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  • The Majority is always wrong. The Majority is out to oppress and terrorise the Minorities. The Majority is Communal. In short, this is the essence of Indian secularism. Or as Arun Shourie says in the opening line of his A Secular Agenda, “Indian secularism consists...

    In Search of the Right Agenda

    Posted on September 1, 2005 | 3 Comments
    The Majority is always wrong. The Majority is out to oppress and terrorise the Minorities. The Majority is Communal. In short, this is the essence of Indian secularism. Or as Arun Shourie says in the opening line of his A Secular Agenda, “Indian secularism consists...

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  • I’ve admired Walt Whitman as a poet par excellence; all the more because he conformed to my strong bias towards Emerson. Origins of Attempted Secession is a nice reflective piece of political literature; always contemporary, it contains something for societies residing in any turn of...

    Origins of Attempted Secession

    Posted on August 31, 2005 | No Comments
    I’ve admired Walt Whitman as a poet par excellence; all the more because he conformed to my strong bias towards Emerson. Origins of Attempted Secession is a nice reflective piece of political literature; always contemporary, it contains something for societies residing in any turn of...

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  • Is the title of the latest book I read. Two words are sufficient to sum up the book’s review: powerful and path-breaking. But I’ll prattle along. The book’s title almost reveals its theme: that colonialism is not dead. It is thriving inside the minds of...

    Impressing the Whites: The New International Slavery

    Posted on August 5, 2005 | 33 Comments
    Is the title of the latest book I read. Two words are sufficient to sum up the book’s review: powerful and path-breaking. But I’ll prattle along. The book’s title almost reveals its theme: that colonialism is not dead. It is thriving inside the minds of...

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  • I’m seriously contemplating changing my profession to Soothsaying. In the wake of what I wrote about the Resident Idiot’s ramblings comes fresh, but expected tidings: PM’s pipeline remarks unfortunate: Left The Left is not alone. The Workers of the World are vocal in condemning Dr.Singh...

    Left Favours Pipedream Policies

    Posted on July 22, 2005 | 3 Comments
    I’m seriously contemplating changing my profession to Soothsaying. In the wake of what I wrote about the Resident Idiot’s ramblings comes fresh, but expected tidings: PM’s pipeline remarks unfortunate: Left The Left is not alone. The Workers of the World are vocal in condemning Dr.Singh...

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  • Says Norman Geras in this brilliant article. Within hours of the bombs going off two weeks ago, the voices that one could have predicted began to make themselves heard with their root-causes explanations for the murder and maiming of a random group of tube and...

    There are apologists amongst us

    Posted on July 22, 2005 | 2 Comments
    Says Norman Geras in this brilliant article. Within hours of the bombs going off two weeks ago, the voices that one could have predicted began to make themselves heard with their root-causes explanations for the murder and maiming of a random group of tube and...

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  • The Resident Idiot has exploded as I expected. How could he not, especially when our gentle Prime Minister has as it appears, forged the Indo-US ties for the better. Tweet

    As Expected

    Posted on July 21, 2005 | 1 Comment
    The Resident Idiot has exploded as I expected. How could he not, especially when our gentle Prime Minister has as it appears, forged the Indo-US ties for the better. Tweet

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