Decluttering the Lokpal
The Lokpal debate is the rage all over again, and the clutter being thrown into the thinking is escalating. It suits many, because the less people are able to think, […]
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Story of a reformed sexual harasser
This story is about a few months old. Sat in my drafts, so some references may not be current. I had met a few friends recently. I spoke briefly about
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Protesting Nuclear Power
As I write and tweet about the ongoing happenings at Fukushima, many take me to be an anti-nuclear activist. With this logic, if I write and tweet about India, I’m
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The Blinkers and mental eploitation.
If I can direct what you think, I can control your conclusion. It is like blinkers on a horse. A horse able to see only in one direction is less
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Mistaking Gloss for Standards
Republishing this post today to add this quote of horror: Usha Devi, a slum dweller, went into labour at night on the 12th Jan 2012 . She was taken by
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Unfreedoming Speech
Dear Mr. Sibal Let me begin with saying that not even my mother had ever made such a comprehensive effort to remove from my sight everything that would offend me.
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On free men and brutes
I wrote this post quite a few times, totally different each time, and finally decided to scrap it all to simply state my bottom line. There is a lot of
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Slutwalks and the state
The Mumbai Slutwalk had died when the police required us to provide an undertaking on the letterhead of an NGO with details of the walk. We could have falsified it,
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Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers
As the nuclear debate sparks, more and more voices call for dams and hydrothermal plants. And pro-nuclear activists helpfully point out that they have done more damage to life and
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