Monthly Archives: May 2009

Religion and Atheism

By Raghunath | Published: May 31, 2009
It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be: you came up with the idea. Why do you believe it? – Ricky Gervais on being an atheist.
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The Rise and Fall of Permanent Fixtures.

By Raghunath | Published: May 4, 2009
Maybe its age creeping up on me as I move on to the wrong side of the 20s (Thanks Neeti!) but there are things from my childhood that I used to take for granted and/ or ignore that I see less and less of nowadays. What were permament fixtures in the landscape of the India [...]
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Reservations, politics and another return to blogging.

By Raghunath | Published: May 3, 2009
The months and weeks of the political circus that is the Indian election season is finally coming to a close. What should be a dignified process of selecting able bodied leaders to run and uplift the country has, as always, turned into a display of exactly why close to 50% of the nation does not [...]
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