This blog refuses to let me have a peaceful vacation. I’m gone for four days, blasts erupt in Jaipur and the blogsphere is frenzied. Fellow-bloggers steal my thunder by taking the concerned citizens brigade apart. I’m with both Nitin and Yossarin on the useful idiots remark but my concern is more fundamental. And I’m not [...]
Dear Abhishek,
Thanks for investing your time to respond to my post on the recent judgement relating to M.F. Hussain.
You misread my entire post by asking me not to speak for you. Upon reading your post, it seems that I should speak for you because you haven’t correctly heard whatever I spoke. What I find more [...]
The Delhi High court has cleared M.F. Hussain. Expectedly, the entire secular crowd of artists and SAHAMATites is jubilant.
Coming down heavily on the “new puritanism” being carried out by “ignorant people”, the Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed criminal proceedings against eminent painter MF Husain, overruling the charges of obscenity against his paintings.
I have read [...]
In a rather lengthy article, Manjeet Kriplani discusses the Naxal problem. While she correctly echoes what we all knew–that the Naxals pose the biggest threat to India’s internal security–she quickly bares her sympathies.
Judging from their past experience with development, the tribals have a right to be afraid of the mining and building that threaten to [...]
The May 2008 issue of Pragati has hit the stands. Liberal nationalism is the theme of the month. Grab your copy now.
A gentleman made an insightful observation on another forum I’m part of. While this observation is not new, it underscores what we all know: post-Independence Hindu society has failed to defend itself adequately. I had to make this post now because the Rama Sethu issue is relatively “alive” in public consciousness.
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Nobody Seems to Look at the Roots
This blog refuses to let me have a peaceful vacation. I’m gone for four days, blasts erupt in Jaipur and the blogsphere is frenzied. Fellow-bloggers steal my thunder by taking the concerned citizens brigade apart. I’m with both Nitin and Yossarin on the useful idiots remark but my concern is more fundamental. And I’m not [...]