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Monthly Archives: January 2011

On BJP’s collapse

Monday, January 24, 2011

Yesterday, Dinesh Amin Mattu had a superb OPED in the Prajavani. As he always does, Dinesh had raised a series of uncomfortable questions for B.S.Yeddyurappa and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
My translation of that appears in Churumuri. Enjoy.

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Not to pile on Mysore University but

Monday, January 24, 2011

What the hell are they thinking?
Today The Times of India reports that Mysore University is among the four Indian universities which have entered into a confidential pact with Nestle, a global baby food and commercial food giant, to promote “nutrition awareness programmes for adolescent school-going girls in government-run village schools.”
I [...]

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Mysore University’s cheap gimmick

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

(Cross posted in Churumuri)
The Times of India reports that the University of Mysore has decided to confer an honorary doctorate on Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
This, I find, incredibly inexplicable.
Don’t get me wrong.
I repeat, don’t get me wrong: I consider Tendulkar to be a phenomenal achiever and, in particular, I have really come to respect how [...]

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