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Month: October 2008
Desi on the Moon – Check the Report Card on Poverty
India is on the Moon. Will this solve the problem of illiteracy, dowry marriages, poverty, floods, communalism and caste tensions? Probably not. But the country is still proud of its ‘achievement’ And, of course, who can deny there is always Read More …
San Francisco May Become First City in the United States to Decriminalize Prostitution
And Michael Foucault wishes from his grave that he could have lived 25 years more had it not been for his misadventures in Iran. (Hey, I love Foucault) The jibe was in reference to his opposition to the repression of Read More …
Newsflash – The World Does Not Revolve Around the United States
The global financial collapse perpetuated by the United States might have affected European economies and developing markets in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who are net capital importers, but they aren’t losing sleep over the future leadership of this country. Source: Read More …
Threat Construction Triumphs – Paranoia is the Fear of the 21st century
The bogeyman of this century is the ‘Other’ be it an unknown ‘Muslim terrorist,’ an ‘illegal alien’ or even our neighbor across the fence. It is the ‘not-yet-discovered’ or articulated security threat. And finally, a leading psychiatrist has pegged the Read More …
Proposition 8 – Asian Indians lagging behind in supporting equality
Only 47% are opposed to Proposition 8 according to this recent survey. What should be more embarrassing is that, as a group, we lag behind other Asian Americans in opposing Proposition 8. Alas, the report was unnecessarily nice to the Read More …