October 28, 2005 – 6:26 pm
An old favourite of mine by Emerson is a poem titled, The Apology. Read away.
THINK me not unkind and rude
That I walk alone in grove and glen;
I go to the god of the wood
To fetch his word to men.
Tax not my sloth that I
Fold my arms beside the brook;
Each cloud that floated in the sky
Writes [...]
October 28, 2005 – 6:21 pm
The excellent normblog points us to this fine piece. The Libertarians might especially like reading it.
A smoking ban is [an] issue that pits the public good against the liberty of the individual. The public good case for a ban is strong - and we support it. A ban would curb an activity which kills the [...]
October 27, 2005 – 6:57 pm
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land…
Thus opens Eliot’s powerful poem, The Wasteland, which both taunts and haunts us with powerful imagery in:
Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are [...]
October 27, 2005 – 6:17 pm
Is this for real?
China offers help on Maoists
I’m dumbstruck. The Birthland/Fatherland/Revolutionland of Mao himself has rejected him?
In a significant announcement, China’s top envoy has declared that his country is ready to help India to crush its nagging Maoist insurgency that it once actively supported. [.] “If there is any help (you expect) from us to [...]
October 27, 2005 – 2:15 pm
Tech boom turns into doom
Reads this compelling analysis in the Indian Express on the current Great Bangalore war over infrastructure. The author makes damn good points in defending Bangalore’s case and position as the Number One IT city in India.
While it is welcome that more and more Indian cities are vying to become a [...]
October 26, 2005 – 7:32 pm
Says the Iranian President.
Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today openly called for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. “The establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world,” he told a conference in Tehran entitled ‘The world without Zionism’.
And invokes a return of the good [...]
October 25, 2005 – 4:46 pm
The JNU high priests must have cursed the moment they decided to invite Umberto Eco to speak. Says this report:
Celebrated Italian author Umberto Eco left many academics and students at Jawaharlal Nehru University squirming with embarrassed ignorance on Monday.
The reason for ignorance is explained in the same report.
October 25, 2005 – 12:47 pm
Throw out Buta Singh, says angry SC
More than the Supreme Court’s order, it is interesting to read the comments on this news report. Some tidbits:
It is most unfortunate that our Country is headed by most educated people(president and Prime Minister), but they are captive of the most uneducated leader in india. Please pray to [...]
October 24, 2005 – 7:14 pm
FrontPage Magazine has been running a series on the profiles of what it calls Leftwing Monsters: from Pol Pot to Mao to Stalin. Their account on Stalin is truly disturbing. Read this:
One of the regions affected most severely by the famine was the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. An Italian consul stationed there described in horrific [...]
October 24, 2005 – 5:09 pm
The battle for Bangalore is getting uglier. It’s old news that Narayan Murthy has resigned from BIAL. TVR Shenoy has some thoughts. My own (pictorial) take, which sums up the episode somewhat.
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China Turning a New Leaf?
Is this for real?
China offers help on Maoists
I’m dumbstruck. The Birthland/Fatherland/Revolutionland of Mao himself has rejected him?
In a significant announcement, China’s top envoy has declared that his country is ready to help India to crush its nagging Maoist insurgency that it once actively supported. [.] “If there is any help (you expect) from us to [...]