Archive for October, 2005
UN reinforces, Congress = Corruption
Corruption in India is not uncommon, and we have learnt to live with it. Indeed, to get matters done or to escape petty fines, we befriend Corruption. But what if the Legislature itself is corrupt?
Congress governments are generally more corrupt than other governments, this is kind of a trend. This is perhaps because it is [...]
Islamophobia, Secularism, Terrorism and the Delhi blasts
One day after the deadly bombs, speculation is rife as to who the mastermind is. 61 lives and an unknown terrorist group, Inquilab, have claimed responsibility - but I wonder that this must be just cheap publicity for the new outfit.
Will the Indian Govt. step up its anti-terror strategies - it will for a few [...]
Twin Tragedies strike North and South
Two man-made disasters - one accident, one very intentional - within 24 hours of each claiming >150 innocent lives that were looking forward to celebrate Deepavali with family and friends, sweets and lights…
The recent terror strike in Delhi has done to Indians what the bombing in London did to the British in July. More than [...]
If Rains can halt Indian cities…
It is only rains for godssake! And it comes every year at this time, agreed that it is a bit too heavy this time, but still…
If just the annual rains can bring great Indian cities like Mumbai (in June), Chennai and Bangalore to a grinding halt, then what havoc will actual disasters wreak??
Transportation is [...]
Indian democracy collapsed into Religious terror?
Martha Nussbaum has written another article which is much less unprofessional or controversial than her previous one. I had written a rebuttal to her earlier article, and continue to pooh-pooh her fears for India’s democracy.
Which intellectual would not condemn religious riots, be their perpetrators Muslim or Hindu, Catholic or Protestant? So Martha chides the “Hindu [...]
Brown skin vs. Black skin in UK
Weekend riots between African-Carribeans and Pakistanis-Bangladeshis seem to have been pre-planned.
Bangladesh used to be the hotspot of racial riots decades back when “coloured” people fought the Whites. But today, the plates have turned and Blacks are fighting the Browns.
First, an allegation by the African community that a small girl was raped behind a Paki/Bangla shop. [...]
US Family Court snubs our Supreme Court
International legal wars, India-US tensions, and a crestfallen SC! A very simple case, and a very simple direction by the Supreme Court of India have been outrightly rejected by a family court in New York!
SC has felt the slap on its face quite hard, and with fallen prestige it has requested the Govt. to take [...]
Draupadi of Mahabharata cries out in Pratibha Ray’s Yajnaseni
I have just finished reading Pradip Bhattacharya’s English translation of the Oriya book “Yajnaseni” by the famed writer Pratibha Ray. If women can be educated and modern without losing their cultural identity, then Pratibha Ray sets an excellent example. Yajnaseni won her a Bharatiya Jnanpith award in 1993.
The story of Draupadi, the heroine [...]
US Professor’s faulty logic blames Indian government for religious riots
Martha Nussbaum, a professor of Law in the University of Chicago and a romancer of Amartya Sen in an earlier life, is seriously prejudiced against the BJP in India. Her article that constantly rebukes Modi and the BJP and flowers immense praise on Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh raises serious questions about the professionalism and [...]
Argumentative Indian unworthy; Amartya Sen’s history biased
At last, somebody has gathered enough courage to refute Amartya Sen and his recent book, The Argumentative Indian. It is surprising that Amartya Sen has risen to the status of a demigod especially in his home state Bengal, and that his book has been hailed in all the reviews written by Indians that I have [...]