May 20, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. – Stephen Jay Gould The criminal neglect of … Continue reading
May 17, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Only humans are capable of free speech, and those who value free speech have freedom. The rest are slaves. They may be slaves to a religious authority or a political authority, but slaves none the less. The whoremasters who try … Continue reading
May 16, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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A friend at Harvard MIT conveys this deep lesson. Go learn.
May 14, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Shortages and Nehruvian socialism go hand in hand. Just take scooters, for instance. You could not just take scooters some years ago, actually, thanks to the quota permit license control raj. You had to wait for years before you could … Continue reading
May 14, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali was at Harvard’s Kennedy School on May 9th. A brief biography of Ms. Ali from the Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership announcement reads: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 13 November 1969 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch human … Continue reading
May 12, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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The BBC reports that Indian Catholics want the movie, The Da Vinci Code, banned. “Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) activists will go on a fast unto death if the government fails to take action against anti-Christian movies,” CSF general secretary Joseph … Continue reading
May 12, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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From the “Don’t Know What’s the Point Department,” the new release is I am India on Google Video. A collage of images–a field of wind power generators, a soaring jet in the blue skies above a lush green field, the … Continue reading
May 7, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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On Saturday afternoons in Berkeley, California, I would to listen to Michael Feldsman’s show What Do You Know? on KALW 91.7 which starts off with the question “What do you know?” and the audience responds “Not much! And you?” I … Continue reading
May 7, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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George Bernard Shaw with characteristic cynicism noted that a government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. Regardless of their specific stripes, all Indian governments, because they are “democratically” elected, naturally solve the … Continue reading