March 31, 2007 – 11:26 pm
This is the reason people like Annie shouldn’t be allowed inside temples. And lest anybody jump at me for making “communal” references, I hereby state unequivocally, that the above statement applies to everybody, irrespective of their religion.
I haven’t followed any Girish Karnad plays after the horrendous Agni Mattu Male (The Fire and the Rain). But it is nice to learn that his plays still enjoy enormous fan following in the circles that matter.
To my knowledge, Karnad has written at least three plays after Agni Mattu Male. All three have expectedly received [...]
Rajinder Puri has a fantastic piece on why the Dynasty should be buried. For India’s sake.
Contrary to the contemporary historian’s view that there would be no India without the Congress, I believe there will never be an independent India until the Congress –not Congress leadership –is buried fathoms deep. All political parties in India derive [...]
March 30, 2007 – 12:34 am
Positive tidings welcome my return to blogging after some backbreaking hiatus.
Youths on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court’s decision that put a stay on Centre’s 27 per cent reservation decision for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in elite educational institutions in the academic year 2007.
In a Secular Agenda, Arun Shourie sums up the essence of Indian secularism in just a line: Indian secularism consists of branding others communal. In a typical Nehruvian secularist state, the term “communal” and its other variations are almost exclusively-designated swearwords reserved for use against anybody remotely espousing even genuine Hindu causes.
Here’s what I found, [...]
I’ve purposely refrained from writing anything on the Nandigram issue apart from merely linking to stuff. It’s not just that other bloggers have shared excellent thoughts about it but I’d rather watch just how long the drama, with all its turns, will last. I mostly want to watch if Nandigram will set the tone for [...]
March 23, 2007 – 12:04 am
A cursory reading of Kautilya’s Arthashastra reveals an almost-paranoid concern about securing a kingdom. It is short of astonishing that the principles he has enunciated there is universally valid.
Contrast that to the way modern India has completely botched up in this very crucial department. On all fronts.
This obnoxious article comes in the fine Outlookian tradition of Hindu-baiting. One woman’s failure to find accommodation becomes reason enough to brand an entire housing colony as biased and bigoted. In not so many words–she’s not as foul-mouthed as I am, anyway–but what she conveys is: all Vaishno Devi worshippers are intolerant of Christian ladies.
Then [...]
Femmunism: Noun; the Illegitimate Offspring of Communism and Feminism.
Samples from Exhibit A:
If there was, for instance, a huge demand for child sex workers, would it be acceptable to allow their supply? What if the children themselves agreed to be sold: maybe they’re poor and hungry? […]
Demand and supply are not sacred, in my opinion. If [...]
The historical Islam-Christianity war, in action at the secondary school level:
Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police say.
The teacher, a Christian, was attacked after supervising an exam in Gombe city. It is not clear what she had done to anger the students. […]Last [...]
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This is the reason people like Annie shouldn’t be allowed inside temples. And lest anybody jump at me for making “communal” references, I hereby state unequivocally, that the above statement applies to everybody, irrespective of their religion.