I’ve stepped late into the controversy with good reason, which will be clear after you finish reading this post. Nitin, I’ve kept my promise.
Bangalore or Bengaluru, doesn’t matter really. And no, I will not make the same (excellent) points that Jagadish has made. This is the latest political stunt to shift the focus [...]
Does the title of my post confound you? Then read this:
Courtesy, today’s online edition of Indian Express. If you’re jobless, you might want to apply for a proofreader’s position there.
PA Sangma succumbs to the seduction. Guess it was only a matter of time.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker, P A Sangma, who had resigned from NCP raking up the problem of Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin, on Monday rejoined the party saying the issue was a ‘closed chapter’.
Tavleen Singh delivers another strong dose to the Comrades who simply refuse to come out of their Red cocoons. A delightful read.
There are constraints. These come in the depressing form of the Lefties, jholawalas and povertarians who fill the ranks of Sonia Gandhi’s National Advisory Council and who have taken full advantage of her [...]
In the first part, I spoke about how John Marshall the colonial archaeologist deliberately suppressed archaeological evidence that his subordinates unearthed. This fraud ostensibly was perpetrated to further the cause of British imperialism.
In this part, I shall examine the portion that deals with the Ayodhya dispute.
Rajeev Srinivasan dares to ponder over the value of a Hindu life. He takes elaborate pains to compare its value with that of a Muslim and Christian life but the attempt is pointless because he arrives at the conclusion we all know:
To spell out the obvious -– a Hindu’s life is without value as far [...]
The Public School Writer strikes again. (thanks, Secular Right for the link)
Typically.
What starts off as a defence of free speech ends up placing the blame on the threshold of democracy. The excellent Secular Right dissects this article wonderfully; that saves me time to devote this entry to examine the more disgraceful bits.
Via India Uncut, I got to read another piece of horrifying news.
A young and sincere gazetted officer who had blown the whistle on his superior jumped before a moving train and ended his life in frustration in Akola on Friday.
Thirty-six-year-old Sanjay Bhagwan Rathi, chief accounts officer of the Akola municipal corporation, left behind a note [...]
Amit Varma provides interesting food for thought in this post, his response to Rushdie’s opinion piece. (link courtesy: Amit Varma).
As countries change, I think it is dangerous to hold on to a notion of what words like “French” or “Indian” or “American” mean, and to insist that everyone in those countries adhere to those [...]
FrontPage Mag has an insightful perspective on the recent Sydney race riots.
In Australia this week amidst anger over an Islamic man’s rape conviction and the bashing of two Aussie life savers, working-class locals erupted in a rampage of anger and brawling in some of the worst racial riots in decades. But there is more [...]
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