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From Don Boudreaux to his 7 year old son. Snippets:
- Even in principle, government is not synonymous with society.
- In practice, government is an enemy of civil society.
- Even popularly elected government does not in any meaningful sense represent his interests or those of civil society.
- be forever skeptical of received wisdoms and truths – […]

I scoured through various bookstores to find Richard Dawkins’ The Blind Watchmaker — and could find it nowhere. I was surprised, because it’s a bestseller. It was on the catalogues of most stores, but not in stock. I was told by both Crossword and Strand that it is out of print in India. […]

Social transformation is very much like preparing dahi (curds / yogurt). First, we need the jaman (bacterial culture). This is really “us” – we who work in the area of public policy / changing mindsets etc (I don’t much like the term “social worker”). This culture is largely elitist. Most social change, including revolutions, has […]

Two books caught my eye recently. Yesterday at Crossword it was Sukutu Mehta’s Maximum City : Bombay Lost and Found and today at Strand Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything.
I spent 10-15 minutes browsing through each book and liked what I read. I’m wondering if I should buy them as I […]

More than a year after I’ve started using MT, I’m still a newbie and even the most minor of template changes flummox me. Just today, I wanted to change the “recent comments” on the sidebar — display the entry name instead of just “entry” and open the link in a new page. I did the […]

Or how can I get married without invoking god or government?
Luckily Glen Whitman at Agoraphilia has an interesting post on the issue.
When it comes to marriage, what’s an atheist libertarian to do? What kind of ceremony is appropriate, and who ought to officiate? For an atheist, the obvious choice might appear to be a judge […]

Funny, thought provoking and absurd. All in the same post.

Warm article in the Indian Express on a Bombay family’s visit to Karachi.
The Vaziranis tapped on the huge amount of warmth that people of both countries have.
contrary to popular belief, India is a craze in Pakistan. At one time during their visit there was a delegation from India being visited by hundreds of Pakistanis […]