Thursday, January 5, 2012

Indian Revolution Born in Farce Ends in One - NYTimes.com

Indian Revolution Born in Farce Ends in One - NYTimes.com:

Manu Joseph's bias stinks. Movements are not generated on televisions nor are leaders created by journalists. If journalists like Manu Joseph had their way they would have made Sonia and Rahul Gandhi great leaders of India. We have been smelling a bias even in the NYT's reportage of India.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Leon Wieseltier: The Answers | The New Republic

Leon Wieseltier: The Answers | The New Republic:

Deep Philosophical Questions Examined Scientifically

3:AM Magazine » Nice Nihilism

3:AM Magazine » Nice Nihilism:

Defending NIHILISM

Edward Glaeser | Humans, cities and the environment - Cities Are Making Us More Human | The European Magazine

Edward Glaeser | Humans, cities and the environment - Cities Are Making Us More Human | The European Magazine:

In India we have been romanticizing village life forgetting that since the beginning of civilization poets, writers have been praising city life, calling residents of cities Naagar, one who is cultured and whose tastes are refined. In contrast people living in villages have been called, Gamaar, rustic and uncultured.Dr Ambedkar called villages a den of superstition and vice, Gandhijee, on the other hand, eulogized village life and called for Gram Swarajya, self rule for villages.

Monday, January 2, 2012

The saga of the Lokpal Bill

The saga of the Lokpal Bill: Prashant Bhushan

When people who are entrusted with the task of running and protecting the Constitution play fraud upon it, the general public's dismay knows no bounds.