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Who am i?
I keep my home clean by throwing garbage out of the window!I grumble about corruption in public life but do not mind bribing my way- for a berth in a train!- when a traffic cop cops me for a traffic violation!- to get an errand done in a government office!If I am a pedestrian I shout curses at the vulgar guys zipping across on glitzy motorcycles or in automobiles....
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MF Hussain - Secular Holy cow or...?
ART IS BIG BUSINESSThe organisers of India Art Summit 2008 decided to exclude MFHs paintings from the displays for fear of protests by Hindu organisations. Even in the 2009 summit MFHs paintings were officially excluded. The exhibition was conducted between August 22 & 24 last year at Pragati Maidan in New Dlehi.After this SAHMAT (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust) went ahead and conducted its own exhibition of MFHs paintings. Some Hindu organisations did protest and reproductions of some paintings w...
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Obama Nobel: Downside for India?
The Indian media did not have enough of Obamas election campaign and presidential inauguration. It was as if the election happened right here and not thirteen thousand kilometres (eight thousand miles) away. We are, as a people, given to paying obeisance as courtiers to kings and emperors, sahibs and gora sahibs and the neo-Moghal dynasty that has been ruling post independence. It comes naturally to us....
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LeT op in J&K & SRK detention in US
The following is the transcript of INTVs Primetime News Debate on August 15, 2009. The day was quite eventful. A group of LeT terrorists surrounded, Pulwanpur, a border village in J&K holding its entire population hostage. Indian security forces launched a counter attack to free an estimated 500 inhabitants of the village. After a fierce gun battle lasting more than twenty four hours, the army finally succeeded in doing this but in the operation, Major Pritam Singh, Capt. Harish Kumar and nine j...
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MF Hussain & Artistic Freedom...
This article raises questions about the observations of Indian courts which have been generally liberal in preserving individual freedoms vis-à-vis the rights of the majority religion. Could the defenders of artistic freedom, have inveigled the courts into delivering ill-conceived judgements by speciously citing mischievous evidence? In the process were the courts oblivious to pertinent alternative views on the matter?There was a time when judicial pronouncements were characterized by the erudit...
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