Among democracies, candidates seeking elected positions universally run on issue-based platforms – Candidate X believes in Y, and therefore should be elected to a given position. The assumption is that if enough of the voting public subscribes to position Y, Candidate X will be elected and will follow through on the promises that embody the […]
A Useful addition to Windows Media Player
Went to http://www.cnet.co.uk and searched for DVD Decoder and the Sonic Solutions product: Cineplayer DVD Decoder Pack 2.3.1 – ESD Qty Ordered: 1 Amount: $14.99 Shipping: $ 0.00 Tax: $ 2.25 Total: $17.24 Downloaded to my PC and pressed the Run button twice and it was downloaded to a temporary folder and then followed […]
A Fantasy Fiction-“Peace in Utopia”
A bright morning in winter. The whole nature had been moistened with white cool sexy ice, and the sunlight of early stage was trying to make the secret relationship warm. An ostentatious nameplate was attached in front of the palace gate. It was not an ordinary mansion. It was 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, President Bush’s house. […]
On The Scientific View of the World
Many people today have a “scientific” view of the world. This means that the world operates according to the laws of science, i.e., there are no mysterious forces that cannot be explained by some combination of physics, biology, psychology, economics etc. This can be expressed by this formulation of determinism: SD) The world is governed […]
Bangladeshi Caretaker Government Accounts pile up in absence of Parliament
CAG asks govt to form ad hoc PAC to restart auditing The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has asked the caretaker government to immediately constitute a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on ad hoc basis to scrutinise the accounts of the government and reports of the CAG in absence of parliament. In a […]
India’s Minority Institutions
In all this debate about St. Stephen’s College and its decision to go and have a Dalit Christian reservation, we have not taken time to unpack the concept of the minority institution. When the constitution guaranteed the minorities the right to start and manage their own institutions, they were not handing out freebies. The liberal climate […]
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