From a Canadian publication ‘The Province’ (Tuesday, May 1, 1990), author: Crawford Kilian.
Alternative Viewpoint
Iraq now, Iran next, Saudi Arabia for later
“It’s the oil, stupid.” In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal of 10th June, Edward J. Markey asks rhetorically “Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?” He points out that if at all the Saudis need more… Read More ›
Mr Lee and Mr Chee agreed to have a fight
The NY Times of 30th May reports (“Power and Tenacity Collide in Singapore Courtroom” — Thanks, Naman) on the clash between two personalities — one powerful and famous, the other powerless — in a Singapore courtroom. Former prime minister Lee… Read More ›
Begging for a World Class University — Part 2
This is a follow up to the previous post, “Begging for a World Class University.” In this I will address two responses to the post: one, the comment left by Aditya, and two, a post by Pramode titled “A Question… Read More ›
What’s a “Patwa”?
A fatwa is a religious decree made by a mullah. A “patwa” is like a fatwa but made by Patil. A patwa, like a fatwa, is not based on reason or logic. But it is not just a matter of… Read More ›
The Resurrection of Gandhi
Arvind Lavakare in an article titled The Myth of Mahatma Gandhi notes that the Gandhi icon had been losing its sheen for years until the present government began giving it a nice new varnish. Maybe it is an attempt to… Read More ›
Rewriting Indian History: Book review by CJS Wallia
The following is a review of Francois Gautier’s Rewriting Indian History. (New Delhi: Vikas Publishing 1996). The reviewer is C J S Wallia who writes: From my own perspective as a secular humanist, I believe that any whitewashing of historical… Read More ›
Do the Taliban have Buddha Nature?
Here we go again. In March of 2001, the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan. These statues had stood there since the early 6th century. Symbols of universal compassion, these were in the eyes of Islam something that had… Read More ›
LOSADS!
Law of Supply and Demand Not to put too fine a point on it, but the law of supply and demand is a bitch. Stripped of all details it basically states that the price of something is determined by the… Read More ›
Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize
Does anyone, other than the recipients and the Nobel Prize committee, take the Peace Prize seriously any more?
