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Discussions Archive
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…the Fascism Debate Continues Here
Posted on May 21, 2007 | 144 CommentsMy questions to Amit Varma‘s fascism post stirred up quite a debate. Work kept me from responding to Amit’s responses. While I cannot respond to every comment on that post, I’ll try to address as many as I can. Starting with Amit. Tweet -
Short of Hindu Fascism
Posted on May 15, 2007 | 75 CommentsJust when I uploaded that post defining an Indian Liberal do I read this rather puzzling piece on India Uncut. Amit Varma pushes his political correctness to a new pitch. If this piece were written by an ultra-secularist, it would definitely be titled Hindu Fascism in Baroda... -
Operation Terminate Modi: Part 2
Posted on May 7, 2007 | 23 CommentsHas been put into action overwhelmingly, by the media. After Gujarat 2002, this operation is the second illegitimate offsping of the copulation of Secular Politics and Secular Media. I was laughing at the Times Now (you can apply this line to most secular News channels) news anchor’s... -
Kalakshetra: The Other Side
Posted on May 4, 2007 | 9 CommentsA reader responds to my post on Kalakshetra. It appears as a comment on that post but in the interest of fairness, I’m posting it in full here. Tweet -
Dilip Unchained
Posted on May 2, 2007 | 30 CommentsThe Web has unchained abuse, writes Dilip D’Souza in the People’s Paper (link via BarbarIndian). Ever the champion of civility and politeness in debate, the article methinks, is the culmination of his pent-up angst against people who …fire off the vilest abuse, tell atrocious lies, spread the worst... -
Threat to the Idea of India
Posted on April 30, 2007 | 4 CommentsEPW carries an interesting article-cum-report on the plight of Dalit Christians (Downloadable PDF). It appears to be well-researched replete with historical, contemporary, and statistical data. Prakash Louis, the author, argues that Dalit Christians have been betrayed on all counts and from everybody including the Church.... -
Socialist Professor Clobbered
Posted on April 28, 2007 | 3 CommentsPoor Abi. I can picture the circumstances that led to this post. The fringe benefits of working at IISc sometimes exceed the actual salary. I’d trade my lucrative job right now to just be in the serene IISc campus. One fine evening, after work, a... -
Publicising Puppy Love
Posted on April 23, 2007 | 3 CommentsThe byline of this article is interesting: Surat’s Hindu-Muslim couple thought TV could save them…alas. Star TV achieved blazing TRP points before abandoning the story entirely. But that’s not merely because the Rashtriya Hindu Sena cowed them down with violence. The entire day was devoted to the story... -
Brinda Karat Fumbles
Posted on April 4, 2007 | 3 CommentsRead this compelling interview where Karan Thapar tightly sews Brinda Karat over Nandigram. What’s irritating is Brinda Karat’s continuous refrain of March 17, March 17, March 17, March 17, like it’s some Ides of March or something. Karan Thapar: Can I pick up on that... -
Brakes on Quotas For Now
Posted on March 30, 2007 | 27 CommentsPositive 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. Tweet -
Banks as Loan Sharks
Posted on March 4, 2007 | No CommentsWatching the gruesome footage of a badly-beaten up person on a local TV channel upset me. And momentarily angry. I suppose my reaction was proof that the channel succeeded in achieving what it intended. Tweet -
Textbook Controversies: A Highly Biased Article
Posted on February 26, 2007 | 6 CommentsThis interesting post on Desicritics seeks to examine the controveries surrounding the rewriting of, or the politicizing of history textbooks by governments around the world. Diganta, the author of the article digs up several interesting findings related to this controversy. I’m not knowledgeable enough about...