Category Archives: Politics
Ending terrorizing ourselves
Friedman has a beautiful piece on America’s priorities and the precariousness of the national psyche. In his OP-ED in times, Friedman talks about
“my president, whose agenda can be derailed at any moment by a jihadist death cult using exploding underpants.”
And
what does the war on terror give us? Better drones, body scanners and a lot of [...]
Telangana,Self-respect, and Identity
Lets go back to 1982, to the political vacuum of Telugu’s land. To Begumpet Airport.
T. Anjaiah, the Chief Minister of Andhra, yet another Congress chief minister installed through the “revolving door policy” of the Congress high command, was humiliated at the Airport by a novice AICC General Secretary – Rajiv Gandhi. This was all that [...]
Why The Hindu?
In the cess pool that is Indian mainstream media, yet another reason why The Hindu stands out.
Friday Review November Fest 2009
In response to the sentiments expressed by our readers, we have cancelled the associate sponsorship of Dow Chemicals International Pvt Ltd for The Hindu Friday Review November Fest 2009. This sponsorship was obtained by [...]
Discover India Essay: “One Billion and Counting”
This essay of mine won the Discover India Essay prize at University of Michigan. The event was the first India Business Conference at Michigan. The Essay won me a certificate and whole lot of money in a beautifully organized and heavily attended India conference (though collecting the prize from one of Saffron India’s posterboys wasn’t [...]
King Thackeray and Dhara Patil
It can’t get better – My Man is going to wrestle My Useless Man.
It seems Raj Thackeray said “he would beat Patil with shoes for neglecting his constituency“. And Patil, who effectively beat our terrorist cousins out of India, said “If he has the guts to come out in the open, I challenge him to [...]
Thus spake..