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Fair trials and justice 17 Jun 2009 | 01:55 pm
"Somebody must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning." -The Trial by Franz Kafka Of all the tragicomic masterpieces to have be...
"The End of Faith" by Sam Harris - a review 11 Jun 2009 | 02:34 pm
I first came across Sam Harris when I read his article "Bombing our Illusions" right after the 26/11 Mumbai massacre. This article written in 2005 sounds prophetic and ominous in equal proportions. He...
Education in India 31 May 2009 | 01:26 pm
Shekhar Gupta at Indian Express writes about the need for reform and revamping of Higher education in India: Just as the licence-quota raj created self-inflicted scarcities of telephones, scooters an...
Poverty and Wealth 28 May 2009 | 02:43 pm
I wanted to write this post a long time back, but now is just as good a time when the calls for coronation of the prince have reached a crescendo. During the election campaign Rahul Gandhi had said, "...
Elections Postscript 22 May 2009 | 04:23 am
Unexpected margin of victory for the incumbents and a slap in the face for the BJP. Firstly, congratulations to the UPA and its supporters but I won't count myself amongst them. As I mentioned earlier...
MP v Party 1 May 2009 | 03:15 pm
In an ideal scenario, the contestants would all be decent chaps(or equally vile) with only differences being in ideologies. In that case, it is very easy to choose, vote for the party whose ideology y...
Vitcimisation of the aggressor 21 Apr 2009 | 07:11 pm
The recent case when an American student at TISS, Mumbai accused six others of sexual assault shows the shortcomings in our implementation of "rule of law" and in our failure to reform social norms. I...
Democratic Face-off 20 Apr 2009 | 02:56 pm
Will someone kindly tell these chaps that democracy includes "rule of law," but not thuggery by mobs? Owaisi on Saturday alleged: "Mohanty has a perverted mind. He is trying to be brave in uniform. L...
Arun Jaitley v Kapil Sibal 20 Apr 2009 | 01:51 pm
At last a debate. Arun Jaitley for BJP taking on Kapil Sibal from Congress. Four major issues debated were Governance, Stability, Security and Economy. Hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai of the CNN-IBN, it wa...
On coalition governments 17 Apr 2009 | 08:33 pm
Mr.Venkatesan Vembu argues over at DNA that Shaky coalitions make for good economies: For starters, it's no coincidence that the time-cycle of India's move into a higher orbit of economic growth matc...
