The Great Indian Robbery

An interesting thing in the national elections this year is that no one has talked about tax and the common man. A very interesting statistic that the 1 lakh exemption limit is now worth only 47,000 in inflation adjusted terms.

www.valueresearchonline.com/story/h2_storyview.asp?str=25012

Who will watch the watchers? - Article for the day 13 Sept

A very well written critique of what NSA's activities have caused.

Mr Snowden’s ability to walk off with a stash of NSA documents is grave evidence of a woeful lack of internal controls. He has gone public, but could just as easily have put his stolen documents to criminal use—as others in his position may already have done

(It) damage(s) the reputation of America’s technology industry and leave its government looking untrustworthy and hypocritical..

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21586345-covertly-weakening-security-entire-internet-make-snooping-easier-bad

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post

Environmental politics - Article for the day 10 September

This hard hitting article from the Economist tells you what exactly is wrong with today's environmental lobbies, politics and the media

Because the damage is underwater, and what the eye doesn’t see greens don’t often bleat about.

This is one of Britain’s biggest environmental disasters of recent times. But it is not widely known

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21584322-devastation-fishery-shows-idiocy-much-environmental-politics-parable

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post

The Hidden Hand - Article for the day 9 September

So I had internet issues again (thanks for nothing Reliance). So missed a few days. But coming back to the point at hand. Conspiracy Theories.

I heard quite a few people in my friend circle spout the "India's foreign exchange crisis has been deliberately caused by political parties in preparation of bringing in foreign slush funds in order to fund the elections."

While I didn't take the time to do the research, Value Research has done it. I particularly like the way he explains that we always look for supporting evidence rather than evidence to disprove it. Read and enjoy

http://www.valueresearchonline.com/story/h2_storyView.asp?str=23506

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post

Wake Up India? - Article for the day 29 August

So right now the news is filled with Rahul Gandhi, Modi, the stock market, rupee falling, gold skyrocketing and the current account deficit. So this statement rung very very true

We moved on unconcerned to do what we love doing: crib about the sorry state of the country and play blame games, damning every political outfit in power, only to re-elect them as able political alternatives at another point of time.

http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/wake-up-india-neither-modi-nor-rahul-will-solve-your-problems-1042625.html

What is the solution? Well for one, get out of your armchair and vote the next time there is a election. There is a holiday for a reason. For everyone of you that says what will my vote make a difference; there is a politician saying that I don't care what the educated elite think since they don't vote anyway.

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post

 

Narendra Modi is communal - Article for the day 26th August

I came across this today and was laughing real hard.It really shows how our media amplifies things out of context. Can we have a real discussion please? External policy, Economic decisions, Safety and security. All these need to be answered rather than these straw men

http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2013/07/17/in-pictures-the-fallout-of-narendra-modis-hindu-nationalist-remark/

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post