A Derailed Andolan
It was with much admiration that I had raised my voice in support of Anna when he first articulated my frustration with the government. It seemed like a David versus […]
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Government
The fun and profit approach to anti-corruption
There is big attention to corruption these days. People are exhorted to stop supporting corruption, to blow the whistle when they witness corruption, etc. At the same time, after much
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Why I don’t support the IAC – but wish them well
I began with full hearted support for the Jan Lokpal movement. Somewhere down the line, as the politics deteriorated from a people’s movement to a movement led by individuals, I
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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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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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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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Radioactive people
Physicist Michio Kaku said in a video “If you have been exposed to Cesium 137 because you are an atomic worker, even after you are dead and buried your graveside
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