In the recent International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, inaugurated by Mrs. Pratibha Patil, Viswanathan Anand was invited to play chess with 40 other mathematicians. The ICM also decided to honour Anand with a doctorate. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
The democratic Internet and extremism
Although Internet is supposedly ‘democratic’ but it has some drawbacks as well. People tend to be more extremist on the net than they are in real life. A radical hindutva dude who wants to destroy Pakistan on the net, in the real world, meekly stays away from the smallest of disputes! The major reason for this is the anonymity that the internet gives to them. They get power without responsibility, and can say whatever they want without the fear of consequences. Isn’t this the greatest drawback of democracy? Continue reading
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Bandh- Success or Failure?
A straight loss of 13 thousand crores! Who is to pay it back? Is the bandh even close to being a success? The success or failure of the Bharat bandh called by the opposition is a political issue, but it sure is a failure for the masses. Ask the men and women who couldn’t get to a doctor in emergency due to violence outside. Ask those who couldn’t afford food for the day. Ask them how successful the bandh was for them! Continue reading
Fall of Indian politics
Politics is an integral part of literally everything in India. From literature, films, arts, to newspapers- all have politics running through them. There hardly exists an institution, which politics has not infiltrated- formally or informally. Students union, labour union, bus driver’s union, doctor’s union- politics is omnipresent! Continue reading
The Bhopal massacre
If there has been one story of a mass murder by a corporation then it is without doubt Bhopal! Need not mention that it is not the ‘system‘ that is responsible. All over Europe the maximum permissible storage limit for MIC (methyl isocyanate) is half a ton. At the Bhopal plant, the US company’s management overrode the wishes of the managers of its Indian subsidiary and kept the storage capacity hazardously high at over 90 tons! On the night of the disaster, 67 tons of MIC were stored in two tanks. They also decided to reduce operational costs by drastically cutting down maintenance personnel. Continue reading
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 