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Pratap Bhanu Mehta on state censorship in India

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s brilliant article brings out the troubling state of our country today. Everyone utters the platitude that they respect freedom, but they then use the qualifier that no freedom is absolute in the most mendacious way. …In fact, … Continue reading →

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Believe it or not: Gems from India’s cow lobby

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Minutes from a government sponsored Cow promotion conference in Madhya Pradesh. (Newspaper article) Only those inside houses coated with cow dung escaped the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. There are only two ways to remain insulated from nuclear radiation, and one … Continue reading →

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Humbling tweet of the year 2011

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Quite an irony that this very honest and non-jingoistic tweet was made by the Chief Minister of a state that the rest of India is so jingoistic about.

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What if Yeddyurappa does a Modi?

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

No, my question is not what you think. I am not suggesting that we will have the riots out here. Hear me out. We all the know the infrastructural and administrative mess that is there in Bangalore (and Karnataka). The … Continue reading →

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The POTA games

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Watching Arun Jaitley’s interview about POTA, and his criticism of the PM’s idea of a federal investigation agency made me recoil with disgust at the games these political parties play. POTA was created during the NDA rule in 2002 as … Continue reading →

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Lessig decides NOT to run for congress

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

So he decided that this was perhaps not such a wise move. There is a video presentation explaining why. The summary is that the representative he is fighting against is pretty strong, and for a first hand politician, the margin … Continue reading →

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Of Lessig, my years of self-delusion and beginning of realization

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

I just saw the update on Lessig’s blog – he is actually considering running for Congress this year! You can find more at http://lessig08.org/. Lessig’s announcement last year of the shift of his efforts over the next decade had significantly … Continue reading →

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