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Will the Standoff Lead to War Between Iran and US-Israel-Indian TV Media?
Imagine a situation: Rogue elements from several countries have sat down for a meeting at an undisclosed location, brainstorming for breakthrough ideas on how to deal with the current standoff… Read more
SHAME: Porngate Opens Can of Worms for BJP and Karnataka
After the furore over iPads, Karnataka legislators have found a new way to entertain themselves. On Tuesday, February 7, as the state Assembly was discussing a pro-Hindu group allegedly hoisting… Read more
No LEP Service: India Must Look East to Give Fillip to Growth
Yingluck Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, was the chief guest at the Republic Day parade in 2012. Last year, it was Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Things just don’t… Read more
Pardon Me Madam Chief Minister, but Your Slip is Showing
The headlines in Hindustan Times flashed: Not paid salary, transport worker commits suicide. According to the report, Vikram Singh, a non-technical casual employee of Calcutta Tramways Corporation (CTC) had committed… Read more
Whining Karnataka MLAs want iPod 3
No, the headline is not wrong and I did not make a mistake and call the iPad an iPod! And I am well aware that iPad 3 is not yet… Read more
In Defence of Freedom of the Net
On January 18 2012, when the world tried to log into its favourite online encyclopaedia, they saw a black screen with the site’s logo and a message: Imagine a world without… Read more
SOPA Vote Put Off for Now, but what Happens the Day Atlas Really Shrugs
In my high school days, I read a book called Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand’s bestseller, which, for some time, made me a rebel without a cause. Just like many others…. Read more
SOPA and PIPA: An Attempted Colonization of the Internet
Some 500 years ago, education was considered a luxury and was controlled by a few elite groups, who held their grip over the expensive enterprise of handwritten manuscript production and… Read more
Netizens of the World Unite, You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Voice
The three mantras of the Great Bolshevik Revolution in Russia were “Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood”. Beautiful words which perhaps encapsulates everything that’s good about the human race. Since then, we have… Read more
Run Out of Aftershave? Make the Cow Poo and Pee, Please
The last time a cow came my way I stopped, baulked (I am always wary of horseshitting cows; scared they would either gore me with their horns or flail their… Read more
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