July 31, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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A 100 years ago on this day, July 31st, Milton Friedman was born. The one passion that motivated his entire life was the quest for freedom for every individual, freedom from coercion and violence from others. He spent his life … Continue reading
July 30, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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An impartial observer, a Vulcan perhaps with some contextual background information on India, would surely note one striking fact about the Indian political scene from what gets generally reported in the main stream media. That fact is the near universal … Continue reading
July 17, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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Now for the important matter of the distinction between rights and freedoms. Of late, there has been a proliferation of rights. There’s the right to information, right to employment, right to food, right to education, and so on. Somehow people … Continue reading
July 17, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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Recently someone posted a few comments to a post on this blog which were held in moderation. I decide which comments get approved as this my blog and I reserve the right to do so. The person was unhappy that … Continue reading
July 14, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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I can never stop marveling at the wonder that the great big classroom in the skies, the WWW, is. Take a bunch of computers, link them up with high speed communications link, create standards and protocols, and let people do … Continue reading
July 14, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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The last time I had mentioned the Higgs boson in connection with the naming of the particle. But what is the Higgs boson? Particle physics is hard to comprehend because it deals with the extremely small. We, middle-sized creatures, are … Continue reading
July 12, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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This is a guest post by my friend Keith Hudson. It is not really related to India’s economic development. Below the fold is a simple idea that Apple or any other computer hardware manufacturer may find useful. This post is … Continue reading
July 9, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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Frederick Douglass (d. 1895), the renowned American abolitionist wrote, “Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them . . . The limits … Continue reading
July 7, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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This is an excerpt from a debate on the proposition “The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world”. The debate sponsor is The Intelligence2 Debate. (For the full version, go to Youtube.) Below the fold is the … Continue reading
July 6, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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The contrast between Narendra Modi and Manmohan Singh is stark and blindingly obvious.
July 4, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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The class of particles known as bosons is named after the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose. The naming is done by some Western scientific institution. Had it been left to any of the Congress governments of India to name the … Continue reading
July 4, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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Happy 4th of July. And now, read this bit.
July 2, 2012
by Atanu Dey
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Guru Purnima this year falls on 3rd July. It’s the full moon day we acknowledge the debt we owe to our guru.