The Argumentative Indian

this is a book by Amartya Sen. and i want to get a hold of it. actually i was reading U S visit instilled a deep sense of pride in me: PM from the hindu where there is a reference to this book. so i went and checked the reviews for it and it seems to be really interesting :)
some of the essays from the book r online:

Tagore and His India
History and the enterprise of knowledge
India through its calendars

[via The Middle Stage and saMvaad ]

what!!!

State mourning in AP in honour of Saudi ruler from hindu

i find this kind of strange...

"During the state mourning, the national flag will be flown at half mast and there will be no official entertainment, official sources said here."

to have the flag at half mast is something!!! do we have this when one of our leaders die?

on a click

some time back one of my friends forwarded me this site:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

to feed an animal by a click. adn today i came accross the hunger site for human:
http://www.thehungersite.com/

don't know if they work or not but it is just a matter of a click to feed someone. really good projects if tehy actually work. i will continue to click n hope that they do :)

follow up on Dr. Shazia Khalid's case

Another Face of Terror from NYtimes


but what shocks me is this

""When I treat rape victims, I tell the girls not to go to the police," Dr. Shershah Syed, a prominent gynecologist in Karachi, told me. "Because if she goes to the police, the police will rape her." "

:((((((

india lost.

quotes

All generalizations are false, including this one.
-- Mark Twain

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
-- Mark Twain

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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt