Archive for September, 2009

From the Archives: The New East India Company

From the Archives: The New East India Company

Published on The Blog Of Dysfunction on September 18 2008 Indians of any background should have reason enough to celebrate their historical or cultural association with Nagarjuna’s penetrating philosophical arguments…Maitreya’s searching questions, Carvaka’s reasoned skeptisism, Aryabhattas astronomical and mathematical departures, Kalidasa’s dazzling poetry, Sudraka’s subversive drama, Abdul fazal’s astounding scholarship.. or Ravi Shankar’s and Ali Akbar Khan’s music, without first having to check the religious background of each Sen, Amartya,The Argumentative Indian (Penguin Books 2005), [...]

September 21, 2009 0 comments Read More
Stuff I linked to from twitter last week

Stuff I linked to from twitter last week

http://is.gd/3vA6c Project gaydar, MIT project tells you if your facebook friends prove you gay http://sivers.org/drama Kurt Vonnegut explains drama Indian youth are the most hopeful and happy in the world. http://is.gd/3ukPF My moms not going to like this. http://is.gd/3sgk Very tough law, hope India doesn’t pass: France Passes Tough Internet Piracy Bill http://bit.ly/1701Jy Rediscovered a good piece on the Indian elite: Retributions blog. http://is.gd/3o4Cb http://bit.ly/120gJ7 Wisdom of Dharma: MJ Akbar makes a good point but [...]

September 21, 2009 2 comments Read More