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Foolishness of Jan Lok Pal 12 Apr 2011 | 10:27 pm
This time I won't bore you with introductions about my laziness and will get straight to the point. But before that a disclaimer. I am a staunch believer in democracy and free markets. I think that th...
Dantewada and free markets 10 Apr 2010 | 03:35 pm
There is nothing more to be written and said about the Dantewada massacre. Points of view from both sides of the aisle have been explored and debated from fundamentalist morons like Arundathi Roy to i...
Mera number kab aayega? 3 Dec 2008 | 12:26 am
Warning long post I am finally wakened up from immense lethargy, and it took a tragedy of immense proportions to force me to my laptop to write this post. Mumbai has been attacked, not just a bomb bl...
Back hopefully more consistently 19 Feb 2008 | 01:40 am
I resume blogging not with something original but two links to articles about current issues by prominent writers. First the unnecassary violence in Mumbai by Raj, Pratap Bahnu Mehta is bang on in thi...
Getting Hooked 30 Oct 2007 | 10:53 pm
I am getting married this Sunday and you dear readers are invited (i think we have to make extra arrangement since the readers of this blog runs into millions:)). I am leaving tommorow from the monoto...
A freedom fanatic's defence 29 May 2007 | 06:12 pm
It’s been a quite a long break. The reasons are varied, but mostly, I blame it on my laziness and probably also little loss of interest. But I still love writing and one day want to write professional...
Being Libertarian 6 Mar 2007 | 04:05 am
Do not think in categories writes Amit verma of Indiauncut in this excellent piece in the Mint. Its really tough being a libertarian in his country, though the principle behind the thought looks so ve...
Guru- Some thoughts 22 Jan 2007 | 07:44 pm
I think this is a first in Bollywood, a hero who is an unapologetic, unabashed capitalist. Yes there were others before, Amitabh Bachan in Namak Haram, Sanjeev Kumar in Trishul and Prem chopra in Kala...
I can become a TV star- The self indulgent world of Indian TV journalism 3 Jan 2007 | 08:42 pm
Who thinks Indian TV journalists are left liberal, self indulgent and loud raise your hands? Well nobody? That’s understandable. We have really come a long way from the kind of news Doordarshan used t...
Idealism and corrpution 28 Nov 2006 | 10:12 pm
Most of my posts are inspired by lunchtime conversations, like this particular one. During lunch yesterday, we were discussing about an ex-colleague of ours who was an absolute idealist, who wouldn’t ...
