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Ancient Indian History, Impact of Islam on India, Indian Economy, Indian History, Medieval Indian History, Politics and Governance in India, Ram Janambhoomi, Ayodhya, Weekend Reading »

[8 May 2011 | 2 Comments | 232 views]
W’end Reading: Tracking your moves, ASI, Ajmer & Manmohanomics

Start your Sunday evening with It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know by Noam Cohen:
A favorite pastime of Internet users is to share their location: services like Google Latitude can inform friends
when you are nearby; another, Foursquare, has turn ed reporting these updates into a game.
…But as a German Green party politician, Malte Spitz, recently learned, we are already continually being tracked whether we volunteer to be or not. Cellphone companies do not typically divulge how much information they collect, so Mr. Spitz went to court to find out …

Political Ideology, Politics and Governance in India »

[5 May 2011 | 6 Comments | 295 views]
On Speed-Breakers & Role of Government – Guest Post by Narendra

Dear All: It is my pleasure to publish this thought-provoking guest post by fellow FTI colleague, Narendra Sethia that does a wonderful job of explaining the guiding principle(s) behind state control of activities and enterprise (one of the important distinctions between “socialism” and “capitalism”). Pl read on (emphasis added):
*** by Narendra Sethia ***
I think most activities where government control is needed can be defined on the basis of the principle of freedom outlined in Sanjeev’s book – BFN. If there is any grey area, the bias should always be for a …

Global Terrorism, Pakistan related »

[2 May 2011 | 16 Comments | 348 views]

From a BBC report
‎”..We had located Bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan”
How many of our channels will highlight this info?
Will America now declare Pakistan a terrorist state?  Will Pakistan finally own up to supporting global jihadi terrorism & aiding/ abetting attacks against India?
Is it not time to hold Pakistan to account? …or – as Sh Jay Bhattacharjee put it in an email to me – “will one of the world’s most criminal countries going to get away scot free, once again ?”
Also read: ”All roads lead to Islamabad…“, All …