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The best way to spend your money this diwali – donate to Wikileaks
by Ritwik on October 26, 2011
I for one can’t think of a better way of spending my money this Diwali, than by helping Wikileaks in whatever small way I can.
Continue ReadingFacebook’s data practices – did the delete button work?
by Ritwik on October 22, 2011
Watch this brilliant and informative video about facebook’s frightening data practices. “1200 pages? No KGB or CIA ever had that much information on a normal citizen”
Continue ReadingBarbaric Attack on Kerala Professor: A Few Questions
by Ritwik on July 9, 2010
I don’t understand why the police needed to assure church leaders that the perpetrators of this attack will be brought to justice? Surely these “chruch leaders” should have been incensed regardless of the religious affiliation of the victim? this episode would not have even become a news story had the attackers not committed the tactical error of chopping off Joseph’s hand. As it is, they had him on the run.
Continue ReadingNow, Darwin censored in America
by Ritwik on September 15, 2009
Jon Amiel’s film Creation about Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution has not found a distributor in America, even though it has distributors all over the world.America touches new low in the acrimonious creationism vs evolution debate.
Continue ReadingWhy the BJP is right in expelling Jaswant Singh
by Ritwik on August 23, 2009
To sum up this issue: It is right to expel jaswant singh, but wrong to silence him. You cannot continue in a party unless you accept it’s core ideological position. However, his book should not be banned.
Continue ReadingHeroic Venezuelan President seeks to muzzle the press
by Ritwik on August 5, 2009
Criticism of attempts made by Hugo Chavez to control and tame the press in Venezuela through the new special law against media offences. I call upon all left/liberal/communist/socialist intellectuals to condemn this in the severest possible terms.
Continue ReadingWhy statues won’t help Mayawati
by Ritwik on July 17, 2009
The reporting of the latest statue building exercise hasn’t touched upon the topic of electoral gain: will this statue building spree benefit Mayawati electorally?
Since I am not a journalist,I will go ahead and do what most Indians are very happy doing in their drawing rooms/paan shops/offices/playgrounds etc etc – predict the fate of politicians and political parties.
Continue ReadingBoot Cake in Gujarat
by Ritwik on July 8, 2009
This week NDTV 24×7 will be airing Kathryn Millard’s film, The Boot Cake at the following times: The Bootcake – a film by Kathryn Millard – Part 1 July 4: 3 – 4 pm July 5: 1 – 2 pm (…)
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