Archive for November, 2010

Up in Arms
November 16, 2010, 12 Comments

“The Indian armed forces are bravely defending the borders of the country, often standing on guard at a height of 20,0 ...

The other Salman Khan — educational entrepreneur
November 15, 2010, 2 Comments

Educational entrepreneur Salman Khan has put up 1800+ educational videos on a wide range of academic subjects. Khan is o ...

Vettel wins in style
November 14, 2010, No Comments

A pulsating formula one season was brought to a fitting end at Abu Dhabi today. Sebastian Vettel, aged 23, clinched his ...

In defense of rote
November 13, 2010, 6 Comments

Comparing American and Indian education systems can be a tricky endeavor since many cultural and educational specifics i ...

Envisioning Legal Education Reform
November 10, 2010, 3 Comments

[This is a guest post by Jonathan Gingerich and Aditya Singh. Jonathan is a recent graduate of the Harvard Law School, ...

Remembering Marienbad
November 10, 2010, 2 Comments

An insightful and affecting behind-the-scenes documentary has surfaced on a film that has come to epitomize the cool, fo ...

Cirrhosis of the Liver and Hindi Cinema
November 10, 2010, 8 Comments

Today’s piece is going to be given over to brooding over gloomy things. Brooding over the importance and necessity ...

The political and the personal
November 8, 2010, 1 Comment

On Friday, in the first decision of its kind in the UK in almost a century, a two judge bench of the High Court voided t ...

The Diwali Weekend
November 8, 2010, No Comments

The Diwali holiday weekend gave me a lot of time to watch sport, and needing no invitation I readily indulged, almost un ...

James Henry Ting: The Privy Council on Duress
November 7, 2010, No Comments

As Krishnaprasad noted in his post, the question of to whom directors of a company owe fiduciary duties has generated co ...