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[5 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 42 views]
A $58 Million Dollar Travesty

That 58 million dollars could be used to show the world that Bangladesh has much more to offer than poverty

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[5 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 48 views]
Sinhala or Tamil? A Brief Intro of the History of the Sri Lankan Conflict

In hindsight, Sri Lanka’s conflicts are examples of extreme administrative folly and political selfishness, perpetuated by nationalism.

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[5 Jan 2009 | One Comment | 44 views]
Probing for Guilt: BEOS And Its Pitfalls

Until BEOS has been proved to work beyond reasonable doubt, India probably shouldn’t be risking its scientific reputation on it.

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[5 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 58 views]
Revisiting “Anti-Terror”

India is in dire need of a serious democratic and infrastructural overhaul, and it cannot deal with its terrorism in the same costly manner that America did.

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[28 Nov 2008 | 19 Comments | 947 views]
Bombay On Its Knees

On November 26th, at approximately 9.40pm IST, an event unfolded that has left Bombay reeling in shock.

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[19 Nov 2008 | 3 Comments | 252 views]
The Indian Disease

When it came down to the wire, the investment-hungry politician and the investment-offering businessman weren’t able to overcome one thing: Indian politics.

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[19 Nov 2008 | 5 Comments | 380 views]
Chandrayaan – Sky No Longer the Limit?

One of independent India’s greatest achievements.

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[18 Nov 2008 | 5 Comments | 228 views]
The Inhuman Element

Dow’s Human Element campaign manages to convince society that the company has a conscience…I beg to differ.

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[5 Nov 2008 | 5 Comments | 349 views]
Raj turns Mumbai into playground for his goons

This latest act of hooliganism by Thackeray’s goons, masquerading as a political party, provides another sorry example of how India is turning into a mobocracy. At the end of it all, it is the common man who suffers.

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[5 Nov 2008 | 2 Comments | 320 views]
Nationalism or Sensationalism?

Please people, the next time you see people characters assassinating each other on the Big Fight or on CNN IBN, change channels or just switch the telly off – you’re doing someone out there a favor.