Monthly Archives: April 2007

The language quandary

By Aditya | Published: April 25, 2007
Do you know what is the national language of our Country? a) Hindi b) English c) the 22 languages included in the Constitution When this question was posed in class by Manojna the obvious choice of the majority was hindi. Little did they realise that they were wrong. This is because there is no single [...]
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Darfur Help

By Aditya | Published: April 23, 2007
I am pretty keen on going and spending some time in Darfur. I dont think its proper to hear about Genocide in the paper and show that you care. I would like to see Genocide. Could anyone help me with it? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet this [...]
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On reservations again

By Aditya | Published: April 19, 2007
Readers must see Law and Other Things to know about the recent debate about reservations in the Country. I can’t help but say that it is very comprehensive and the authors make it a point to inform their readers in great detail. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet [...]
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How the Other India Lives

By Aditya | Published: April 17, 2007
To be indifferent, is a sin. Outlook India has published a Special Issue titled “How the Other India Lives”. It is a series of articles that epitomise the State of the Indian nation. The quote above was said by Elie Wiesel in the context of HR vioaltions in the world (particularly the holocaust), but nevertheless [...]
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On Reservations

By Aditya | Published: April 15, 2007
People do not celebrate or enjoy backwardness. They suffer it and face discrimination, insult and humiliation because of it. Mocking at their aspirations to overcome backwardness betrays casteist prejudice. The above are the ending lines of Praful Bidwai’s article in the Frontline titled “tilting the balance”. In the article he makes a remark to the [...]
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The Communal CD

By Aditya | Published: April 11, 2007
The Bhartiya Janata Party released Bharat ki pukar, “call of India” as a part of its election campaign in the State of Uttar Pradesh in India. The biggest opposition party in the country came up with a CD that talks about Hindu religion in the country and how its sanctity is being destroyed by the [...]
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