Mourning A Lost Soldier

July 25th, 2006

We rarely mourn the passing of the common man. I wrote an article about this in Business Standard  this morning. Following which, Sonam Kapadia wrote me a mail saying how “We never really grieved publicly for the loss of our citizens in a sustained manner. It is a short out pouring of emotion and that is it. ”

He also says his family faced a similar dilemna when his brother Lt. Nawang Kapadia was killed on November 11, 2000 in Anti Terrorist operations in Kashmir. And they wanted to create an easily available memorial. Read the rest of this entry »

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Blocking Of Blogs..What Are We Protesting !

July 19th, 2006

 

People are up in arms over the Indian government’s decision to block `objectionable’ sites and blogs. And rightfully so. However in doing so, I think many of us are missing the point by miles. To address the issue, you’ve got to define it. My sense is that many have failed to do so. Let me try !

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