Violence and Human Society

It is instructive to think of human society these days to be evolving to a period of greater collusion, with tendencies towards violence distributed evenly in societies, rather than grouped into certain conflit zones. This defies the data we have available presently on areas like the West Bank, The Gaza Strip, Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan, but [...]

The Cynic and the Emasculated Indian Politician

Having lived in the United States, the world’s second largest democracy and only superpower, and having seen through an election season here, I am certain that nothing in this democracy matches the scale of the campaigning and the colour and energy of an Indian election. It is strange that India, a country so divided and [...]

India’s Schizophrenic Muddles, Goons, Conservatism and Progress

An important debate brewing in the Indian circles these days, especially in the media, is that of the recent “moral policing” attacks by fundamentalist Hindus on Indian youth in Mangalore. The incident is not unlike other atrocious activities aired with scary regularity on Indian television, although the media nexus in the incident was apparent from [...]

Tibet’s Future

I saw a moving documentary on the plight of the people of Tibet recently. I am utterly convinced that there are few things about the Chinese occupation of Tibet that seem legal or beneficial to the people of Tibet. Socialist China’s policies on religion do not favour the Tibetian way of life. Tibet, for long, [...]