January 25, 2005 – 3:48 pm
Thumbs up, Niraj!
Professor Cole should study India, the world’s biggest democracy, and a practioner of parliamentary democracy for well over fifty years. This system of government is geared towards well-oiled political machines, not personalities. You could run a goat in an election as long as the goat’s party is on the ballot. This is how [...]
January 25, 2005 – 12:53 pm
Rajmohan’s op-ed sounds promising but ends flat on its face. The author oversimplifies and generalizes, and in the end, doesn’t offer any solution.
For example, he intersperses the article liberally with several clichés:
1. India has begun to find its feet in the world.
2. Indian economy is booming.
3. Our youth is filled with energy and optimism.
4. [...]
January 21, 2005 – 4:18 pm
Salman Rushdie’s days of freedom seem to be headed for an eclipse. The death warrant–fatwa–has just been renewed– after 16 years.
During his address to the pilgrims, Ayatollah Khamenei said: “They talk about respect towards all religion but they support such a mahdour al-damm mortad as Salman Rushdie.” The word mortad is used to describe someone [...]
January 21, 2005 – 12:57 pm
Arun Shourie is back with a four-part series in the Indian Express (aside: I wonder how IE has granted him space in their paper given the fact that the head honcho, Shekar Gupta is a staunch Communist). These are transcriptions of his lectures on the occasion of celebrating Nani Palkhivala’s legacy. The theme: very apt [...]
January 20, 2005 – 3:35 pm
I’ve had it with spam comments. Despite the ever-responsive and helpful MadMan, who keeps giving me tips–and bonks my head–to combat (and avoid) comment spam, I keep getting spammed to no end. Which is why I’m seriously considering the prospect of migrating this blog from MT to another platform.
After some basic research, I found [...]
January 20, 2005 – 3:31 pm
In case you didn’t know…
The folks at Google are truly amazing!
January 17, 2005 – 12:26 pm
Jayalalithaa pays scant regard to all established norms of democracy. She rules Tamil Nadu with a mailed fist. Some people like to fashion her as a megalomaniac, others see an acute case of mental imbalance, while still others perceive an avenging “goddess” capable of anything.
Opinions.
Jayalalithaa represents the “average” Indian politician: arrogant, greedy, opportunistic, and [...]
January 13, 2005 – 5:33 pm
Introduction
The subject of rewriting Indian history surfaces regularly. This is an area I’ve followed intently only after the Eminent Historians book opened my eyes to what was–is still–happening. In several ways, the book is path-breaking for the simple reason, which I’ve stated in the previous sentence: it opened the eyes of the nation to the [...]
January 13, 2005 – 12:37 pm
The atrocities committed in the “fascist” state of Gujarat continue to haunt India
Can Gujarat ever be the same again?
Narendra Nero Modi played the fiddle while Gujarat burned
Three years later, the scars still remain
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? These are but predictable titles that have been given/will be given whenever this touchy subject comes up for “treatment” [...]
January 13, 2005 – 10:11 am
He died without realizing his goal of conquering the world.
He will be missed.
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But What is the Solution?
Rajmohan’s op-ed sounds promising but ends flat on its face. The author oversimplifies and generalizes, and in the end, doesn’t offer any solution.
For example, he intersperses the article liberally with several clichés:
1. India has begun to find its feet in the world.
2. Indian economy is booming.
3. Our youth is filled with energy and optimism.
4. [...]