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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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Women’s Day: An Encounter
“What a fool you are! I mean, seriously? That’s an insane claim! Did you even think twice before uttering that in these two years, you have never been discriminated against, in the campus, for being a woman? Tch Tch, this is what the patriarchal system does to one! Certain notions...
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Economic Growth Revival – Hard Work Ahead
Economic growth is likely to touch decade low of 5-5.5% this fiscal year. Rupee has depreciated more than 20% over the last few years, inflation has been high and consumer demand is also slowing down. In short, after a decade of rapid growth, Indian growth engine has slowed down considerably....
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Why I am Right – A View From The Trenches
“Know Thyself” – Plato “Without knowing oneself, there is no possibility of really searching out what is true, what is significant, what are the right values in life” – Jiddu Krishnamurthy The current world-view of the Indian mainstream media seems to be skewed against people who think opposite to half-baked...
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Sri Lankan Tamil Issue: What Should India Do?
Sri Lankan Tamil Issue: What Should India Do? Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha’s visit to India has predictably ruffled the feathers of a few Tamil Nadu politicians. They demanded Indian government to cancel the visit, close Sri Lankan high commissions in India and some fringe elements have even gone to...
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History Does Seem to Repeat Itself
Living alone, sometimes, has its benefits. It gives you the luxury of pursuing the most random of thoughts, interests and ideas. These random thoughts seem to have a pattern to them, in that, they occur when you least expect them. I say so because they seem to come to the...
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A Roadmap for Telangana and Reorganization of Andhra Pradesh
The turmoil in Telangana is back in the news and many people who might even have supported the cause some time back, are having second thoughts today, due to the violence and chaos. As an aside, I think that the turmoil we are seeing has been deliberately created by the...
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What can India Offer Pakistan?
With the recent tensions in the LOC, Pakistan was back again in the news. TV studios and newsrooms saw a lot of chatter, and arguments made with passion. On the one hand we had the hawks demanding ‘appropriate responses.’ On the other, we had the peace lobby also demanding ‘appropriate...
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Kamal’s Vishwaroopam: In Defence of Free Expression
Given that, fortunately or unfortunately, Vishwaroopam seems to be occupying our mind-space, I thought it would help to know what the law posits on the issue, instead of shooting arrows in the dark about the conclusive nature of certification issued by the Censor Board. Following are the words of the...
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The Thatcher Parallel
All politicians in modern day democracies suffer from an acute sense of vanity at some point in their career. It leads them to believe that their participation in the body politic makes an enormous difference to the lives of the masses in just the same way beauty pageant contestants believe...
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Should I be watching India vs Pakistan Cricket?
Should I be watching India vs Pakistan Cricket? Before you read it further, I would like to make full disclosure that I have been die-hard fan of Indian Cricket. There wasn’t a series I didn’t follow, if time didn’t permit to watch it live, I always followed up scores. If...
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Rising Islamic Fundamentalism in Hyderabad: Fertile Ground for Terror
Finally, a criminal case has been registered in a local court in Hyderabad against Akbaruddin Owaisi, senior leader of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) for his alleged hate speech against Hindus, which is also alleged to have contained derogatory content against Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Such speeches from the Owaisi...
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the ugliest episode of all? Year 2012 is a strange year for Indians, it is also probably one of the few years where Indian media had to report more stories than it created. What is the best of them? I guess jury is...
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My responses to Venkat’s responses to politics of tears
For others’ convenience: Here is Venkat’s Original article. Here was my earlier response. To my response, Venkat added a new article. Below is my response: 1. In my reverence of America’s founding fathers, Venkat raised a number of questions about those fathers. Let us remember that I did not mean...