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The Global Interconnect

"Globalization" is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness and that is cultural, social, and political as well as economic."  Qoute by Amartya Sen While buying products on Amazon, have you ever thought about who owns this big e-commerce platform. The Amazon you know today was started as an online market for books by Jeff Bezos in Washington, during early 90s. But at present it is available in over 20 countries, and it ships its products globally. If you look around, you can find many products whose origin is miles away from India but it is sold, and manufactured here. These are the by-products of globalization.  The concept of 'Global Village' coined by Marshall McLuhan describes this shrinking world interconnected together. However, global trade is not a new phenomenon as we found the traces of evidence of trade between Indus Valley civilization with Mesopotamia (Central Asia & ...