K. Vela Velupillai

K. Vela Velupillai

Emeritus Professor Kumaraswamy (Vela) Velupillai is a retired academic economist, living in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Book Review

Indonesia's Struggles Against Many Colonialisms

A well-thought out and well-researched book on the history of Indonesia and its struggle for independence amidst colonial brutalities.
▶17-Jun-2024
K. Vela Velupillai
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Review

Understanding Capitalism

A review article around Anwar Shaikh's 'Capitalism', published more than six years ago and now turning into a classic.
▶13-Sep-2022
K. Vela Velupillai

Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the 75th Anniversary of ‘Nuclear Peace’

'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’. Physicist Robert Oppenheimer recalled these lines from the Gita after watching the first nuclear test in July 1945. With the world now sitting…
▶20-Aug-2020
K. Vela Velupillai

Sweden’s ‘No Lockdown’ Strategy

In dealing with Covid-19 Sweden has been unique for not shutting down the economy & enforcing a stay-at-home policy. This is a 'learning by doing' approach that has the broad support of…
▶11-May-2020
K. Vela Velupillai

A Cuban Travelogue

Close to half a century after K. Vela Velupillai tried to visit Cuba, he finally travels to the island in the Caribbean Sea. He sees changes taking place; there is also confirmation of the Cuban…
▶31-Aug-2019
K. Vela Velupillai