Archives for “Miscellaneous”

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There seems to be a problem with my site's bandwidth. I'm working on resolving it so that it doesn't recur. Thanks for your patience. Regular ...


The  Pioneer carried a slightly modified version of my op-ed yesterday. Here is the original version. Shivraj Patil’s open admission of having “Soniaji’s ...


Quiz

What is the Blood Telegram and what is it distinguished for? No Googling, Wikipediaing, etc.


The Indian National Interest (INI) blogs were down due to server outage. They're up and running now. Rest reassured. :-)


Kind Attention: Mr. Parrikar

Mr. Rajan Parrikar, this is a request to please contact me at sanwriterATgmailDOTCOM or by writing in my comments box.


Professional knowledge and professional competence have to be acquired by hard work and by constant study. In this fast-moving technologically developing world you can never ...


On the Lighter Side

If you ever need to take a break from earth-shattering issues, here's the perfect site: http://sanghparivar.wordpress.com/ PS: Just returning the courtesy.


Attention to Detail

I rarely read a professional politician's articles unless I know his/her record. Sitaram Yechury definitely is in my list of no-reads. As an ex-editor, I'm ...


History Blogging at its Best

In a truly awesome post dissecting our Puppet Prime Minister's daughter's dubious attempt to categorize historians, JK covers a spacious spectrum. His dissection is a ...


Mahabharata Question

For those of you who are generally pessimistic about the political scene in India, I have some good news. The state of India in the ...


Cricket and Molestation

We must hand it to Dilip D’Souza. It takes only a particular genius of perversion to come up with this kind of comparison. Ordinary mortals ...


This is not the kind of thing to appear on my blog but I’m real angry at this headline: Tour suspension: India risk $ 2.3 mn ...


This post is courtesy an inspiration I got from this superb list of (deservedly) loathsome public figures in the US (thanks, Atanu). I don't have time ...


Extent of Brit Imperialism

According to the book quoted in this article, British imperialism claimed "almost 10 million people over 10 years beginning in 1857." Whatever the numbers, it ...


My circle of friends is as large and varied as the interests, hobbies and passions of each person in that circle. There's no one, absolutely ...


Indian History Circa 2015

Picture this: Circa 2015, the Dynasty returns to power, and the crown prince is finally crowned King after triumphing over several intrigue-charged political battles. As part of ...


Pragati Launched

I take great pleasure to announce the launch of a new magazine, Pragati focussed specifically on issues concerning India. Pragati provides quality content drawn from ...


As promised, here's my review of Shankar Nag's debut movie. Apart from paving the way for Shankar's trailblazing career as both actor and director par ...


Anti-Spam Announcement

I've been horribly spammed over the past few weeks; after much deliberation, I finally decided to install a comment-verification mechanism to prevent spambots from littering ...


Pictures

Here are some pictures from a recent trip to Nagarahole forest and Waynad. Ok, I just want to show off my new photo gallery.


Aww ’twas Just a Temple

It is Lahore's turn after Malaysia. The only Hindu temple in the Pakistani city of Lahore has been demolished to pave the way for construction of ...


I'm not a Libertarian although I strongly agree with some of its principles. This post won't be a scholarly enunciation either of Libertarian philosophy nor ...


A few months ago, the Resident Idiot had bestowed fulsome praise on Lalu the politician, hoping his polemic would halt Lalu's collapse. Now that he ...


How To Reform The Police

The Slimes has a few ideas. Home ministry should not control appointments... [The Times Of India - Editorial] Individual police officers and policemen have become adept at ...


Reheralding Statism

In the sinister manner that only the Congress has patented, it is reushering the Nehruvian Stalinist era. ONGC isn’t the only PSU the Government is ...