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JAPAN LOVE MY TOKYO ( VOL 9) - EXPERIENCE AT TOKYO DOWN MEMORY LANE

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Tokyo Disney Parade Taken on 20Jul 1986 Dinner at Kuga San Home With Kuga San wife at home dinner  Tokyo Disneyland special lighting at night  Theme Park Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo Disneyland  Main Theme Park Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Tokyo Disneyland Main Entrance Kuga San and daughter  meet at Tokyo Suburb station(Raymonds Promotion?) Yaskawa  Company Dinner Party As the whole world is watching Tokyo 2020 Olympics now somewhat subdued due to epidemic, I am now into nostalgia of this Tokyo trip about 35 Years back. This was my first overseas exposure and so it was special. It was also due to being official trip for Technology Transfer through L&T for 12 weeks and that too to Japan at its prime in the mid- 80s.That was the time when Japanese companies like Sony, Panasonic in Electronics ruled the world .It was also special because this trip materialized within 3 months of our marriage, probably due to the luck factor of my life partner!! Thank you...

United Systems of America (Vol 8) – Part 2 Down Memory Lane

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  Founding Fathers of the USA                                                     Continued from earlier post This is the concluding part. The first part link is below for those who have missed the earlier blog.   These were my first impression in our early years in US (year 2001) when I used to compare everything I saw with the systems in India. I used to wonder how such simple systems evolved over the years made the US citizens life easy. They had to struggle less with more support from the government at times of need.   In my opinion what makes a country developed and great is not based on GDP or how many trillions of dollars they make but how good the systems are for the citizens. Unemployment allowance for US citizens: One of the awesome system is Unemployment Allowance for the US citizens. The current Unemployment Insurance (UI) Pro...

UNITED SYSTEMS OF AMERICA! (Vol 7) Down Memory Lane

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FDR declaring Social Security FDR signs Social Security Dwight D Eisenhower This 4th of July is the Independence Day of USA . The declaration of Independence was passed by Congress in the year 1776.I used to wonder when we came first to US about 20 years back, what has made this country most prosperous country in the world. How can a country within such a short span of 245 years be the world leader? How is that all these immigrants from varied cultures come here and settle down and live happy? What makes the NRIs in US Happy? I found my answer in our first year 2001 in US!   It is the Systems prevailing here that makes people happy here. It is United Systems of America t o me and not United States of America. Simple systems but simply great systems! Every system here is standardized which in my opinion is responsible for the success of this country.  There is one magic ( SSN ) Social Security number associated with your driving license, that helps in tracking...