Archive for August, 2010

Cymbal #6:: Funerary Moods
August 24, 2010, No Comments

The first time I heard this song, on the Path at the NLS campus, it was on a fairly short lived medium – the mp3 D ...

On Gandhi – Part 1
August 24, 2010, 5 Comments

This is my first article on the series on Gandhi, which I will continue in the subsequent times. Any discussion on any t ...

Problems with the Curriculum at IIT Delhi
August 22, 2010, 17 Comments

I woke up one morning in August 2009 to find in my inbox an email by Prof. V.K. Tripathi (VKT, a professor of Physics at ...

Kashmir: The Litany of Violence and What Must Be Done About It
August 22, 2010, 3 Comments

The present violence in Kashmir is neither inexplicable nor insoluble. The cry for ‘azaadi’ is a response to a polit ...

The Prodigious Mohammad Amir
August 21, 2010, 3 Comments

Watching Mohammad Amir bowl in Pakistan’s recent test series’ against Australia and England has been a supreme delig ...

Are women immune from prosecution under the PWDVA?
August 21, 2010, 2 Comments

As a practicing lawyer (and a first time blogger), perhaps the most useful contributions to this Blog from my side would ...

Miscellaneous Day – Part II
August 21, 2010, 5 Comments

Previously (..continues) “Why?” Think on your feet; let your Moot Court instincts take over. “mmfghfulcour ...

A reply to “not so meritorious”
August 20, 2010, 5 Comments

Co-blogger Ruchira blogs at length about caste, reservations and “merit” — or the purported illusion t ...

Indian research and brain drain
August 20, 2010, 5 Comments

In this blog post, I consider the question: Why do many of the best Indian researchers (in the sciences, social sciences ...

Zero: A philosophical history of an Indian idea – I
August 20, 2010, 1 Comment

This post is the first of a trilogy, where I will be revisiting a somewhat hackneyed topic: the Indian roots of Zero. Ho ...