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I spent 90 odd minutes today debating – “challenging Left Liberalism” on the offstumped community portal
I am pretty much a Liberal centrist moderate  who has a 10 degree oscillation on issues to the left and right. There are policy issues on which I may agree with either, neither or sometimes both. For example [...]

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My mother told me, a long time ago, never to debate religion or politics with strangers. i am breaking that rule tonight!
there is a panel discussion (more like panel typing) on “Challenging Left Liberalism” . It is being ‘held’ at the Offstumped Community Portal , and starts at 7 pm IST. the debate/discussion (i [...]

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Tarun

March 12th 1993. A time when Mumbai was still Bombay. Lokhandwalla was a set of buildings in progress, where gangs regularly went to war. Where In Orbit & Hypercity Malad were rubbish dumps, when the expressway didn’t exist, when Asiatic and Akbarally’s were great malls and when Phoenix was a shut down mill !
March 12th [...]

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The Mylapore (Mayil – peacock; ooru – city) is possibly, my favourite temple. When I am in Chennai i visit Mylapore everyday, sometimes twice a day – much to my family’s amusement. When in Mumbai, visiting temples is not a part of my daily or even weekly routine. I manage a little roadside temple every [...]

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Tarun

There is no better sign of a party losing all signs of perspective than to attack Sachin Tendulkar on the eve of his 20th anniversary. Which is essentially what Balasaheb Thackeray did.
Thackeray said his “friendly advice” to Tendulkar was that he should “concentrate on international pitch” and stay away from politics for his “own well-being”.

Sachin’s [...]

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Anonymous(2)Tarun

It’s been three Diwalis since Vikaram Buddhi has been locked up in jail in the USA, without a trial after a trial lasting 3 days (thank you Rahul). He was accused of posting on-line threats against George & Laura Bush. He maintained that he didn’t do it.
A PHD Student, he was an alumnus [...]

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Tarun

Remember the time you heard about the Nithari killings and  almost threw up – the kids went through stuff that we, thankfully, cannot even imagine.  Remember the Mira Road case – where a man raped his daughters on the advice  of  a Tantric to get rich.  Remember those times when you read about a 3 [...]

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TarunAnonymous(3)

… because  they evoke violence in non violent people.
I am mostly non violent.
But, there are times when i watch or hear TV – not often, because I have severely curtailed news viewing since 26/11 – that I have this desire to reach through the screen and ‘bajaofy some poeple, kaan ke neeche “. I can’t [...]

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dreamerAnonymous(2)Tarun(2)

On his 140th Anniversary, one of my favorite quotes from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi :
The roots of violence . Somehow we have moved so far away from those ideals
Wealth without work. – i wonder if the global economic meltdown would have happened if the system looked at value instead of valuation.
Pleasure without conscience especially [...]

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Anonymous(2)

Being in love with God. Filled with passion for God. Having a mystical connect with God. Having communication with God that bypasses organsied relgioun. Where you stop referring to God in the terrifying patriarchal formality – and refer to him in the second person. where you fight with God, personify him – dance for him, [...]

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