$5 gravity lamp
This $5 lamp is powered by gravity (and just destroyed its funding target on Indiegogo)December 26, 2012 2:29 PM John KoetsierA lamp for $5 that does not require any electrical power source?It may...
View ArticleA rape in Delhi. No politico barks -- WSJ
Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Indian demonstrators holds placards during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student in the Indian capital, in New Delhi on...
View ArticleA take on Manmohan as PM for 7 years - Paul Beckett.
Comment: What went wrong with Paul Beckett's take is this. PB didn't realise that a string of SoniaG dynasty holds the puppet. Rajat asked the right questions in his interview. He, now disgraced,...
View ArticleGovernance, corruption and police: Senior Citizens write to President, CJI
Senior Citizens sent the Memorandum on September 25, 2012 on the rot that is Delhi. In December 2012, they write again in the context of the Delhi rape and seeking intervention on the rotten state of...
View ArticleIndia's Patient X: signs of severe organ failure - Singapore docs. Is Patient...
The patient is the Indian state. So long, we thought the patient was X, unnamed, vaguely known (say, she was a para-medical student returning home from her school in Delhi), but for the wild talk about...
View ArticlePatient X dies. Gangraped state in shambles. Inquiry?
Delhi gang-rape victim's body likely to be brought back to India todayEdited by Amit Chaturvedi | Updated: December 29, 2012 06:49 ISTHospital staff carry the body of the Indian rape victim into a van...
View ArticlePatient X is Hindu. ‘Rest in Peace, India’s Daughter’. Body of Indian...
BREAKING NEWS: Ten metro stations leading to central Delhi shut down after death of gang-rape victim--...
View ArticleFrom universal to individual -- Ram Madhav
From universal to individualBy Ram Madhav on December 27, 2012A Hindu view of human rights and dignity – IThe human rights discourse is essentially a Western discourse. It got validated with the...
View ArticleGangrape and the State. Seema Mustafa's second letter to Soniaji
December 20, 2012To expect govt to rein in rapes is too muchSeema MustafaDear Soniaji, This is my second letter to you, and since it already seems like old times, I hope you don’t mind the “Soniaji” as...
View ArticleA nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves -- Atanu Dey
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves28 DECEMBER 2012 5 COMMENTSAct 1: Let me tell you a story about an old man who lived in a small village somewhere that does not matter. It all began...
View ArticleIndia has a woman problem - Rashmee Roshan Lall
Foreign Policy MagazineIndia Has a Woman ProblemAnd there's no denying it anymore.BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALLDECEMBER 28, 2012A young woman is savagely gang-raped and beaten one December evening on a moving...
View ArticlePatient X: death a loss to the family of daily-wage loader. Shame on you,...
Kannada videohttp://youtu.be/xV6Gqm0DeREDelhi gangrape victim could have been saved, decision to fly her to Singapore came late: FamilyNEETU CHANDRA | New Delhi, December 31, 2012 | 08:45The...
View ArticleKarunanidhi roots for PC as PM, shatters SoniaG's dreams of Rahul as PM. Will...
Dec. 31, 2012Royal snub to Rahul as Karunanidhi roots for PC as PMMONDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2012 00:26 KUMAR CHELLAPPAN | CHENNAIIn what is seen as a royal snub to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi,...
View ArticleContribution of Iśāvāsya Upaniṣad to Economic thought
Contribution of Iśāvāsya Upaniṣad to Economic thoughtAbstract Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa’s Iśāvāsya Upaniṣad is a remarkable treatise contributing profound, everlasting lessons in philosophical thought as well...
View ArticlePepper sprays for girls' new defence
Your safety in your own hands! Sale of pepper spray shoots up after Delhi gangrape incidentAJAY KUMAR | Gurgaon, December 31, 2012 | 08:52Pepper sprays have become girls' new defence aide.Angry and...
View ArticleRaped X, anger, rapist suicide. What are shame and revolt in a shameless state?
Two sides of the rape backlashIMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI AND ANANYA SENGUPTANew Delhi, Dec. 31: The protests against the December 16 gang rape appear to have unwittingly led a teenaged Delhi student to...
View ArticleWhat PC said about his becoming PM and what he did not say
I know my limitations: Chidambaram dismisses questions on PM candidatureIANS | New Delhi, December 31, 2012 | 19:40Finance Minister P. ChidambaramFinance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday dismissed...
View ArticleGirl was shifted abroad to divert responsibility -- Madhav Nalapat
Girl was shifted abroad to divert responsibility MADHAV NALAPAT29th Dec 2012NEW DELHIThe Delhi-based victim of the 16 December gang rape in a moving bus was "shifted to Singapore when it was already...
View ArticleMore than reforms, it is revolution which is required -- Claude Arpi
More than reforms, it is revolution which is requiredCLAUDE ARPIDecember 31, 2012 During the last few days, innumerable experts have commented on or analysed the gang rape that triggered one of the...
View ArticleIssue gun licences to all women without having to prove danger to personal...
Delhi women gun for licences; rape triggers big rush to acquire armsBy Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Jan 1, 2013, 01.01 AM ISTSince December 18, the day the news of the brutal gang rape appeared in...
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