A world of our own creation
The Guwahati gang molestation shocked the Nation with the usual monthly fury. How can men behave like animals? Women are not safe anymore and such talk abounded. Lot of moral […]
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Caste system in India
A politically incorrect stand on condemning online abuse
I had hoped it wouldn’t happen, but it did. The hideous comments made to Meena Kandasami became the subject of some major online activism/condemnation. I had wished it would not
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The IT Rules activism paradox
I have been trying to raise awareness about the IT rules for several days now. A few people are interested. By and large, most aren’t. I have been more and
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Holy Cow!
I have been thinking about this on and off beef debate raging in our country, and I realize it is a very complex, multi-dimensional thing. Each side of the
Babasaheb Ambedkar: The fear of democracy of the privileged ~ P Sainath
Babasaheb Ambedkar is an enigma to most Indians. While we all claim to respect him for writing India’s Constitution, there is little we know about who Dr Ambedkar was or
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Open Secret Bigotry
Let me begin with saying that you are not a bigot. We like to imagine we have humanitarian values and value all life equally. And perhaps that is our intent
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An Afternoon with the Maid’s kids
To those who know me for a while, my struggle to find some affordable help with the home and Nisarga is no news. For the most part, the options are
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Mr. Chidambaram’s war by Arundhati Roy – Part 1
An article by Arundhati Roy that I respect highly. Originally published in theOutlook Magazine. Republishing here so that more people read it. Also a kind of public apology for writing
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Political labels and the human condition
As I post up a lot of transcripts from Sainath and at the same time am posting a lot of information on nuclear power that never makes it to our
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