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Stuff it!
Posted in environment, politics, thoughts on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mumbai under siege
Posted in politics on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s now close to 27 hours since Mumbai was attacked in a concerted strike by very a well-trained and equipped terrorist squad.
It sickens me when I think of how they must have planned for months, perhaps years, to conduct this attack, knowing full well that they would be killing innocent unarmed civilians who do not [...]
A red letter day
Posted in politics, tagged politics on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got a call from my brother in the US, and the excitement from that part of the world somehow transported itself across the long-distance line. “It’s like a party” he said. India was well into her morning, but in the US it was the previous day, the previous night, a Red Letter Night.
CNN announced [...]
On Voting
Posted in politics, tagged politics on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the Americans brace themselves for the momentous election next month, I can see why Voting is the topic of the month.
After reading an interesting article by Shashi Tharoor, I would like to share some of my thoughts :
Tharoor correctly points out that the difference in the electoral process between most of the Western world and India is this: [...]

