Posted in India, libertarianism, news and links, politics, tagged Aaja Nachle, ban, caste, censorship, freedom of speech, India, Madhuri Dixit, Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Mayawati doesn’t like Madhuri Dixit the ‘casteist’ remarks in Madhuri’s film. And this being India, if you don’t like something, you ban it.
Related post: Offended feelings.
Posted in India, news and links, tagged blood donation, blood transfusion act, indian laws, ramadoss on November 28, 2007 | No Comments »
The government wants to put behind bars those who donate blood for money.
As if we did not have enough senseless laws already!
Posted in India, sci, tech and gizmos, tagged alternative medicine, health care, homeopathy, placebo, quackery, ramadoss, science on November 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Of the many forms of alternative medicine practised in India and the rest of world, homeopathy is unique in two ways.
First, it has a huge clientele. In India alone, an estimated 100 million people depend solely upon it for their medical needs. According to a recent survey, 55 % of the population in Delhi listed homeopathy [...]
Posted in India, news and links, politics, tagged indo-us relations, nuclear deal, open letter, politics on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This open letter drafted by several retired military personnel and defence scientists and addressed to our Members of Parliament nicely summarises my position on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Posted in sci, tech and gizmos, tagged computer, gadgets, sci, tech and gizmos, sidebar, vista, windows on November 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One feature of Windows Vista that hasn’t gotten as much attention as it deserves is the sidebar. It is frequently regarded as mere eye candy. Yet the sidebar can be a really nifty tool - and substantially enhance your productivity- when populated with the right gadgets. You can get one-click access to commonly accessed folders [...]
Posted in libertarianism, news and links, tagged involuntary commitment, liberty, schizophrenia, vermont supreme court on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Continuing on the topic of involuntary commitment, here is a good news story.
The decision ends by stating that the involuntarily hospitalization of a person is such a “massive curtailment of liberty,” it requires the state to meet a high burden of proof to hospitalize the person. The court found that the state did not meet [...]
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