Hindustan Times
Do you sometimes feel that intellectuals and experts like complicating issues needlessly so that lay people like you and me are not only excluded from the discussion but are also left hopelessly confused?
Do you wonder why so many activists and self-proclaimed scholars take the positions of lay people and then caricature them so that they can construct men of straw to attack? Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged hindustan times, India, Naxalite issue, Naxalites, Terrorists
Now that the Bombay/ Mumbai controversy has returned to the headlines, thanks to the Maharashtra elections, this may be a good time to examine the whole issue of the naming and renaming of places. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Bombay, Bombay/ Mumbai controversy, hindustan times, Kolis, Maharashtrians, Sri Lanka Ceylon, vir sanghvi
I don’t really blame Air India’s pilots for last week’s strike. I don’t blame the civil aviation ministry. I don’t blame Praful Patel. And I don’t even blame the Air India management which tried to slash the remuneration paid to pilots. Read more
(4 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:53 am
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Air India, Air India management, Morarji Desai, Praful Patel
