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Takshashila Executive Programme topics: emerging geopolitics of the Indian Ocean; the new geoeconomics; the economics of defence
about 19 hours ago
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Anantha Nageswaran gave a fantastic talk on the origins of the financial crisis.
about 19 hours ago
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@ @ forget the politics. Appalled at the guys who've made their money frm Dalal St & feel apologetic about capitalism
about 20 hours ago
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MS Aiyar's tirade against free-market economics might even have been reasonable if India were a free market economy
about 20 hours ago
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Mani Shankar Aiyar was offering Gandhian & Nehruvian economics as a solution to India's problems. And people bought it unquestioningly.
about 20 hours ago
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Crazy Bombay: Was in an event today, Mani Shankar Aiyar did his anti-capitalist polemic & the audience (all Dalal St types) applauded!
about 20 hours ago
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@ Every religious fundamentalist says "my religious beliefs are under threat"
about 20 hours ago
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@ Not sure if you understand the point. It is that "a fundamental threat to someone's religious belief" is a fundamentalist idea
about 21 hours ago
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@ Why bolstering India's military presence in Afghanistan is in India's interests
11:03 PM Dec 4th
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@ Excuse me! That's utter nonsense.
11:02 PM Dec 4th
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@ If 1962 didn't stop India from beating back China in 1967, why should IPKF stop India from succeeding Afghanistan?
10:44 PM Dec 4th
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I think the initial steps of sending Indian troops to Afghanistan have been taken
10:38 PM Dec 4th
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@ Actually the argument something is a threat to one's religious beliefs is exactly the one made by religious fundamentalists.
10:09 PM Dec 4th
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So why can't people debate each other instead of labels? The minaret debate was not Team Secular Bent vs Team Right Wing
10:05 PM Dec 4th
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Time to close the debate with @ - My closing arguments are here
9:53 PM Dec 4th
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Tweeting is low because Meeting is high.
9:12 PM Dec 4th
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Bappi Lahiri however transcends earthly appointments. Send him to Copenhagen and he'll lower temperatures merely be reducing the tempo
4:17 PM Dec 3rd
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For that matter, appointing Shah Rukh Khan as special ambassador to Afghanistan might be a good idea too. @
4:16 PM Dec 3rd
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If India sends troops to Afghanistan, appointing Amitabh Bachchan as special envoy will be a good idea. Afghans love him.
4:14 PM Dec 3rd
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Now, our media will try and make it seem as if the US is 'demanding' Indian troops in Afghanistan. We have been calling for it since Harappa
4:12 PM Dec 3rd
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