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Home > News > Commentary > Rajeev Srinivasan
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October 17, 2003 |
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The saint business
Rajeev Srinivasan says there is business sense behind the manufacturing of saints.
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September 12, 2003 |
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Linux, Threatened
Rajeev Srinivasan on saving the soul of open source software.
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August 22, 2003 |
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California Dreamin'...
'Bangalore could be subjected to the same boom-and-bust cycles that California went through. Welcome to globalisation, I suppose.'
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August 7, 2003 |
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Borrowed words and pronunciation
'Hindi is spoken like the West Asian tongues, which suffer from a paucity of vowels. Therefore most words end sharply in some consonant. I find this jarring.'
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July 25, 2003 |
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Jayalalithaa's eminently sensible act
This is a salutary experience for leftist trade unions. The days when they could hold the country to ransom are beginning to be just a memory.
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July 10, 2003 |
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Mixing faith and history
'Why doesn't the Indian 'secular progressive' shout from the rooftops that Jesus and Rama were both equally mythical or equally historical?'
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June 20, 2003 |
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Israel: A friend in need?
'After millennia of oppression, the Jewish motto, "Never again!" holds resonance for Hindus. Today we are up against the same enemy.'
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May 30, 2003 |
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Menage a trois in Kashmir: the US as honest broker?
'The $64,000 question is: will they look long-term? Given America's past record of seeking instant gratification, that is unlikely. Therefore, I have to conclude, regretfully, that the Americans are playing games with India over Kashmir.'
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May 22, 2003 |
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Patriot Games and Resident Non Indians
For reasons best known to themselves, RNIs attempt to destroy the very system that sustains them. Theirs is a self-fulfilling prophesy: by acting as though the Indian State were ipso facto barbaric, they will succeed in making it barbaric.
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April 25, 2003 |
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SARS as metaphor: a tale of two epidemics
'The so-called plague epidemic and SARS epidemic are excellent metaphors for how the two Asian giants work. India is an incredibly transparent society. China, on the other hand, is opaque.'.
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April 14, 2003 |
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Silent Spring, Holy Spring
'Hubris, followed by nemesis. This is an inviolable law of nature. This Spring saw nemesis arriving for one who fancied himself. Eventually, it will arrive for his conquerors, too,'.
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