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Yearly Archives: 2005
Paris Burning
The riots in Paris are regrettable but I am astonished about the number of people who expressed surprise that this sort of thing could happen in France. Back in April 2003, I pointed to Barbarians at the Gates of Paris … Continue reading
It took a Tropical Storm to shut down Chennai
Most Chennaites will not be coming to work today; the rains preceding this tropical storm have made travel within the city virtually impossible. That would mean today would be the first time (since I moved to Chennai in June 2000) … Continue reading
Indian Blogosphere == Bitchy Wannabes, says Outlook Magazine
Outlook magazine has a rather astonishing aside in a story covering IIPM: TR Vivek writes (screenshot) The Indian blogging community (or blogosphere, as it likes to call itself) is essentially a bitchy, self-indulgent and an almost incestuous network comprising journalists, … Continue reading
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India in Regress
JK over at varnam.org has a great post asking ‘What Argumentative Indian?’ to Amartya Sen’s new book. I wasn’t very happy with the book either because it seemed to me while it did a good job of supporting his thesis … Continue reading
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IIPM Needs a New PR Officer
It’s the cover-up that gets you, not the screw-up. IIPM are about to find that out first-hand. Overselling (or tooting one’s horn for that matter) isn’t a crime, but the fine b-school academics over at the sue-happy institute should perhaps … Continue reading
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Google+Sun: No Fireworks, For Now
After getting excited (against my better judgement) about today’s Google+Sun announcement, it’s turned out that the all the noise was primarily about a marketing junket — the most notable software announcement was an earthshaking Google Toolbar bundling deal. I was … Continue reading
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Non-proliferation vs Realpolitik
A while back Madhoo wrote about people who refuse to live in the present: …Does it make any sense whatsoever to react to decades-old stuff just because it has just been declassified? Nixon is no more, Indira Gandhi is not … Continue reading
There Will Always be an England
These are not the images of September 11 — people walking in one direction out of the city. These are Londoners walking left, right, up the street, down the street, going about their normal lunchtime business. We have faced terror … Continue reading
Bobby Bedi plans the Mahabharata
The Slime of India (I know, I know) is running an article about Bobby Bedi’s (of Bandit Queen, Fire and Saathiya fame) plans for his next project after The Rising : an ambitious three-film retelling of the Mahabharata. Now, I’m … Continue reading
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Be careful of what you want, you might just get it
Robert, stop conversing with the market and start shipping something that people can actually use. Neither Apple nor Google converse much with the market and both are doing quite well, from what I see. That said, since you wanted a … Continue reading
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