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Little blue bird, zindabad
A note on Turkey’s attempt to block Twitter backfiring as users circumvented the ban, amid suspicion that Erdogan was suppressing corruption allegations.
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Geopolitics
Crimea loses, India wins
A note on India and Russia preparing to sign the Kudankulam 3 and 4 nuclear agreement under India’s liability law, with the poster saying conditions favour closer ties.
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History
“experiment of developing India ….has failed”
A note on Ramachandra Guha’s review of Neville Maxwell’s 1967 Times of London predictions that Indian democracy was disintegrating, and how well his verdicts have held up.
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History
The West India company
A note linking Taymoor Soomro’s Dawn account of the East India Company as a monopolistic, state-backed forerunner of modern corporate power.
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Society
Caste (and sect) of dead people?
A note linking Samuel Kuruvilla’s 2012 article on the dilemma of Kerala fishermen’s families over the killing of their relatives by Italian marines, and their later decision to forgive.
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Politics
A true Keralite (and a proud Christian)
A note praising Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for urging the Centre not to release the Italian marines accused of killing fishermen, even under United Nations pressure.
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Politics
The GM invasion is underway
A note on Jayanthi Natarajan’s removal as environment minister, said to reflect industry complaints and a new leader’s wish to show friendliness to business.
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Society
Doctor Dharma fails Dharma for Doctors
A note on the first UK charges over female genital mutilation against a London doctor, with the poster’s view that he should be banished from the medical community.
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History
Neville Maxwell
A note on Neville Maxwell, who blames India for the 1962 war, with his comments on the still-secret Henderson-Brooks report and the poster’s question of who the whistle-blower was.
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Geopolitics
Carlotta Gall
A note on New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall’s account of being assaulted in Quetta, tied to her book alleging Pakistani generals knew of Osama bin Laden’s presence.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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