Category Archives: News & Politics
Mountain out of a molehill
Thanks, Shashi Tharoor. I have added one more word to my vocabulary. I did not know that the term ‘cattle class’ meant economy class, so it created a confusion in my mind when I was reading about Tharoor’s tweet in … Continue reading
Filed under It happens in India, News & Politics
poverty & caste
Got to know about this from Reality Check India. The Saxena Committee has recommended caste and religion as a criteria for determining whether a family is ‘Below Poverty Level’. Currently, BPL families are identified on the basis of scores (0 … Continue reading
Filed under It happens in India, News & Politics
Freedom
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts , foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is … Continue reading
Filed under News & Politics, Reflections
OBC reservation in IITs
OBCs bust quality myth says this article in The Telegraph. The article starts with Two of every three OBC students selected to the IITs this year would have made it without any quotas, 2009 entrance test details reveal, debunking fears … Continue reading
Filed under Media, News & Politics
Jinnah, Pakistan and some thoughts
‘ I need the money’, he said, ‘for a ticket home’. That year many people needed money to leave the town for home, wherever home was. From the cut of his homespun clothes, baggy jodhpurs tight at the knee and … Continue reading
Filed under History, News & Politics
