Tuesday, February 26, 2013

In Bureaucracy Paperwork Against the People

Paperwork Against the People | Dissent Magazine:

How Bureaucracy came to acquire such negative connotation? There is goal displacement and tail wagging the dog in bureaucracy. There is an East European song which says: Satan doesn't have red tails; it has red tape.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Turning Ram Manohar Lohiaji on his head

Turning Lohiaji on his head 

In the present day Indian context, a Samajwadi ( Socialist) is one who discards society ( समाज बाद में, पहले स्वयं)  and thinks only about him/herself. No wonder, Lohia's ideas of anti-Congressism has been stood on its head.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Study: Are some people born conservative?

Study: Are some people born conservative? - Salon.com:

'via Blog this' This Political Science Research would like us to believe that all conservatives need not be fearful people, but all fearful people are conservatives. Strange research. The Conservatives want to conserve the present. Is it fearfulness? If it is fearfulness, it's the fear of evil forces taking over the reins of society.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry | The Nation:

We are living in strange time. We are concerned with the rights and condition of the criminals, terrorists, anti-socials and persons of deviant behaviour, but don't care about the rights and condition of common people.When terrorists kill innocent people and police personnel, the protagonists of Human Rights remain mum, but when the State acts against these barbarians cries of Human Rights violation rent the air. Our permissiveness vis a vis the criminals is a reflection of the societal anomie.

Glories of Classicism - Stephen Greenblatt and Joseph Leo Koerner

Glories of Classicism by Stephen Greenblatt and Joseph Leo Koerner | The New York Review of Books:


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

India vs. China vs. Egypt - NYTimes.com

India vs. China vs. Egypt - NYTimes.com:

A very interesting comparison between the govts & civil societies of China, Egypt & India.