The rape of Pinki Pramanik
Pinki Pramanik is an athlete who won a few medals for India and quickly got forgotten, if anyone noticed much to begin with. Then she grabbed the nation’s attention when […]
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Open Letter to Justice Vasuki of Madras High Court
Dear Justice Vasuki, I am writing to you with concern about the recent developments after an order of yours was used by Copyright Labs as a tool to block access
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Can the concept of Intellectual Property be human?
I have been following the exploits of Anonymous for a while now, and the question of Intellectual Property is one that keeps coming up, even though the Anons in Operation
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Satyamev Jayate: Episode 1 Daughters are Precious: Female Foeticide and some thoughts
I had stuff to do today, and not being a TV watcher at all, I had no particular interest or awareness of a new show. Wandering into the kitchen, I
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Geniuses in the Wild
An argument with a friend had be angrily declaring that schools are intellectual lobotomies and are turning a country with a rich heritage into the world’s backend, and then into
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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
Forget dog bites, try rats
Recently, a scandalous news item about horrific numbers of dog bites in Mumbai raised questions on what is being done about the menace of stray dogs in Mumbai. But there
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Quit Nuclear Power – Part 2: Optimizing use of existing electricity production
The Central Electricity Authority issues an annual report describing the electricity situation of the country. The latest available information is the monthly power supply report for February 2012, which says
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Some Thoughts on Make Blog Not War
Censorship is a continuous thing. It isn’t something you can (or would want to) eradicate completely. A mind that stops at nothing only rambles meaninglessly with every stray thought. At
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