Internet Lumpen….
April 26, 2011At the outset, I apolgise if this sounds like a tale of a spat in a kindergarten playground. It was one of those kind of days. Morning was spent at the university looking at some terrible answer papers “radio is an…
Who is trying to kill the Bill ?
April 22, 2011I like S Gurumurthy’s body of work. I don’t agree with some of it, nod my head vigourously in agreement on someothers. – i admire his integrity, his attention to detail and research. Which, is why I was shocked to read…
Silence Corrupts. Absolute Silence Corrupts Absolutely
April 19, 2011My column in today’s DNA In the fortnight following the high of the World Cup victory, middle class India has been on another high – the high of having taken a stand and done something about corruption. People have registered their anger…
My issues with the Proposed Jan Lok Pal Bill
April 6, 2011The Government of India is lurching from crisis to crisis. And, all of these have one thing in common – complicity of ministers’, Alliance Partners’, MP’s in crime –and the Government turning a blind eye to the pillage that has been going…
How To Read WikiLeaks :)
April 5, 2011From my column in today’s DNA – “ “Read WikiLeaks, smirk and move on” Tortuous Convolvulus is one of the most fascinating comic book characters. He appears in Asterix and the Roman Agent. Tortuous Convolvulus is a troublemaker par excellence — he…
Parent Trap – is Delhi unsafe because of family and society ?
March 26, 2011An abridged version – of this appeared The DNA on Thursday … ( i abridged it, i really need to learn to express ideas in fewer words) 🙂 Way back in the mid 1970’s, my parents were posted in New Delhi. I…
All you wanted to Know about Tamil Nadu Politics
March 25, 2011I was visiting Chennai Madras as it was then, in the Christmas of 1987, when MGR died and the city combusted in mourning. A few of my cousins had their vehicles beaten up and chased away by mourners (why? I have never…
On Woman’s Day….
March 8, 2011…. some random photographs of women from around India… The Entreprenuer – One of the things that fascinates me about India are the number of female entrepreneurs. Women who see a business opportunity and plug it in with a product/service…. here is…
Whose Land is it Anyway
March 7, 2011My column in today’s DNA : on why the land acquisition policy is short sighted. Last week in Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh – villagers braved bullets to protest against the acquisition of land for a Power Plant. Some Died. This is not…
In defense of Thomas Friedman….
March 3, 2011…. he did tell the truth when he said he had… ……been putting together my own back-of-the-envelope guess list it was really the funniest thing i had read in a long, long time …:) Obama – “Hmmm, let’s see. He’s young. I’m young….