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Friday, October 21, 2011

The Great R&D Debate

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“There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs” says Jairam Ramesh. True. R&D in an academic context, means developing a new ca...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Mission IIT

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IIT is frequently in the cross hairs of controversy. Recently the first salvo was fired by Jairam Ramesh, who claimed that the faculty at I...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Four Statements that cannot be disputed

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1.  You  cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2.  What one person receives without work...
Monday, May 09, 2011

Special Economic Zones (SEZ’s)

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Despite all the controversies, India has rightfully embarked on building new “Urban Centres” in areas earmarked as SEZs. These Urban Centre...
Sunday, April 03, 2011

A politically incorrect review of the World Cup Finals

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India demonstrated it's Top, Middle and Bottom at the World Cup Finals against Sri Lanka. There was some confusion at the toss and it ha...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

In praise of Affluentitis

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Affluentitis: A privilege that comes from having a significant amount of wealth which enables one to indulge in "conspicuous consump...
Saturday, October 02, 2010

The Ayodhya Debate over the destruction of the Babri Masjid

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The destruction of the Masjid was a terrible act. An opportunity to preserve the structure and give Hindus the right to worship within...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Amendment notification to Noise Pollution

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To: Mr. Vijai Sharma, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003....
Sunday, August 23, 2009

L. K. Advani - The mouse that roars...off & on

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Lal Krishna Advani represents the "old Hindustan", that was responsible for the stifling "Nehruvian Rate" (mistakenly c...
Friday, August 21, 2009

A Politically Incorrect Analysis

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The BJP big wigs squatted in Shimla at their "Chintan Baitak" (Aug 19th-22nd, 2009) and agonized over their defeat in the Lok Sabh...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Let's Get Truly Secular

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Upholding secularism was a clarion call in the recent elections. All the non-NDA parties coalesced around this banner pushing the BJP into a...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

M. F.Hussain's Paintings

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I must admit that I was rather complacent about M.F. Hussain's controversial painting until I received an e-mail with images of his pai...
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