I hate politicians…

“Politicians make all wars, but very few of them ever die in one.”
“A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
- H L Mencken
“Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is [...]

Let’s debug the system together

This morning I was shocked to read in the Times of India that Abu Salem, the underworld don who was extradited from Portugal for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts is all set to contest elections in UP. It seems that he is being approached by some major political parties. The motive seems to [...]

I hate regionalism

Recently, the MDMK chief Vaiko was reported in the media to have said that ‘Tamil Eelam’ (separate Tamil state) was the “only solution” to the Lankan issue. He even went to the extent of appealing to the Centre to help the Lankan Tamils to create a separate State like India had helped Bangladesh. I don’t [...]