Noble Nobels, or not , that is the question?
It sounds a little wonky, but I think this is really the question that a lot of people around the world have raised after the Nobel Prizes for this year were announced a few days back.
The Peace Prize has gone to US President Barack [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Politics’
October 21, 2009
Noble Peace/Economics Nobels or Not?
June 6, 2008
Why Fix The Climate? Change The World Environment Day Slogan Instead!
I waited till this morning’s newspapers before writing this post. I was looking for a media story on how and why the Indian government has forced a change in the slogan for this year’s World Environment Day.
The actual slogan worked out by the United Nations Environment Programme for the World Environment Day 2008 is CO2: [...]
May 24, 2008
I Have To Write – IV – Elections For Death?
Talking about Maoists one is forced to come back to the issue of Dr Binayak Sen. Maoist or not he has to be released simply because he saves human lives. And, the truth is there is not an iota of evidence against him about any so-called “anti-state” activity.
But his whole life is anti-state, there is [...]
May 15, 2008
I Have To Write – II
As far as writing is concerned I am going through some kind of depression – I just can’t get down to writing – I mean writing the rantings of a gagged journalist. I seem to be otherwise normal – spending a fairly active day – writing for money, translating, editing, playing with my children, quarreling [...]
May 14, 2008
I Have To Write!
When you write it is difficult not to get immersed in yourself and your thoughts and become conceited in one way or another, but you still have to write. So much is happening – the Panchyat Elections – Aparna Sen and her dramabaji – wow! If only ….
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I have often wondered why is it that [...]
January 31, 2008
Notes From The Book Fair’s Underground
The well-known villains of Bangla publishing – the monopoly seekers – Ananda Bazar Patrika Group – has now come out in the open with its ugly and disgusting ways. What something that book lovers, lovers of literature, language and culture have always known, has now become known to the world. The ABP Group has bared [...]
January 27, 2008
Post in Bengali and bridge the digital divide!
My good friend Anindya (lifeselsewhere/lovesragpicker) has wanted to know how to make posts in Bengali.
While I am no expert, I can still share the process I used. I first wrote in MS Word format and then copy pasted it here. The software I used for Bangla writing is Avro which can be used for blogging [...]
January 26, 2008
Stop being sensible, stop enduring injustice, go crazy to fight this crazy world!
Indiancitizen, a fellow blogger and a leading writer against the kind of blatant injustice that the Rizwanur murder case represents (see the blog rizwanur.com), has posted the following comment against one of my posts, Rizwanur & Nandigram: Minor Points That Can Bring About Major Change!
The comment is extremely significant because it brings to [...]
January 23, 2008
Confusion will not be my epitaph even as I crawl a cracked and broken path!
Dear Upal,
First, your views:
Dear Arjun,
Much as I enjoy reading your pieces, I cannot but help criticizing your rather Utopian views on a Post-capitalist economic/socal order.
You have muddled up between structure and superstructure. The State character is an example of a basic structure which supports the capitalist economic form. You have called this as the “superstructure”. [...]
