tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171570412024-03-07T16:50:54.492-08:00on issues of the day, month or year. Totally High Minded IrrelevanceSrinivasanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02464491851738122345noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17157041.post-20627773238316380802016-08-04T12:55:00.001-07:002016-08-04T12:59:20.930-07:00

4 years from now, it will be a 150 years since Gandhi was born.  Our democracy, our  greatest homage and the grandest tribute to that mighty man will be a 100 years old 31 years from now. These are mere specks in the grand canvas of our ancient civilization, but they mark significant milestones in our journey and evolution to a modern nation state that has chosen to perfect its

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The internet ether is saturated with hope and euphoria of Modi fans, amongst whom I could legitimately count myself courtesy of my old set of “poorna ganavesh” lying around somewhere at my parents place in a loft.  But these are not the times for reaction as inert automatons to group stimuli, not the times for wide eyed optimism, but clear eyed thinking. Before we proceed to case, let

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I recently relocated to Bangalore from San Francisco. I had to work from home, which requires inter alia a steady internet connection with decent bandwidth. I was advised by my friends that BSNL is the best bet, if I can manage to get it. Airtel was the next best option which is easier to get but wouldn't have the bandwidth I am looking for. I called from the US to a local BSNL office. A kind

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I lived in Marin County, California. Until six months ago, I was oblivious to this serious oddity - living in a county among so many cyclists and my own nonchalance to bicycling. But I was prodded in the right direction by multitude of small steps, each, in and of itself were disconnected, but together led me one evening to try out a CAAD 8 that was on sale with a price just enough to tickle.

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ஜெயமோகனுடன் ஒரு நாள் - பகுதி II இது தான் சாக்கு என்று தஸ்தயேவ்ஸ்கி 'The Brothers Karamazov'ல் Zosimaவை அறிமுகப்படுத்தும் வகையில் பிரம்ம பிரயத்தனம் செய்வதையும் இதை ஒரு இந்திய மனது ‘குரு’ என்ற ஒரு வார்த்தையில் புரிந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் என்றேன். மெலிதாக சிரித்தார். ரஷ்ய புராதன கிறித்துவம் கீழை நாட்டு தரிசனங்களுக்கு மிக அருகாமையிலானது. அதன் வளர்ச்சி பெளத்த சமண தத்துவங்களால் பாதிப்பு அடைந்தது என்றார்

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Jaswant on Jinnah My Review here

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ஜெயமோகனுடன் ஒரு நாள் - பகுதி - 1 சில விளக்கங்கள் : இது தமிழில் எழுதும் என் முதல் முயற்சி. அடைமழை என பொழிந்த கோர்வையான, விரிவான ஜெயமோகனின் வரிகளில் 3 வாரங்களுக்குப்பின் நினைவில் தங்கியதை மீட்டு பின் சொல்லாக்குவதில் உள்ள என் சிக்கலுக்கு உங்கள் புரிதலை வேண்டுகிறேன். ------ ராஜன் இல்லத்தில் வெகுநேரம் பேசிகொண்டிருந்துவிட்டு புறப்பட்டோம். எனது IPhoneஐ –Vanல் உள்ள cassette player adapter உடன்

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Preparing to meet Jeyamohan orThe Art of Violently Forced Summer Reading, House Cleaning And Getting OrganizedJeyamohan is my favorite Tamil writer, whose blog I read regularly. A friend of mine introduced to his writings in the net magazine Thinnai, a long time ago. By reading his writings regularly, a mental closeness had formed over the years. I can cite multiple reasons: superb narrative and

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A way forward for BJP As all losers are bound to, BJP is in for a major introspection of “what went wrong?” after Elections 2009. One hopes that the party will undertake this exercise like adults. The primary requirement of psychotherapy is total honesty with oneself. This did not happen in 2004. For fear of offending or insulting Vajpayee/Advani duo, the party glossed over its glaring failures

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In the 60th anniversary of Indian independence one cannot help looking back to those tumultuous years of our nation's birth. Among the thoughts and emotions that flood our mind, the partition takes a primary role and rightly so; it transformed the political, economical and geo-strategic landscape of the subcontinent. It has deeply influenced, shaped and coloured the events, mindset and direction

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Fostering Rule of Law in Indian DemocracyA vibrant, socially united community is promised inclusion in the ST List, in a politically expedient move before the elections. As time goes on, the community feels the promise has not been respected. A whole series of agitations are launched, buses burnt, shops looted, public property damaged. Policemen fire on the agitators, kill a few of them. A

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The Candidate Act I – Scene ICharacters : Sonia Gandhi, Prakash Karat, A B Bardhan, Karunanidhi, Manmohan SinghLocation : Manmohan Singh’s residenceAgenda : To choose a presidential candidateSonia : This is the 60th year of our Republic. We need a woman candidate. The Congress has some persons in mind. Let us discuss them one by one.Karat : Absolutely, we need a woman candidate. Who is your

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Dera Sacha Saudha - A movie we have seen beforePunjab is going through a "blossoming memories" phase these days, only that the memories are of dark tragedies that a lot of us wish to forget but a few have a vested interest in reliving. And there in lies the seeds for the tragedy to sprout again in familiar and unfamiliar ways. The soil of the sub-continent is a fertile ground for religious

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"Es ist schwindelerregend"-"It is dizzying", Lenin right after the Bolshevik takeover.The UP elections are nearing their completion. Isn't it strange that elections are becoming long drawn out processes rather than short events? Stretched to the comical extreme, one can imagine when elections would turn out to be a 6 months affair or even year long tamasha. But that is beside the point. Every

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Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a summary of its fourth assessment report. See Link. After seeing Al Gore's documentary my interest in this issue has definitely increased. I have also been following the 'debate' on global warming in the US. This would be one of the ridiculous debates since Galileo was persecuted in medieval times. A few Galileos from NASA have

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Supreme Court, Reservations and BeyondThe recent Supreme Court order on staying the OBC reservation in centrally funded educational institutions should be viewed as a significant event in the post-Mandal era. The arguments for and against reservations are well known.[1] It requires a different kind of polemics, standards and value judgments for any reasonable debate to occur. We all know that is

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The Iraq SituationA brief guide to understanding the boxes :Each player is assigned a box. The size of the box indicates approximately the level of influence. Their choices, in decreasing order of preference is within the box. Their absolute nightmare situation is also inside the box in red font.By looking at the boxes, one thing will be clear: though a partition is not anybody's first choice, it

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Nineth Schedule and SC decisionBravo! This verdict is one of the crucial course corrections in the past 50 years since we adopted the Constituition. The judges have not only made the right decision but argued in a very crafty way. Prudently they have not gone against the legality of Art.31B and the 9th schedule. How can you argue against an explicit article? That would have been pounding your

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Ideas for IraqNext week Bush is going to announce a new strategy for Iraq. Why wait until next week ? I invite readers (my wife might take offence to the use of plural here) to provide innovative ideas.Here I lead of with mine.1. Issue a profound apology to all Iraqis and the world before UN General Assembly.Pull out all troops within 6 months2. Deposit $100 billion dollars (10 month expense of

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Signing Statements and PantomimesThe implementation of Indo-US nuclear deal is an object lesson for India as to how not to conduct business with US. First Bush and Singh conclude the deal, Bush conceding 'x' to India. US Senate which has the sole constitutional authority to ratify treaties and with the House, the sole prerogative to make law, subtracts 'y' from the 'x' and adds 'z' which were not

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The following is an email I wanted to send to a friend of mine in late 2004, but by mistake sent it to myself. There you go, the Freudian slip. But any way, here it is which I thought is relevant for the current timesFor the past 2-3 years, the US federal budget deficit is increasing and is at the level of 4% of GDP. Though the figure in percentage terms appears lower, in a $12 trillion economy

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Baker Hamilton Commission – A Washington DramaThe gruesomeness of the tragedy unfolding in Iraq is only exceeded by the incredulous comical posturing exhibited by the players in Washington. The current episode that is running in theatres is called the “Iraq Study Group – A thesis in Policy Output Synthesis with Feedback, Theatrics and Sound Bytes” by Ms. Baker, Hamilton et al.It is necessary

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Headline SketchesUS-India Nuclear Deal passes in the US Senate (85-12). Was surprised to see how effective the nuclear lobby can be to haul the senators in the lame duck session and pass the deal in approximately 12 hours. Excellent floor work by Sen.Lugar. Some suspect there are some secret clauses in the deal. As long as they remain secret, the deal will go thru. Prachanda-Bhattarai visit their

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White House 2008Candidate1234567John McCainAAB+A-A-AA-Mitt RomneyCCB+B+BB-A-Rudy GuilianiA-B-B+A-B-??Sam BrownbackBB+B+A-B??Newt GingrichA-A-B+AA??Condoleeza RiceA-AA-A-B??George PatakiBCA-BC??Duncan HunterCB+B+BB??Chuck HagelCA-B+A-B??Mike HuckabeeCCB+BB??Tommy ThompsonCCA-BC??Hillary ClintonAB+BAB+B+ABarrack ObamaB+B-CAB+??Al GoreAA-A-B+A-??John EdwardsA-B+BAA-??Bill RichardsonB+B+A-B+B??Tom

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Thumpin' for GOPThe analysis of 2006 is non-stop and ubiquitous. But why leave a chance for another post?Two months back on 'Meet the Press' when Dick Cheney bet Tim Russert a dinner that GOP would hold down both the house and the senate, Russert did not take him up on that. I was inclined to agree with Cheney then. The GOP narrative had not changed, its strategy of putting the Dems on the

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