My Babari Masjid Verdict
After much thinking, this is what I think should be done about the Babri Masjid conflict. All the arguing parties must be told to go home and forget it. The […]
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Earth
Cognitive dissonance
The scent of the earth… the title deed The life of a man… and futile need The freedom to be… in silly glee And the weight of the smallest deed.
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An Indian Woman writes to Soni Sori
Dear sister in womanhood, Soni Sori, I am writing to you to let you know I received your letter. I read it. Your anguish reaches me. Your very important questions
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Colonialism-in-the-Mind by Gouranga Chattopadhyay – Part 5
Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 In British India, for almost two centuries, this process had taken place. A small percentage of people, variously termed by
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Colonialism-in-the-Mind by Gouranga Chattopadhyay – Part 4
Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 In British India, for almost two centuries, this process had taken place. A small percentage of people, variously termed by
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Mr. Chidambaram’s war by Arundhati Roy – Part 4
Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 People who had come from the war zones, from Lalgarh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa, described the police repression, the arrests, the
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Privatizing needs
Increasing privatization of necessities means citizens are forced to make purchases from private entities that are opaque to scrutiny and unaccountable to people. It is a permanent profit.
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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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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