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The one where Narendra Modi can’t cry.
That Indian liberals harbour same sentiments for NaMo as vampires did for Buffy Summers, is possibly one of the most uncontested facts of Indian politics. Now, with the caveat that I am hardly a neutral observers to this, for many of these liberals, Narendra Modi is just a scapegoat to...
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No Apologies For Mr Modi
A short post this. On twitter podfather, raises the question which has been raised by many secularists and human beings, why doesn’t Narendra Modi express regret for post Godhra riots. I don’t claim any particular insight on Modi’s mind but here are what I believe may be the reason(s) 1....
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Time To Deglamourize Budget ?
In a comprehensive post on budget, Utsav commented, “Unfortunately, the Budget nowadays is reduced to a mere accounting exercise”. Now I know as much about economics as the-man-with-unpronounceable-handle knows about pop culture (just kidding, even benedictine monks know more about pop culture than him), with that caveat in place I have the exact...
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Indian Political Discourse And Art Of Car Maintenance
This short post is extension of the metaphor from old post. Consider a scenario, what if we Indians drove our cars the way we drive our democracy. Well initially things appear fine, car appears to be in a perfect condition, so we start to wherever we want to go. It’s a...
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The Romney Challenge: Aftermath
As all of you must know by now (unless you are a hermit living in cave, in which case how are you accessing the blog?) , Obama was able to fend off challenge by Romney, in a keenly contested election. Publicly, the Republican establishment including Romney Campaign professed shock at...
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The Romney Challenge
Full disclosure: Even though Mitt Romney was not my favourite candidate, I prefer him over Obama for being, well not Obama Also please read my previous post on American politics Today is the day when Americans (the real Americans that is* ) decide who will be their next head of...
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Modi, interrupted? (Updated)
Update at the end Note: As a recovering political junkie, I avoid electoral politics, but this issue has broader implications. With his expected victory in coming Gujarat elections, Shri Narendra Modi is nearly certain to be BJP/NDA prime ministerial candidate for coming Lok Sabha elections. However I am not...
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Show Dont Tell
Much of my original posting on CRI has been in way of criticism without offering any positive alternative or solution, one reason for this, as the cliché goes, criticism is easy, other is my own political views are still work in progress (As Oscar Wilde said, “I am not young enough to...
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Humble appeal
Not that anybody is going to listen to me but still… Please, for love of God, stop pretending/deluding yourself that we have some intellectually coherent “right” in India. I know why you are doing that, you have a ready-made template of political categorization in American politics, it is so much...
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You sanctimonious turkey!*
Note: Usually I refrain from posting as this will drag down the quality of CRI especially since the infamous Julio-Claudian supporter joined it but this time …. well I cant control you are forewarned! Yes Sherna Gandhy, there is nothing demeaning about calling Uma Bharati “Sexy Sanyasin”, or publishing innuendos about...
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Moment Of Gloating
Well, a very warm evening to all the enlightened readers of CRI. Now I have been keeping horribly busy for quite some time, but work must make way for important things, which is gloating on the interwebs. So without further ado, first item, By now most of you must be...
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Fear and Loathing in Switzerland
(Note: Reposting orignal post from my earlier blog, relevant again in context of possible ban on Niqab by Dutch Govt.) So what exactly is my problem with Swiss minaret ban? Now all crypto Hindu fascists are more or less gloating over the ban and I think that’s wrong. Before I...
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The Truth Of Indian Politics
(Reposting from my previous blog) Words have meaning, therefore they should be used only when we intend the meaning and not something different. This is basic rule of debate. Similarly care should be taken in misusing the word. The word should be misused in order to undermine the opponent’s...
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Aphorism: Freedom
First step towards being free is to realize you are enslaved. Freedom is like zero gravity. Both can only be simulated in this world, and never truly achieved.