I am reading a book. That is not news. I have a library of more than 500 books and I do to read them from time to time. But this book is different in the sense that I was provoked enough by it to want to write a couple of articles from what I read. […]
Category Archives: Politics
Politics in my Life
I am sorry to keep writing blogs that relate to how I was victimized. But the blog is about my insights and experiences and this is what I have experienced and what I have learnt from my experiences. Please bear with me. I am a private citizen who has never at any time been in […]
The problem of Uttar Pradesh
I will start by stating two facts. The first is that I don’t have a social circle and so I am driven to seek company from the watchmen (the security staff) of my housing society in Mumbai. They are not exactly friends. I don’t think of them as such but they are more than just […]
Was the Mahatma Foolish? You decide
I’ll start by asking you to watch the 60 second YouTube video below. It is interesting and the person speaking is the founder of ISKON. Calling the Mahatma a fool and a failure is sure to draw attention. In this article I would like to give my thoughts on whether the strategy adopted by the […]
Why AI is Essential
There are some articles being published in the press regularly regarding the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Two articles that I read are linked to below. I hope you will be able to read them as you may require to buy a subscription to the Times of India in order to do so. If you […]
Dealing with the Chaos on the Roads
A friend of mine asked me to write an article on how people don’t obey traffic rules and the risks these people pose to innocent pedestrians. Scooterists and others don’t obey traffic signals and a lot of them are busy on the phone when they are commuting. My friend spoke about how people like pregnant […]
In Defence of Islam
This article is about Islam. I am a Hindu and a Brahmin but I have read some books and know a bit about the subject. Not a lot but a bit. The reason for this article is that I have been exposed to the Muslims getting a lot of bad press. Plus we have the […]
A Doctrine of Hatred
Indian society and culture have been shaped by the communal violence that accompanied the partition in 1947 into India, East and West Pakistan. Thankfully all these events occurred well before I was born and have not been repeated on the same scale as happened then. But it scarred the psyche of the country and much […]
In Defence of being Offensive
I shared a link from the Quora website on WhatsApp and created a bit of a stir. Here is the link. Read it before you proceed further: https://qr.ae/pr9xrM A couple of my associates messaged saying that they supported free speech and talked about how free speech was being affected by the present dispensation. I took […]
The Appropriate Response to Fanaticism
This is going to be a short article as whatever I have to say has, I think, been said by two of the greatest philosophers of history. The question is – Should fanaticism be opposed with fanaticism or should it be opposed through democratic means? In India, in the decades past, there was a tit […]