A tweet of mine from May 14th: Pakistani PM: Nawaz Sharif Indian PM: Na–Aawaz Na–Sharif — Atanu Dey (@atanudey) May 14, 2013 Don’t know the source.
May 18, 2013
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Category Archives: People
March 7, 2013
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Narendra Modi shreds Pseudo-secular Journalist Rahul Kanwal
The power of having truth on your side is Narendra Modi’s biggest weapon against the barrage of pseud-secular bullshit that he has to routinely face from journalists. A few days ago I had posted one example of Modi’s devastating reply … Continue reading
March 5, 2013
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Modi Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Greetings from San Jose, CA. I am back and ready to get cracking. I have not been writing much of late (how’s that for an understatement) but the little grey cells have been busy. My colleague Rajesh Jain asked me … Continue reading
November 28, 2012
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Hello Dolly
Yesterday at noon while driving to Mountain View to have lunch with a friend, I caught Dolly Parton on the radio. She was in conversation with Neal Conan, the host of Talk of the Nation on NPR (National Public Radio.) … Continue reading
November 27, 2012
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“The immoral use of force is the source of man’s political problems.”
{This piece was published at NitiCentral.com last week.} Ron Paul is retiring after serving in the US Congress for 23 years over a 36 year period. There’s a striking line in his farewell speech he gave on Nov 14th to … Continue reading
November 13, 2012
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Spreading the Message about Maino aka Sonia Gandhi
Spotted on the (information) highway. For those of you who don’t read Hindi, it reads (not a literal translation) “Sonia Gandhi, you are a disgrace & a shame.” Someone inform Diggy Raja.
October 1, 2012
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Happy Gandhi Jayanti
Shri Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as the “mahatma,” was born on this day October 2nd in 1869. Popular opinion associates Gandhi with non-violence. I differ. I believe that poverty engenders more violence against innocent humans than any other single … Continue reading
September 20, 2012
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Word: Pat Condell to Rioting Muslims
Pat Condell is a special kind of commentator — the kind that have the cojones to speak truth to evil. Here’s Condell on how sick we’ve all become of the Perpetually Offended Ones. (Video below the fold.)
July 14, 2012
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Learning from the web: The Sagan Series
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 12, 2012
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Keith Hudson: On a smarter keyboard
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 7, 2012
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Hitchens on the Catholic Church
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
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Manmohan Singh is Incorrigibly Obtuse and Morally Deficient
The contrast between Narendra Modi and Manmohan Singh is stark and blindingly obvious.
June 24, 2012
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Celebrating Alan Turing
“When the history books of the future are written, Alan Turing will go down in the company of Newton and Darwin and Einstein. His visions changed how humanity conceives of computation, information and pattern — and 100 years after his … Continue reading
April 9, 2012
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“Religion is not for the weak” – Swami Vivekananda
An article on Swami Vivekananda in the Wall Street Journal of 30th March titled, “What Did J.D. Salinger, Leo Tolstoy, and Sarah Bernhardt Have in Common?” makes for delightful reading. What they had in common was their devotion to Swami … Continue reading
March 16, 2012
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Narendrabhai Modi article in TIME
There’s an article on Shri Narendra Modi in TIME.
March 15, 2012
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Sam Harris: Islam and the Future of Liberalism
The word “liberalism” denotes two almost opposite set of ideas. To distinguish between the two, it has become necessary to qualify the term. “Classical liberalism is the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due … Continue reading
March 13, 2012
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Antonia Maino aka Sonia Gandhi is #4 “Richest Politicians”
Business Insider has a short feature, “Meet The 23 Richest Politicians In The World“, and Dr Manmohan Singh’s boss, Ms Antonia Maino aka Sonia Gandhi is listed as the 4th richest with wealth estimated between US$2-19 billion. This must have … Continue reading
March 9, 2012
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Sam Harris on “The Ten Commandments”
“If you think that it would be impossible to improve upon the Ten Commandments as a statement of morality, you really owe it to yourself to read some other scriptures. Once again, we need look no further than the Jains: … Continue reading
March 9, 2012
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Subramanian Swamy — excerpts from a March 5th interview
I admire Dr Subramanian Swamy immensely. He is among a handful of people who have the guts, the intelligence, the commitment, the dedication and the stamina to fix what’s broken in India. I agree with him on all the substantive … Continue reading
February 25, 2012
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Shri Narendra Modi and India will Prevail
Any dispassionate observer of India would agree that India is underdeveloped in practically every sense of the term. What’s worse is that India has always had the potential to do much better. India’s failure to develop is a disappointing tale … Continue reading