August 2014
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Babri Masjid Redux (just say no)
The author says to reject any twenty-first-century sequel to Babri, argues that attacks on minorities cause electoral backlash, and that Dalits’ concern is survival, not religious label, while backing the…
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The doctor has no heart
A blog post quoting Dr Sandeep Jauhar’s account of American medicine as mercenary and demoralised, with commentary that his allegations may or may not hold, and that shortages of primary-care…
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Love Jihad: problem resolved
Commenting on the Tara Shadeo case, the poster agrees with Saba Naqvi Bhaumik that civil marriage would defuse the ‘love jihad’ theory, but asks why civil marriage should not be…
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Saving the Incompetent Sharif Brothers and this Rapacious Unfair System
Argues that building a working democracy in an ex-colonial country takes far more skill than running a functional government, and that undermining the system, even to remove incompetent leaders like…
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Old age homes (not just for politicians)
Prompted by the Congress taunt about the BJP’s ‘old age home’ for senior leaders, the poster argues that scientists, entertainers and technocrats, not only politicians, should make way for younger…
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The “Disney” God and Blasphemy
Responding to Ram Gopal Varma’s mocking tweets on Ganesha, the poster offers a affectionate take on the god as a mother’s favourite and argues how left-liberals treat Hindu deities, with…
