[Vir Sanghvi @ HT] --- The frustration is understandable. There are no quick fixes. But on both scores, there are long-term solutions available and we must work towards them. The problem with our political system is that parties have no mechanism to allow talent to rise through the ranks. So Indian politics is a squalid, corrupt family business. I found it strange that nobody in Bombay made this point. Instead, they listened to young dynasts who appeared on TV to lecture us. Such is our class bias that if politicians speak good English we think they are okay. And politics never changes. Similarly, the only way to fight terrorism is through covert operations and better intelligence, not through carpet-bombing. Our intelligence agencies are demoralised and faction-ridden. They need more money and better leadership.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Thursday, December 04, 2008
thought
One of the ways, faith in god can help maintaining peace is by taking away the need to avenge oneself. People can leave it up to God.
quote
context: all the religious violence in the world.
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, and Hate leads to suffering.
http://www.quotiki.com/quote.aspx?id=7443
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, and Hate leads to suffering.
http://www.quotiki.com/quote.aspx?id=7443
Indian Press
I am not vexed but genuinely confused. India has good writers who can write very good opinion pieces. India is considered to have lots of IT talent. India definitely has the wealth. But our newspapers are of such a low quality. Are the monied being purely greedy or lethargic ? Or is the volume of the english news Publication in India such a negligible fraction of the Hindi news. And Hindi has been neglected by our country as a "pride in being anglicized" policy.
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