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Attack
So Taslima Nasrin is attacked by fundamentalists. What's the big deal about this...why is the media blowing it out of proportion...this outburst among the intelligentsia arises because they think that India is a mature democracy and that the attack smacks of intolerance ( Read more... ) -
An alternative
We need an alternative civilization. It need not be antithetical to everything that we have now. May be it will be an evolution of civilization as we know it now, assuming our civilization stays long enough to witness the evolution ( Read more... ) -
Not so important
If life isn't trivial, we won't have our second chances. -
Alwar
Long time bibliophiles in Madras most probably would have visited the great Alwar old book shop (it's actually a road-side shop at Luz Corner, with no name...Alwar is a poor bearded old man who owns that shop). It is a pavement shop ( Read more... ) -
Moore such stuff
Michael Moore is so counter-current. -
Superstar
The hype surrounding Rajinikanth's movie "Sivaji" is nauseating ( Read more... ) -
Crude
There is something very unintuitive about sitting in front of a monitor and typing emails and trying to communicate...that seems dumb..."Duck, I says"... -
It's all about them
If man thinks he has to perpetuate his species, man's genes may be thinking otherwise. -
Know Thyself
I have come across this situation where someone asks what the core principles of your culture are...or what is your society like...or do you have anything like the Ten Commandments in your religion...and I have observed that almost always Indians find it difficult to answer these questions...I think that this is because we do not try to understand ( Read more... ) -
A family affair
After Mr.M.Karunanidhi became the leader of the DMK in 1969, potential contenders to Mr.M.K.'s family in the party were gradually identified and evicted from the party -- Mr.M.G.R. in the early 1970s and Mr.Vai.Ko. in the early 1990s.
The Purge never ended.
So, Mr.Dayanidhi Maran's removal from the party comes as no surprise ( Read more... )