November 30, 2005 – 5:29 pm
Truth has a way to squirm out at the most inopportune times. The case of Subash Chandra Bose aka Netaji is one such instance. The Pioneer has begun what looks like a series devoted to unearthing the facts surrounding Netaji’s disapperance. And finds that Pandit Nehru played a great part in burying him alive, figuratively [...]
November 29, 2005 – 6:01 pm
Martin Kettle at the Guardian Unlimited has a great piece on the polarization of the US: the proponents of Science/rationalism versus the Intelligent Design folks who’re getting increasingly powerful. And he begins the piece with an account of the Darwin exhibition in New York, which he says is “a defiant gesture against US biblical literalism.” [...]
November 29, 2005 – 5:09 pm
Arjun Singh doesn’t seem to tire of Hindu-baiting and Muslim-appeasement. He seemed to have cooled down after his initial spree of “de-saffronizing” history. But he’s back with his latest stunt:
Earlier this month, the National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education (NMCME) recommended reservation for minorities in institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) [...]
November 29, 2005 – 1:06 pm
Indian Express columnist, C Raja Mohan’s articles are generally, nay politically safe. Neither here nor there. Critical but not overly critical. However, in the Indian Feckless Service, he springs a welcome surprise.
New Delhi’s salute to an ordinary worker who died in harness far away from home, however, can hardly mask the growing pusillanimity of [...]
November 29, 2005 – 12:27 pm
A few months ago, the Resident Idiot had bestowed fulsome praise on Lalu the politician, hoping his polemic would halt Lalu’s collapse. Now that he has lost, Bidwai vents in vain.
And as usual, utters lies, half-truths, contrivances, and plain malicious words. Because it has become a chore to dissect his every article, I’ve just [...]
November 28, 2005 – 8:02 pm
By writing against Lalu in Rediff. The last time around when Jha made Gangajal, he was threatened by one of Lalu’s henchmen and had to finally tender an apology and/or cut some scene in the movie, I forget the exact details. Jha apparently, has had the last laugh.
I think Lalu Prasad Yadav lost the mandate [...]
November 28, 2005 – 4:35 pm
Tired of commuting, 4 teachers marry driver
Hmmm… Time for me to look for a new job, I suppose.
November 28, 2005 – 3:45 pm
The wonderful Normblog writes on the problem of dirty hands:
One standard way in which acute conflicts of choice can arise is when people are forced to decide between doing what will have the best consequences overall and respecting a moral constraint entailed by somebody’s rights. Or take a case involving not action, but inaction - [...]
November 28, 2005 – 3:34 pm
Reader Niketan wanted my views on this entry on Manjunath’s murder. He says:
These cases are getting a high profile because it involved grads from the prestigious institutes. Daily there are thousands of Indians who are fighting/ and finally resigning themselves to their fate in the corrupt environment.
There is a difference in this case and [...]
November 28, 2005 – 1:21 pm
Ila Patnaik makes a compulsive argument in Who killed Manjunath? and concludes–rightly–that the State’s oil policy is the culprit behind Manjunath’s murder. A wholehearted applause from my side.
The responsibility for the murder of IOC officer S. Manjunath lies with economic policy …. It is well understood that the structure of economic incentives is a [...]
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Resident Idiot’s Support to Lalu Backfires
A few months ago, the Resident Idiot had bestowed fulsome praise on Lalu the politician, hoping his polemic would halt Lalu’s collapse. Now that he has lost, Bidwai vents in vain.
And as usual, utters lies, half-truths, contrivances, and plain malicious words. Because it has become a chore to dissect his every article, I’ve just [...]