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Mighty Zeus is not being kind to us, and it appears as if his fury has caused another downpour on our wonderful city. So with a heavy heart, we have decided to postpone that magical event, the monthly Mumbai Blogger Meet scheduled for today. Abandon not thy hope, fair blogger, for we shall simply postpone […]

A print of this painting by the Dutchman Jan Vermeer hangs opposite my desk in the office.

A tour of the Indian blogosphere. In the rains!

Green aliens from Mars have invaded my blog

Dug up some old haikus (written circa 1999-2000)
red sandstone buildings
imposing archways -
of a capital city
a lovely poem
easily typed on the comp
printer paper jam!
brown paper cups
and flattens to draw on
wraps your creativity
wicker baskets for holding junk
cute little peices of art
with the flotsam of life

AnarCapLib will be hosting the Monsoon Mela on July 21–the day Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
The Rules

Posts must either be made by Indians or must focus on India or Indians.

Send in permalinks to the individual blog entries only, not just the URL. If the permalink is not working, send me the title and […]

In response to Slavery is Freedom? Sauvik says that in his post, he was just talking of what Nepal’s monarch should do without taking up the general question of whether monarchies are better than democracies at doing the things that a government should be doing. It doesn’t seem like that to me, but […]

Ever enjoyed monsoon luck? It’s pouring all day, but when you decide to go out, the skies stop the spray. Run along, get the errand done and as soon as you back home, the rains restart. It’s like you have the power to switch the rains on and off to suit your convenience! I’ve had […]

I’m afraid Sauvik’s post is the most bizarre one I’ve read from someone who identifies himself as a “libertarian” So now the way to achieve our ideals of limited government is to hand over absolute power to a monarch? How convenient! If only we had received the benefit of his insight earlier, the […]

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‘A SECULAR RETHINK’
THE INDIAN EXPRESS - CITIZENS FOR PEACE ANNUAL ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION
Citizens for Peace (CfP) […]

The Centre for Civil Society has started a unique Livelihood Freedom Campaign.
After the 1991 liberalisation, the poor do not seem to have gained as much as the rich. The truth is there has been hardly any liberalisation for the working poor. For them it has been all LPQ (Licences, Permits and Quotas) and little LPG […]

Tunku Vardarajan has a pithy piece on British phlegmatism in the face of the bomb blasts yesterday.
The secret of British composure is that Britons really do feel proud of their civilization. On the whole, they apologize for very little, which is as it should be. Their message to terrorists is always likely to be straight […]

Mid-Day has a story on the latest lifestyle neurosis.
My family members sit on a floor mat while the cats lounge on the sofa. The first bite of any dessert is sampled by the cat family, before being passed on to us humans.
This is the first time I’ve actually seen a medical term attached to behavior […]

Multi-party democracy with universal adult suffrage is a very recent phenomenon in human history. Europe had Hohenzollerns, Hapsburgs and Romanovs till the end of WW1. Even in Britain, till the mid-19th century, the vote was restricted to wealthy property owners and the total number of voters was only about 500,000. My point is this: since […]

I’ve been on an enforced blog-holiday. For fortnight or so my internet connectivity has been poor and I’ve barely been able to keep up with email. Plus my work and social life has ratcheted up a few dozen notches. So the blog took a backseat.
Moreover, I’ve never been a must-blog-or-will-lose-face blogger. I enjoy blogging as […]