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Making villages self-reliant
An article on an experiment at a village called Varkod, near Mysore which was aimed at making the villagers self reliant.
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Nehru And The Strategic Toilet Freshener Fallacy
An insight acquired at the workplace toilet helps deconstruct the Indian intellectual’s adoration of Nehru.
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Nitish Kumar and Ayn Rand’s Law
On BJP and JD(U) divorce, Ayn Rand law says “In any collaboration between two groups who hold different basic principles it will be the evil one who will win.”
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Hurtful Allegations
Is Israel selling weapons to Pakistan?
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Does the Sultan Have Clothes?
Despite the painfully thin rhetoric of Islamic brotherliness, Islamdom has never acted in a united manner.
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Iran’s Presidential Polls
Iran presidential polls – whoever wins the elections little is likely to change. No candidate will question fundamental policies such as Iran’s support of Bashar al-Assad in Syria or its nuclear programme.
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L’Affaire Advani
Advani, who could have been Krishna in this battle of Kurukshetra against the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), has chosen to be Lal(meaning red) with his commie power swinging tactics at this crucial turntable overture.
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Idly & Sambhar : Tamil Nadu’s latest freebies
‘Amma Canteens’ – an ambitious programme of Chief minister J Jayalalithaa, is a fad we can do without.
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Veer Savarkar: The Historian Extraordinaire
Veer Savarkar was primarily a historian. He was a also a revolutionary and later a politician of extraordinary foresight.
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A Phenomenon called Narendra Modi
“Mana Ki Andhera Ghana Hai, Par Diya Jalana Kaha Mana Hai” Modi’s own words applies so well to his announcement as the Chief of the campaign committee for the 2014 general election.
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Freedom is not a western concept – Part 1
The notion that freedom is an alien Western concept is one of the most bizarre rebuttals one hears when one discusses classical liberalism in the context of India – now being peddled by “patriots” instead of colonials.
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Book Review: The Indian Renaissance
Review of Sanjeev Sanyal’s first book – “The Indian Renaissance”. Useful in its own right, but makes for dry and uninviting prose.
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Are Beggars and Child labour UPA’s idea of Bharat Nirman?
Bharat Nirman ad symbolizes what the governance has been like – All talk, while stark realities remain unchanged.
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In defense of private think-tanks
None of the “heads” can have a monopoly on saying what is correct for the Right, much less for India.