There are two sides to the proposed legislation on the internet -
One, as Indiatimes tells us (link via AlooTechie) is against ISP’s charging websites for providing their content faster to the user, effectively creating a payment structure wherein each site can possibly be graded according to the speed of content delivery and charged accordingly. Unfair? […]
I’ve been composing a post - the structure, the arguments for and against, the stats, the macro-economic implications, the impact on productivity - primarily from an economics perspective, on Reservations. This post is supposed to be a response to Annie’s post on the myth of merit at How the Other Half Lives. Bits of […]
Update (edited 25/5/06):
1. The video of the entire interview at CNN IBN- part 1 and part 2 for viewing online. For downloading - part 1 and part 2. Is it just me or is Arjun Singh’s hand trembling in the first half?
2. The transcript of the interview is here.
3. The podcast (audio) of the entire […]
From: Nikhil Pahwa
Bcc: kapilsibal@hotmail.com, kapil@kapilsibal.com, ksibal@sansad.nic.in, soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in
Date: May 19, 2006 9:28 PM
Subject: Ref: your Chandni Chowk constituency
Dear Mr. Sibal,
I appreciate your speaking out against your governments policy of instituting quotas in educational institutions. I had voted for you during the last Parliamentary elections.
I’d like to inform you that if the quotas are instituted, irrespective of […]
By increasing quotas the Congress is trying to buy votes in UP, a state that is firmly divided on caste lines, and one that goes to the polls next year. There is no “welfare” agenda. The anti-reservation protests have so far fallen on deaf ears, because:
1. The Congress party stands to gain from supporting […]
Since we’re in the mood, we’re going to dissect this brilliant comment that an anonymous poster left on the ‘reservations about reservations about…‘ post:
1. Firstly, the person suggested that we should investigate the term ‘merit’.
Here goes: Merit is determined on whether a student has achieved a certain minimum level of results, dependent on certain criterion. […]
The recent governmental decision to increase reservations in government funded institutions to 49.5% is vote-motivated, divisive and discriminatory. It’s also short sighted and retrogressive and will adversely impact the efficiency of this country. To cut a long explanation short, they’re trying to mask their failure to provide an adequate primary and secondary education to the […]
March 30, 2006 – 11:42 pm
… while representative democracy is the best known system of governance, it isn’t necessarily the best possible. What’s the best? I don’t know, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t recognise the biggest failure of democracy - the rule of the mob.
I’ve written previously about the importance of numbers for the media. Democracy is the […]
February 7, 2006 – 9:18 pm
Comrade Nikhil just heard that trade unions across India are demanding an increase in their fixed income. Has their variable income declined, comrade?
(Other posts by Comrade Nikhil: here and here)
Tags:
satire | economy | India
January 17, 2006 – 1:17 pm
Snob value was the tagline on my schools sweatshirts. I found it rather stupid and thought it lacked creativity. Because I’m a different kind of snob…
You speak eloquently and have seemingly read every
book ever published. You are a fountain of
endless (sometimes useless) knowledge, and
never fail to impress at a party.
What people love: You can answer […]
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