There are people who believe that the way women dress is
related to instances of sexual assault on them. Proportion of people belonging
to this group of thought is much more outside the debating circles. They say
women wearing ‘provocative clothing’ are
Jan 31, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
1/2 a vote
Consider this hypothetical situation – the winning candidate
from LFC party gets 50% of the votes polled. The next best candidate polls 40%
of the votes. And this situation is predominant in the whole country. And also
the LFC party has a majority in the parliament.
So now the situation at hand is one where though the ruling
party represents says 50 million people, it legislates for the whole of 100
million. Now in our democracy, the winning party has the right to frame laws.
That in my opinion cannot be disputed. But what is unfair is
Jan 12, 2012
'Indian' history?
I read Mr. Katju’s article on ‘Four
People’s Principles’. I fully conform to his views. But what I’m not pleased
about is him using ‘India’ to denote what was here in this part of sub-continental
geographic area many centuries ago. Some excerpts from that article -
"Here are 3 examples of Indian scientific achievements in ancient
times…
It [the
decimal system] is accepted now that these numbers came from India, and were
copied by the Arabs…
Plastic
surgery was invented in India in the 6th century B.C.; Westerners discovered it
about 200 years ago…
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