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Lockdowns won’t defeat the virus but will definitely destroy us all
March 24, 2020, 5:44 PM IST
As I outlined in my 6 March 2020 article on this topic, the coronavirus needs to be taken very seriously, given its potential to kill up to 2 per cent of the world’s population if…
March 24, 2020, 5:44 PM IST
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Age-based risk management of coronavirus
March 6, 2020, 9:42 AM IST
The well-known doctor Sanjay Gupta has confirmed that the world should be very concerned about the coronavirus for which the death rate remains above 2 per cent. In comparison, the annual global death rate from…
March 6, 2020, 9:42 AM IST
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RSS’s standardised Hinduism – Part 5
February 22, 2020, 4:26 PM IST
In this last of part I explore issues on which the RSS has picked particularly regressive positions. Bigotry against women and homosexuals Mohan Bhagwat is notorious for his speeches in which he wants to limit…
February 22, 2020, 4:26 PM IST
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RSS’s standardised Hinduism – Part 4
February 22, 2020, 4:25 PM IST
In this part I will discuss some derivative concepts based on RSS’s version of Vedic supremacy. Manusmriti as gospel Dayanand Saraswati was committed to Manusmriti, except a few portions which he thought were interpolated. Savarkar…
February 22, 2020, 4:25 PM IST
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RSS’s standardised Hinduism – Part 3
February 22, 2020, 4:24 PM IST
In this part, I explore RSS’s position on caste, and show how it is inconsistent with many other interpretations of caste. God-given varna system Sometimes we get to read material that could make us think…
February 22, 2020, 4:24 PM IST
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RSS’s standardised Hinduism – Part 2
February 22, 2020, 4:22 PM IST
In this part, I commence a detailed exploration of RSS’s standardised Hinduism. Jingoist, vainglorious No one denies the huge role India has played in human history but the world has moved ahead on almost every…
February 22, 2020, 4:22 PM IST
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RSS’s standardised Hinduism – Part 1
February 22, 2020, 4:20 PM IST
RSS’s goal is to consolidate and re-organise Hinduism. This has two aspects: an anti-Muslim militant organisation patterned on Nazi fascism and the imposition of a single set of beliefs that all Hindus must believe. I…
February 22, 2020, 4:20 PM IST
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RSS is the greatest enemy of Hinduism
February 13, 2020, 4:54 PM IST
Hinduism is an extremely private religion. Each Hindu is responsible for tending to his own soul’s journey. In doing so, each Hindu chooses his beliefs and practices from a myriad of scriptures, theologies, mythologies, interpretations…
February 13, 2020, 4:54 PM IST
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The eccentric economic ideology of RSS and BJP – Part 4
January 25, 2020, 1:45 PM IST
In this last part I discuss some of the relatively minor but seriously ill-informed economic views of RSS and BJP ideologues. Mistaken view about employment Thengadi wants that “economic theories centred around wage-employment” be replaced…
January 25, 2020, 1:45 PM IST
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The eccentric economic ideology of RSS and BJP – Part 3
January 25, 2020, 1:00 PM IST
How is RSS and BJP’s egalitarian ideal to be achieved? In this part I look at the operational implications of their economic objectives. Planned economy and nationalisation of industry Deendayal Upadhyaya believed in centralised planning…
January 25, 2020, 1:00 PM IST
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The eccentric economic ideology of RSS and BJP – Part 2
January 25, 2020, 12:44 PM IST
In this part I identify the foundational precepts of the economic ideology of RSS and BJP. Opposition to freedom, markets and capitalism RSS leader M.S. Golwalkar didn’t like freedom. He mocked the “new era of…
January 25, 2020, 12:44 PM IST
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The eccentric economic ideology of RSS and BJP – Part 1
January 25, 2020, 12:37 PM IST
I’ve just been watching Australian Open tennis matches which test the skills of the best players from across the world. These players undergo specialised training and put in enormous effort to get to this level….
January 25, 2020, 12:37 PM IST
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What is Mr Modi’s plan for India’s Muslims?
January 2, 2020, 3:04 PM IST
After initially being a part of the Congress, Jinnah developed a paranoid fear about Hindus. At the All Parties Conference of 1928 he made fourteen completely unacceptable demands. But his fears seem to have been…
January 2, 2020, 3:04 PM IST
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What we can learn from Australia’s saga of corruption
December 30, 2019, 12:01 PM IST
I often cite good things about Australia because they do many things quite well. Unfortunately, they also do a few things badly. In some of these areas, a stench of corruption of Third World proportions…
December 30, 2019, 12:01 PM IST
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Suggestions for the cabinet secretary, Rajiv Gauba (Part 2)
December 26, 2019, 2:13 PM IST
A Swiss think tank, Horasis, invited me in 2017 to provide our party’s views to India’s business leaders at their Interlaken conference. I don’t know what India’s business leaders were thinking. Were they scared –…
December 26, 2019, 2:13 PM IST
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Suggestions for the cabinet secretary, Rajiv Gauba (Part I)
December 26, 2019, 1:58 PM IST
Rajiv Gauba was the first of my batchmates whom I met. It was early September 1982 and we were both on a train to Dehradun, on our way to the National Academy in Mussoorie to…
December 26, 2019, 1:58 PM IST
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If not solar energy, what should India use (Part 2)
September 18, 2019, 4:16 PM IST
The uncertainty about the timing of fusion energy commercialisation is like the Sword of Damocles hanging over new electricity investments. Anyone who builds a nuclear or coal plant today faces game-changing competition from cheap fusion…
September 18, 2019, 4:16 PM IST
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If not solar energy, what should India use (Part 1)
September 18, 2019, 4:09 PM IST
In a previous article, I had examined solar energy as a potential source of day-to-day electricity and showed that it is not fit for purpose. In fact, things with solar energy are worse than I…
September 18, 2019, 4:09 PM IST
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Solar energy badly harms the environment. It must be taxed, not subsidised
September 2, 2019, 10:12 AM IST
The Modi government has been shovelling scarce taxpayer resources into solar energy, with a further $6.5 billion promised till 2022. This is over and above indirect subsidies that people pay through higher electricity bills because…
September 2, 2019, 10:12 AM IST
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Climate hysteria is a great opportunity to teach children to ask questions
August 25, 2019, 2:58 PM IST
Most adults have little or no time to investigate the claims about climate change. They either accept them, assuming that “authority figures” have done their homework, or sit on the fence. Some consider that only…
August 25, 2019, 2:58 PM IST
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