Earlier this week, Anshuman Rawat published an interview with me on League of India. I am reproducing it below in full. Comments/thoughts welcome, as always.
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1. When and why did you decide to cut down on your life of a global business professional and immerse yourself into ideas aimed at improving political systems and governance in India? At the same time, talking in management terms, does this earnest endeavour-of-heart include an intrinsic exit plan too?
The change happened in the early months of 2008. There were several triggers…
The …

I stumbled on this comment by Bhagwad Jal Park on his blog yesterday morning (pl see his comment dt Oct 16, 2010 at 5:56am; emphasis added):
…Satyameva Jayate..comments are more decent, though I find the topics are vigorously pro Hindu and anti Muslim.

Now, this is neither the first time – nor will it be the last (a recent instance at comment #114 here) – that I have been called anti-Muslim, Hindu fanatic, Hindu fascist, Muslim-hater, right-wing fascist etc etc….and I understand that there is a nuance here between me being “anti-something” …

Offered without comment, this statement from Minister for corporate affairs Salman Khurshid, admitting that “Congress chief Sonia Gandhi wields the ‘real power’ in the UPA coalition“:

Sonia Gandhi is the real power…but the PM is the real PM.

Past quotes are here. Image courtesy: Congress (I) website

As another young girl is gang-raped in Delhi, is it not time to drastically overhaul rape laws that currently provide for a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment in rape cases?
Should the maximum penalty for a rape not be increased to a death sentence? What is the most appropriate punishment for a person convicted of rape? Please share your thoughts and views below…

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My vote goes for capital punishment. …

Excerpts from Rajiv Malhotra’s highly readable “Tolerance Isn’t Good Enough: The Need for Mutual Respect In Interfaith Relations” (emphasis  added).
*** Excerpts from ” Tolerance Isn’t Good Enough” by Rajiv Malhotra ***
It is fashionable in interfaith discussions to advocate “tolerance” for other faiths. But we would find it patronizing, even downright insulting, to be “tolerated” at someone’s dinner table. No spouse would appreciate being told that his or her presence at home was being “tolerated.” No self-respecting worker accepts mere tolerance from colleagues. We tolerate those we consider inferior. In religious …