of corporate welfare. The most immediate thing America could do for global warming is stop subsidizing dirty energy.

A 65% death tax is of utmost importance. Everyone with a net worth of $5 million and above should take one look at Donald Trump and conclude "I don't want my children to end up like that" and eagerly agree to a 65% death tax. Love one another was never meant to stop with your family.

Health has to start with wellness. Industrialization is not the only thing America has messed up and brought the planet to the brink. The American antibiotics industry and the industrial scale agriculture industry and the media have colluded to kill half the gut bacteria of Americans. That is the number one reason Americans are so fat. Eating right is half of wellness. More fruits and vegetables is so important somebody named Michelle Obama could become president just on that agenda.

America should import as many yoga gurus from India as it has imported software engineers.

If Americans simply learned to walk more and talk more, that would go a long way. When someone is lonely they are more likely to overeat. Gluttony is sin. Because you are abusing a body that God created in His own image.

Americans were fat enough in 1980 but if Americans were to slim down to the obesity levels of 1980, America saves over a trillion dollars in health care. That is how you save Social Security and Medicare, by everybody slimming down.

By the time you turn 35, you should eat half of what you were eating before. By 45, it should be 50%.

But once you fall sick, you fall sick. Adding the public option was liberal fantasy when Obamacare was enacted, now it has become a national emergency. And expand Medicaid and Medicare. Enlarge the network of free health clinics. Fund them better. You want to get the best of Canada and America. The blend is the best.

Mental health has to be elevated to the same status as physical health. That is the right way to fight the war on drugs. But America is such a fundamentally racist country the resultant stress among African Americans alone gives rise to mental health issues. America has to cure racism like it has to cure obesity. The cure now exists.

Every father and mother on earth is but a foster father and foster mother. It takes a planet to raise a child. All children were created by God. No child should have to go hungry. Pre-K education has to be universal. Only strong families and strong communities can sustain strong schools, but strong schools can help foster strong families and strong communities. Faith is the glue that brings it all together. African Americans should learn gratitude and forgiveness more than anyone else if they want to get ahead of everyone else. The best prayers are prayers of gratitude.

Digital technologies have not been used enough in education to bring the costs dramatically down. Every textbook at school and college should be available online for free in PDF format. There should be online communities of students. All lectures should also be available in video format online for free.

Prices on education should be falling like prices on computers have fallen over the decades.  

And America should legalize the 16 million who are already here. You save a trillion dollars immediately if you do not round them up and deport them. Also, the American economy would quite literally collapse if you do somehow manage to deport them. America wanting to deport the 16 million is like a semi truck moving at 70 miles per hour saying, I am flying now, get rid of some of those wheels.

And bring in one to two million  new people every year. You don't want to create all sorts of high paying jobs and have no one to take them. Immigration is the only reason America is the number one economy. Immigration is the only available way to shore up Social Security and Medicare. Besides all world will become one country long before 2050.

America has a mission. That is a total spread of democracy. Instead of invading countries it should give immigrants voting rights. Irish immigrants used to vote in Boston as green card holders. America is not a white country of white immigrants. America is a country of immigrants, period.

Sin is sin. If you are poor and sinful, you are sinful. If you are rich and sinful, you are sinful. Donald Trump is an unrepentant sinner, a messenger of hate, a Pied Piper to what he calls "the poorly educated." And he is in good mood because he is going to milk that crowd all he can after November. He is going to build a TV network. Trump University was a fiscal scam. Trump TV is going to be a moral scam. The dude envisions peddling hate all the way to making a billion dollars, or so he thinks.

The Democrats should not give up on that crowd. The message should be, repent, let go of the hate, come to love. Love all your fellow human beings. Racism is sin. Sexism is sin.

This crowd most stands to benefit when the Universal Basic Income is enacted.

Women and minority populations could gradually break the corporate glass ceilings, but the faster way is to simply blow it all up through entrepreneurship. It is for the progressives in power to fight monopoly situations, and to bring forth the education and health paradigms of a knowledge economy, and to expand access to credit so more people can go into entrepreneurship.

2017 should be a great start to a great progressive year.  

America should consider spending 10% of its defense budget to connect every human being to the Internet. You can not bring everyone to America but you can take America to everyone.

Getting global warming right is super important. Global warming is proof humanity has not handled industrialization well. Only a humanity that can do right by climate change could truly harvest the technologies of the future. Artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, biotechnology, all these are much deeper digs into nature than old industrialization. They could be much bigger disasters than global warming, but they don't have to be. They will not be if Universal Spiritual Centeredness is achieved. Artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, biotechnology are all limited to the first four dimensions. God is the Ultimate Intelligence, the 10th dimension, the final dimension.

Barack Obama experienced racism from racist Republican Senators. Hillary Clinton should be prepared for some sexism on the global stage, to be blunted with the might of the most powerful political office on the planet. You should hear some of the things Duerte and Zhirinovsky are saying. Ordinary women around the world are watching with much hope. It is about them. 160 million women in America should wake up on behalf of the three and a half billion women out there.

Pro life is caring about every child on the planet at concrete policy levels. Microfinance is the magic bullet with which to touch two billion women. Did I say entrepreneurship? Put 10% of America's defense budget into microfinance.