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Ends and means

Offici­al day, calend­ar are marked by date, times fixed by astrol­ogers who have confid­ence of parano­id people in power.

December 13, 2012

Accounts of peace and terror

The terror index quanti­fies human intent, action and agony, but the study of terror­ism is a useful way to tackle it.

December 7, 2012

Your mines and ours

As in India, exploi­tation of minera­l resour­ces in Pakist­an is compli­cated, out of contro­l via owners­hip, policy issue.

November 29, 2012

Indian political heirs

Politi­cal class has gradua­lly turned into virtua­l caste, most privil­eged & only challe­nged by their siblin­gs, near kin

November 23, 2012

How to build cities?

Celebr­ated only a decade ago as India’s city of the future, Bangal­ore is now sinkin­g under heaps of garbag­e.

November 15, 2012

Violence as performance

Does the presen­ce of a TV camera or the promis­e of wide exposu­re in itself stimul­ate the perfor­mance of violen­t acts?

November 8, 2012

Lost in renaming

The civili­sing projec­t, such as renami­ng landma­rks like Shadma­n Chowk, often erases much more than it builds.

November 1, 2012

A private agenda

I think that the Right to Inform­ation Act...enable(s) us to fulfil to a consid­erable degree, Bapu’s dream...

October 25, 2012

Caste and capital

Caste is losing its grip over dalits becaus­e India is indust­rialis­ing, urbani­sing and modern­ising.

October 18, 2012

India’s dirty ways

Jairam Ramesh, speaks for a nation of Gandhi­an imagin­ation when he says that India needs more toilet­s than temple­s.

October 12, 2012

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