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Modi as PM - Divisive politics - Part II
In a country plagued by religion, caste and creed based politics, which dates back from the British era and which is faithfully nurtured by most political parties, Modi stands apart. Im a living example of casteless politics. I am an OBC and I come from a most backward caste.. The fact that I have no caste base helps me because no one says I take decisions based on caste. ...
| Arindam B |
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Why we need Modi as PM? - Part III
Eminent writer-activist Mahasweta Devi, recently praised Gujarat, I have been to Gujarat many times, especially during the 2002 communal killings. ..I was deeply impressed to see the strong work culture in Gujarat. The city and village roads are well-built, even the remotest villages have electricity and access to drinking water. I was especially impressed with the medical facilities in the panchayats and local-level health centers... Comparing to the over 30 years of the communist Government ru...
| Arindam B |
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First Military Assault on Tibet - Part I
Anytime the present Dalai Lama, the Fourteenth one, is discussed in western media, China is mentioned in an accusatory tone, and blamed for committing all the horrendous crimes in Tibet. The news items give the impression that the bald and cuddly Dalai Lama is the sweetest darling second only to the teddy bear to the western hearts, which are bleeding incessantly ever since he fled Lhasa - on the 17th of March 1959 - and took refuge in India. Politicians of the West, and western media reinforce...
| N Das |
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First Assault on Tibet - British plans - Part II
In the mid-nineteenth century Britain made repeated overtures to Tibet to open a land route for trade purposes, essentially a covert design to expand the plunder of China. The Tibetans were fearful of Britain, so they always rebuffed British offers. In the first two years of the twentieth century the British made up their mind to force open Tibet, instead of waiting for Tibetan consent....
| N Das |
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Saddening case of the Indian Bureaucracy
In India there is no dearth of columnists arrogating to be experts in polity, governance and administration. But the very mirthful fact, that which I realized of late, is how less of notions do we actually have versus the bureaucracy from these columnists. And most of the articles on them are absolutely rabble rousing - that which hardly makes any sense.When Indias first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was asked as to where in administering this country was he a failure, his answer was Administr...
| U Prabhu |
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Terrorism: A Questionable response
Terrorism in the name of one particular religion is haunting humanity today. Two months have elapsed since 26/11 and the masterminds behind the attack are still at large. Why the Indian government and security agencies have failed to safeguard the lives and properties of innocent Indians and when can we put a full stop to terror? The answer to this vexed question lies in answering those politically incorrect others which escape public discourse. ...
| S Basu |
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Islam, History of Hindus and Jews
Simply put, the 2008 Mumbai mayhem, the 2001 attacks on Indias parliament, train bombings in London and Spain (2004 and 2005), steadily spreading terrorist attacks from tribal areas to urban Pakistan (2006 to present), the 2008 attack on Indian Consulate in Afghanistan and the 9/11 attacks on America kind of murderous violence may stop when all the good people in Pakistan, including the community elders and spiritual leaders who want a decent future for their country declare, as a collective tha...
| K Bhatia |
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Net Generation & Obama victory
I have just finished reading a very exciting and revolutionary book titled GROWN UP DIGITAL, How the Net Generation is changing your world, by Don Tapscott. He is Chairman of the nGenera Innovation Network and an adjunct Professor of Management at the Joseph L Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is an international bestselling author or coauthor of eleven books, including Wikiomics, Paradigm Shift, and The Digital Economy. No one knows the digital generation and its impact on ...
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Reactions to Terror should be harsh
In the social context, human behavior is a set of complex interactions between the individuals. The inherent complexity attracted many social scientists to pursue theoretical and empirical studies on the subject. They defined human behavior as a composite of actions and reactions-to-the-actions of individuals. While an action has a single independent origin, the reactions to it are different many. Consequently human behavior is an inexact science of social psychology. This may sound fuzzy. The e...
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Recession: Time for Ergodic Cerebration
It is baffling to learn about Ramalingam Raju. A person who, just a year ago, was called a renowned, distinguished entrepreneur and an international business leader, is today behind bars for financial misappropriation in the company which he himself had built from scratch-Satyam. If the media informants are to be trusted, he had been keeping up the defalcation for the past decade! Wasnt it during this time that he was honoured with awards and accolades of both national and international standing...
| U Prabhu |
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Ayurvedic Massage
Ayurvedic Massage with feet is practised in Kerala Choutti system of massage. In this method, the patient wishing to undergo massage treatment lies on a matress and the therapist glides over the patients oiled body by using feet. The therapist holds a rope hanging over patients body for support.However,there are many limtations to the therapists movements and massage strokes in this system. Moreover,this type of massage is rather exhaustive for the therapist himself....
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Slumdog Millionaire: Racial prejudice cont..
This ostentatious display of anti Hindu sentiment is of course lost on the jingoists or those ABCDs who go gaga over such pernicious cinema. Sincere critics questioning the dumb plot where a slum boy grows up into a sophisticated leftist JNU product with a flawless English accent are censured by appealing to the authority of the Golden globe awards. They keenly forget the film was precisely designed for that, appeal to the racial sensitivities of those who really matter! Therefore, even the libe...
| S Basu |
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Swami Vivekananda: A legacy denied
Vivekananda was the first Indian who impacted the West despite criticizing Christianity and asserting Hindu superiority. Unlike Gandhis irrationality in considering Western civilization to be a spurious antithesis of the pure Indian counterpart despite himself imitating the ideas of Christ, Rosseau and Tolstoy; Vivekananda cherished the values and achievements of both despite the influence of no foreign thinker on him. His influence on Sri Aurobindo who represents the last viable fusion of the E...
| S Basu |
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Emulation of Fallacies
In India, since time immemorial, we have been in pursuit of a society which is laudable as far as principles, ethics, and rationale go. Our pursuits have not [just] been towards creating a financially affluent society. We have been rather immensely zealous in working towards a civilization where all and sundry would live in peace, dignity, and with honor.Yes, it is very much possible that we, especially a large section of the youth, can begin a self-defeating argument against evil practices once...
| U Prabhu |
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"Imagining India" - A Book Review
At first glance, Nandan Nilekanis Imagining India is daunting.500+ pages, densely packed with statistics, policy prescriptions and anecdotes do not make for easy bedtime reading.yet I found it highly engaging and written in a very readable style. If there was ever a book you wished that reflected a birds eye of what ails India, Imagining India would come pretty close to it.On the very first page, in the preface, Nandan Nilekani recalls a conversation with a visitor in which he was asked:Why dont...
| B Shant.. |
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