Monthly Archives: October 2007
Rizwanur murder: Todi today, goons tomorrow?
It appears that Ashok Todi and his henchmen have begun to monitor this site. There have been three hits today from Ashok Todi and the Lux website. If the comments here were mere rantings and nothing else – far from the … Continue reading
Filed under rizwanur murder, rizwanur rehman, Uncategorized
Brooklyn Parrots & Kolkata Birdies
Amateur ornithologists in urban areas of India may be interested to know that there is a large population of parrots in the heart of New York City – in Brooklyn to be exact. There is also a dedicated group of … Continue reading
Filed under kolkata, ornithology, urban birds
Rizwanur Murder: Holes In Police Theories
The desire to pen a few lines about the Rizwanur murder case has been haunting me for the last few days but I had refrained so far as it had appeared that the CBI probe into the tragic death is … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, rizwanur murder, rizwanur rehman
Spiritual Aspects Of Communism – II
Subhash the following are your words, not mine. I am repeating them for the convenience of readers. “Productivity is the result of human endeavor. So if people are motivated to endeavor more (in proper, creative ways etc), higher productivity will … Continue reading
Filed under communism, socialism, spiritualism
America: Bloody Hands & The Ticking Time Bomb
You don’t need the poor or the Commies to stop buying Blie chips (Big Lies – please see an earlier post here). Even the people of the world’s richest country have become tired of buying Big Lies. For people like … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
The Spiritual Aspect Of Communism – I
In reply to my views regarding whether we humans are really as smart as we think we are, my friend Subhash responded as follows: I kind of skimmed through your response. Interesting construction. I do not think it addressed the … Continue reading
Filed under communism, Politics, spiritualism
Are We Humans Really As Smart As We Think We Are?
As a reaction to my long harangue about the scientific basis of socialism and communism my good friend Shubhash has again raised some pertinent questions. Here is his mail verbatim together with my reply: Arjun I think my attention span … Continue reading
Filed under economic growth, environment, Politics, sustainability, technological progress
Is socialism/communism based on scientific thought?
This is a reply to my friend K. Joseph Antony who has claimed in an e-mail message that the claim that socialism/communism is based on scientific thought is “crap”. Another friend has said people living on east of the Kanpu-Chennai … Continue reading
Who Really Killed Rizwanur?
For a very human take on the Rizwanur murder I would refer readers to Jhoomur Bose’s post “Did My Father Murder Rizwanur”. I like it more because it is a general indictment of the way most fathers (and I claim … Continue reading
Scripting The Truth About Riz!
Buddha Babu, West Bengal’s Chief Minister, has a job to do. And, he has to do it now. Get investment, generate jobs for the jobless, ensure progress! After all, he has to look after the interests of the 80 million … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, rizwanur murder, rizwanur rehman
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