“Water” nominated for Oscar, via Canada!
Deepa Mehta’s Water has now been nominated for the best foreign film award category at the Oscars (as a Canadian entry, even though the director is Indian, as well as the story and backdrop and...
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Ten reasons why the war on Islamist terror is ineffective…
As I posted the tiny but important excerpt from Milton Friedman’s interview in my last post, I was reminded of this powerful, compelling and scary essay from The Times, “Can the West defeat the...
Islamofascism: Biggest Risk to the World Economy
From the follow-up Q&A session with economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman (in the Wall Street Journal of 22nd Jan ’07): “Friedman on China, Exchange Rates and Islamofascism” – Tunku Varadarajan “What is the...
Why civil war in Iraq may not be such a bad idea, after all
Great article by Andrew Sullivan in the Sunday Times (14th Jan), “Civil war in Iraq might suit the West’s interests” advocating an unusual strategy in Iraq… (Excerpts) “In war and in politics unexamined axioms...
Literacy rates and “first claims”…UPDATED
UPDATE: Added some excerpts from Vivek Gumaste’s article below. Came across this very well written post, “The sachar muslim literacy rate puzzle” by RealityCheck India recently. In this thoroughly researched piece, RealityCheck explodes the...
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