Indrajit Gupta wrote: [ on 05:57 AM 9/5/2007 ]
A note of warning: what they didn't finally manage to engineer
out, unfortunately, was the divide between oligarch and democrat.
The US scuppered itself in about 300 years; the Athenians, not
having the benefit of previous example, took rather
It might amuse you, Shiv, to read up on the Athenian political organisation in
the 5th century BC. In view of what you've written here.
You might find that your thoughts are in the same grooves as the Athenian
political reformers, when they sought, rather successfully, one might add, to
On 9/5/07, Indrajit Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On 9/5/07, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This made me laugh. Are you aware of what, in current massage parlor
slang, a massage with a happy ending is?
More Yahoo's fault than Indrajit's, what?
But still, funny indeed.
Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/5/07, Indrajit Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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for happy ending.
This made me laugh. Are you aware of what, in current massage parlor
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On Sunday 26 Aug 2007 11:21 pm, Ingrid wrote:
My experience ''at the grassroots certainly confirms that caste (and
gender) biases are a significant barrier to development. I've just
returned from southern Tamil Nadu where caste atrocities are a daily
affair. Have witnessed much the same in
On 8/27/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps top-down imposition of something or the other is is never going to
work. Neither is the removal of caste barriers near the top (by mixing and
churning), because caste layers exist independently at every depth. Mixing
at the top has no
On Saturday 25 Aug 2007 3:25 pm, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
Would it be unfair to postulate China, and would that indicate that
vis-a-vis China, we ourselves have a similar nation-wide inferiority
complex?
I'm obviously not suggesting that either there is a good foundation for
such a complex,
On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 3:53 pm, ashok _ wrote:
I wonder if you have seen the Jinnah biopic movie (with christoper count
dracula lee as Jinnah.) ?
While the Gandhi film essentially focuses on Gandhi vs the British, the
Jinnah film is about a freedom movement where the struggle is on two
On 8/25/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Classic parameters that are considered good seem to be low infant and
maternal mortality, high literacy, high per capita income, low GINI
coefficient, low unemployment rates and a whole lot of similar parameters
that can be dug up in any study
On Saturday 25 Aug 2007 11:39 pm, Ingrid wrote:
What is it you think they are doing differently? The standard excuse I hear
quoted is that their relatively small size makes it easier. But no Indian
state, even the smallest, can claim to have done as well.
Interesting question that will spur me
On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 6:21 am, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
Wouldn't any Indian author asked to write on Pakistan at 60 tend to compare
Pakistan with his own country?
No IG. Not necessarily. At least, I don't think so.
shiv
On 8/23/07, shiv sastry wrote:
On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 6:21 am, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
Wouldn't any Indian author asked to write on Pakistan at 60 tend to
compare
Pakistan with his own country?
No IG. Not necessarily. At least, I don't think so.
shiv
I think it would be quite
As always - my views are my own.
My specific answer to IG's question Wouldn't ANY Indian author asked to write
on Pakistan at 60 tend to compare Pakistan with his own country? Note the
operative word any in the question.
I believe that if I am asked to write about Pakistan, i would write about
On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 8:27 pm, shiv sastry wrote:
I believe this continuous clubbing and
comparison with India either causes needless insecurity, or a false sense
of security for Pakistanis depending on what parameter is being compared.
Posting a convenient example of an article that
Shiv,
The Oflag only allows occasional access to Silk and others, so I read this a
few minutes ago.
Aren't you complicating things a bit? Wouldn't any Indian author asked to
write on Pakistan at 60 tend to compare Pakistan with his own country? Why
would Rafiq be an exception?
On Thursday 16 Aug 2007 11:03 pm, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6637082
Here is an article from the Financial Times, which attempts to list the
equal-equal between India and Pakistan. The author's name is not mentioned
but I am wiling to bet Rs 1000 to none that
On Friday 17 Aug 2007 10:09 am, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
What I was hoping to see were your thoughts on this:
This suggests that Pakistan is only a crucial freedom step away from
success.
The statement that immediately precedes this is
Pakistan, meanwhile, has moved slowly on freedom. The state
Forwarded from another list. I met Dr Dossani a few years ago when he
was in India to study outsourcing [1] and he seems a smart cookie. I
find the last paragraph of this article the most provocative -- This
suggests that Pakistan is only a crucial freedom step away from success.
Comments?
shiv sastry wrote: [ on 06:46 AM 8/17/2007 ]
Sadly (and I insert the word sadly at the start only because you know the
author) the article suffers from India-itis. Everything is compared with
India. If India does worse it means good for Pakistan, if India does better
it - the difference is
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shiv sastry wrote: [ on 06:46 AM 8/17/2007 ]
Sadly (and I insert the word sadly at the start only because you know the
author) the article suffers from India-itis. Everything is compared with
India. If India does worse it means good for Pakistan,
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