Category Archives: india
Was Thackeray an Anachronism?
Bal Thackeray was the Hitler of Maharashtra. He not only admired the ‘Great Dictator’ but also tried to emulate him by fighting the non-Marathis with all resources available to him. The number of people in various parts of India … Continue reading
Jai Hazare
Albert Camus, a Nobel laureate in literature and a prominent Existentialist philosopher, defined a rebel as a person who says ‘No’ to a system and also introduces an alternative system. My problem with the Anna Hazare politics has been that … Continue reading
Didi Politics
There’s a saying in Malayalam which translates as: ‘Two mountains may unite, but two women won’t.’ [The real humour of the saying will be clear only when you know that the word in Malayalam for mountain is mala and for … Continue reading
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