Democracy In India – Part 2
Filed in General Interest, June 27, 2008, 4:09 am by Priya RajuDemocracy In India – Part 2The world is abuzz with the gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe. Free & fair elections are well neigh impossible. Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader, is incarcerated whenever Robert Mugabe feels paranoid. The media is in shackles. Many people are homeless because of the mass evictions by the government. The [...]
I am stupid and the Internet made me so
Filed in Technology, June 22, 2008, 1:03 am by SukumarI am stupid and the Internet made me soProlog: Nick Carr the uber-naysayer came up with a superb riff on the Internet-dominated world with a tremendously provocative “is Google Making Us Stupid?” To Nick’s credit, it has now become quite fashionable to take a dystopian view of technology with virtually all the gurus of the [...]
Democracy In India – Part 1
Filed in General Interest, June 14, 2008, 9:29 am by Priya RajuDemocracy In India – Part 1The world is chock full of tiresome, litigious people. I fervently hope they won’t accuse me of pilfering this title from de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America”. For the past few weeks, some over-sized issues are stewing in my under-sized brain. There’s no room for plagiarism, as it were. I’m not [...]
Thirukadaiyur – A fascinating super efficient shared services model
Filed in General Interest, June 8, 2008, 11:30 am by SukumarThirukadaiyur – A fascinating super efficient shared services modelUpdated June 9, 2008: Rachel Laudan linked to this post and would like more information on how this whole thing works? I will try to find out. Thanks Rachel. On your question on private facility vs. temple. The 100+ events i mentioned happen in a temple on [...]
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