Well I am off to the City Formerly Known As Madras. I will be in Chennai for the weekend. Here is a classic Christopher Hitchens piece for you reading pleasure. “It’s impossible to satisfy “Rage Boy” and his ilk. It’s… Read More ›
Month: June 2007
The Tangled Web — Part 3
TataIndicom I live in a development called “Magarpatta City” on the southeastern edge of Pune. Like most other recent real estate developments around the country, it is a gated community. It is far from complete and but most services are… Read More ›
Open Question
Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. But only if Caesar himself is above suspicion. What if Caesar is way way below suspicion? Shouldn’t you expect that his wife will also not be above suspicion? Think about it.
We, the People
One is forced to the generalization that at the level of the individual it is all exogenous, while at the level of the society, it is all endogenous. Take the market, for instance. To an individual, price is something that… Read More ›
The Tangled Web — Part 2
Talk to Me You can learn a lot from talking to people. Long train journeys were a prefect setting to have long conversations with perfect strangers, people who have a different point of view, a different set of life experiences…. Read More ›
I’ve Been Tagged
I got tagged by Raj In the past, getting tagged usually pins me against the wall and I end up not playing along. But it being a lazy Sunday, here goes nothing: eight random things about me.
The Tangled Web — Part 1
Death Someone I used to know in California died rather suddenly. It was about 20 years ago. She and her husband were casual friends of mine. The perfect yuppie couple, they had everything going for them. Then she started having… Read More ›
E O Wilson and EoL
Oh wonderful new world of the web, that has such people like E. O. Wilson in it! http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf E O Wilson got his wish. “As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of his… Read More ›
Another SSRS Letter
Since the last few days, I notice that this blog is getting a lot of visitors from esatsang.net, a site devoted to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. I am not sure why but my blog does get a lot of attention… Read More ›
The Bureaucratic Damn
Read it, it’s dam funny.