Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
A History Of Violence Edge Master Class 2011 | Conversation | Edge
A History Of Violence Edge Master Class 2011 | Conversation | Edge:
One has to be astonishing to be considered a scholar . Steven Pinker has claimed that violence has in fact decreased and human nature has changed for the better .
One has to be astonishing to be considered a scholar . Steven Pinker has claimed that violence has in fact decreased and human nature has changed for the better .
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Textual Corruption in Vedas — Self-Help | Motivation | Spiritualism | Rationalism | Behavioral Repatterning | Vedas | Hinduism | Anti-Casteism | Women Rights - Agniveer
Monday, September 26, 2011
The collapse of neoliberal capitalism - War Room - Salon.com
The collapse of neoliberal capitalism : It is a bit premature to talk of collapse of neo -liberalism . Rolling back the state is , after all , not such a bad idea . Minimum government and maximum governance is the need of the day .
Letter to NAC on Proposed Communalism Prevention Bill | Hindu American Foundation (HAF)
Letter to NAC on Proposed Communalism Prevention Bill | Hindu American Foundation (HAF): A Response to the Proposed Obnoxious Bill by educated and proud Hindus living outside India
Sunday, September 25, 2011
A divisive Communal Bill | | | The New Indian Express
A divisive Communal Bill | | | The New Indian Express : Ram Jethmalani --- The Bill is not only divisive and unjust , but heavily loaded against the majority community .
Saturday, September 24, 2011
How the two-party duopoly operates - David Sirota - Salon.com
How the two-party duopoly operates - David Sirota : Students of Political Science have been knowing since their sophomore days that American political parties are like two empty bottles with different labels .
Friday, September 23, 2011
Jonathan Rée - Varieties of irreligious experience | New Humanist
Jonathan Rée - Varieties of irreligious experience | New Humanist:
Can we afford to be atheist with so many mysteries around us ?
Can we afford to be atheist with so many mysteries around us ?
A game of chicken: The US & Pakistan
A game of chicken: The US & Pakistan : For long the US kept its eyes shut at the misdeeds and barbaric acts of Pakistan . But now , when the Frankenstein has come to haunt the USA , America is realizing the danger posed by a rogue state .
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Richard Dawkins, an Original Thinker Who Bashes Orthodoxy - NYTimes.com
Richard Dawkins, an Original Thinker Who Bashes Orthodoxy - NYTimes.com: The Hindu saints , sages and philosophers have been asking questions like who we are , from where have we come , where shall we go , what is the purpose of life , etc ? History seems to have come to a circle as Richard Dawkins raises these questions .
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Dalai Lama's War | The National Interest
The Dalai Lama's War | The National Interest:
Ram Chandra Guha is a historian with an ideologically coloured view . In describing Neville Maxwell's India's China War of 1962 (without an acknowledgement) and Nehru's role in this Guha shows his bias . He talks about Hindu Right's criticism of Nehru . Here Guha sounds so absurd that it is impossible to believe that such absurdities have come from the pen of a historian of such eminence .
Ram Chandra Guha is a historian with an ideologically coloured view . In describing Neville Maxwell's India's China War of 1962 (without an acknowledgement) and Nehru's role in this Guha shows his bias . He talks about Hindu Right's criticism of Nehru . Here Guha sounds so absurd that it is impossible to believe that such absurdities have come from the pen of a historian of such eminence .
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Broken Morning: OPEN LETTER TO A DELHI BOY
Broken Morning: OPEN LETTER TO A DELHI BOY: An open letter from a girl / lady of South India to boys of North India , written partly in anger , partly in jest , but always interesting .
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Indian Media’s Anna Moment
Indian Media’s Anna Moment What is the proper role of media ? Only an onlooker ? An activist ? It is ironical that the very persons who advocated activist role for the media during Gujarat riots are now criticising the role of media during Anna Hazare movement .
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Company Man
Company Man: East India Company, which once colonized India , is now owned by an Indian .
Friday, September 9, 2011
A Brief History of Corruption in India
A Brief History of Corruption in India Dr Gould has presented a more or less accurate and objective account of corruption in modern India . Had Dr Gould as a historian widened his canvas to include ancient and medieval India the study would have been more useful . In his study what Dr Gould could not understand was the fact that the present conflagration against corruption was the people's way of showing its disenchantment with and distrust of the present ruling regime .
Culture wars over London riots
Culture wars over London riots: There was definitely a cultural dimension to British street violence
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Jan Lokpal Bill and Parliament
Jan Lokpal Bill and Parliament: Parliament has power to legislate over any matter which is not enumerated in the State List .
Thinker's Pad: Apolitical!
Thinker's Pad: Apolitical!: In ancient Greece a person who did not take part / interest in politics was considered an Idiot as politics concerns the life of every citizen .
Monday, September 5, 2011
The perils of prediction: Adventures in punditry | The Economist
Prophecy is strictly forbidden in politics . --- Ernest Barker The perils of prediction: Adventures in punditry | The Economist:
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Fraud to bribes: CAG quietly buries report on corruption and rot within - Indian Express
Fraud to bribes: CAG quietly buries report on corruption and rot within - Indian Express:
Is this a case of" paropdeshe pandityam " (Wise in giving sermon to others ) ?
Is this a case of" paropdeshe pandityam " (Wise in giving sermon to others ) ?
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
What's wrong with our universities? by James Piereson - The New Criterion
What's wrong with our universities? by James Piereson - The New Criterion: Democratizing and spreading higher education is taking its toll . The points raised in the book need serious consideration .
Hannah Arendt's challenge to Adolf Eichmann | Judith Butler | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Hannah Arendt's challenge to Adolf Eichmann | Judith Butler Hannah Arendt , one of the most original political philosopher of the 20th Century coined the phrase " banality of evil " to describe the holocaust . Is " banality of evil " confined to a particular society ?