Jo suggests she is guilty by association:
Well, I wouldn’t blame her friends supporting her (after all they are her ‘friends‘), but I am not sure about some of their substantial reasons in their articles in support that “I am a born Christian and an atheist…” or “I am a Muslim but never felt…” kind of [...]
Archive for November 14th, 2008
More on Sonal Shah
Published by November 14th, 2008 in Indiaspora, Politics, Religion and Secularism. 0 CommentsArun analyses the draft of the proposed Secular Norms for Administration of Places of Public Worship Bill of the Kerala Government:
Secondly, the Bill attempts to establish an institute that will impart training to persons aspiring to become priests in performing pujas and other holy functions in all Hindu places of worship, irrespective of caste differences. [...]
‘Yes, I admit Maharashtra is unsafe, but then it is unsafe for everyone no?’
Published by November 14th, 2008 in Humour and Politics. 0 CommentsParas Sharma interviews India’s answer to Obama:
Closer home though, we didn’t really have a leader to match Obama, until recently that is. Last year, a young, fiery politician, won the TV reality show Bleed India and since then has taken the politics in India by storm. I present to you ladies and gentlemen, the chairman [...]
‘But what has it got to do with us?’
Published by November 14th, 2008 in India and Politics. 0 CommentsFree Fallin’ tries to look at the recent elections in the U.S., realistically:
Diplomatic predicaments can at times be almost laughable. Man Mohan Singh may be patting himself on the back for the so-called “improved-relations” with USA under the Bush regime, what with Condoleezza Rice visiting India, and signing of the Indo-US nuclear treaty. But they [...]
Responsibility by Association
Published by November 14th, 2008 in Indiaspora, Politics, Religion and Secularism. 0 CommentsAnasuya joins the debate on Sonal Shah:
My key disappointment with the entire debate that has sprung up over Shah’s appointment - and her own response to it - is that it continues to be framed, if unwittingly, in problematic binaries: in the waning days of Bush, we still seem to settle on ‘you’re either with [...]
Srikanth Srinivasan reviews Rajnesh Domalpalli’s Vanaja:
It will be a crime if I don’t mention the stellar performance of Mamatha Bhukya who can teach any so-called-veteran mainstream actresses a thing or two. Independent films usually suffer from bad non-professional performances but it his essentially Bhukya’s work that takes the film out of that pitfall and elevates [...]
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