We have inherited our civil and criminal justice system from the British. The British naturally gave us the justice system that they knew and worked for them. And this system is based – in large part – on the witnesses being men and women of integrity. And that is a very precarious assumption to make […]
Tag Archives: India
The Only Sound Method of Nation Building
This is going to be a long article of about 2,200 words. But sit tight it will be worth your time and effort. A reader of my blog gave me a WA forward giving the views of one Dr David Frawley on India. Dr Frawley has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government […]
Is India a feudal society?
Is India a feudal society? Judging from my life experiences I would say yes. As I mentioned in some earlier articles I had been harassed and victimized by certain powerful people. What I want to stress on in that experience is that all of society cooperated with them for decades even though they were breaking […]
About the Longer Telegram
One of my uncles recently told me to read up the Longer Telegram and do a blog article on the subject. As to what is the Long Telegram, it was an 8000 word telegram sent (in 1946) by a US diplomat posted in the USSR and it gave the intellectual framework that formed the US […]
India’s Test Series win in Australia
This has nothing to do with the main topics I write about in this blog but I can’t resist writing about our test series victory in Australia. The reasons why this victory is special are threefold: firstly, it was an overseas win; next it was against a full-strength Australian team which is one of the […]
Some Comments on the Caste System
For starters please watch the video below. It is well made and interesting and keeps you engrossed for all of its 5 and a half minutes. The video concludes by saying that discrimination on the basis of caste is wrong and as long as there discrimination exists reservations on the basis of caste should continue […]
Some final comments on the Kashmir dispute
This is my final article on the Kashmir dispute. Links to my previous two articles are given below: In this article I would like to answer to the points made by my uncle who had objected to many of my suggestions. To read my uncle’s comments please visit the second of the two links above. […]
Another Viewpoint on Kashmir
In response to my article on Kashmir my uncle mailed me some comments. It shows that there is more than one point of view to every issue. Here is the link to my previous article about the Kashmir dispute: The following are my uncle’s comments: You have clearly thought deeply about the issue. I agree […]
A Long Term Solution to the Kashmir dispute
I would like to state at the outset that I would strongly prefer the Kashmir issue to be decided by a referendum held there which gives the people of Kashmir the option whether to stay in India or Pakistan or even become an independent state of their own. Given the fact that this is clearly […]
How to avoid a Nuclear War with Pakistan
There Is much to learn from the civilization and culture of China. Bertrand Russell spent some time in China in the early part of the 20th century and had this to say about the great country: “I have come to realize that the white race isn’t as important as I used to think it was. […]