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- Being Gay in India
Having lived in India now as an openly gay man for more than a year, I have some interesting observations...
- Golden Anniversary of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
This year marks the Golden Anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand's monumental achievement--Atlas Shrugged. The novel has been variously...
- The Contradictions in the Indian Constitution
In my previous post challenging the notion that Indians have something to be properly *proud* of about their...
- What Can India Be Proud Of?
I hope I'm not the only one utterly annoyed by all the celebratory hype in anticipation of the Indian independence day....
- The Marriage of Collectivism and Religion
Collectivism is an ideology that trumps the supremacy of a group over an individual. It is the lack of...
- The Cosmology of Shantaram and Gregory David Roberts
The author of Shantaram — also known by that name — is an ex-convict who spent years in...
- Book Review: Blink: Malcolm Gladwell and Ayn Rand
Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink (2005) is a book that explores the “power of thinking without thinking.” The main thrust of...
- The Virtue of Intolerance
The notion of tolerance has the connotation of holding the moral high ground, of being an act of virtue that needs...
- Ambitious Plans for a World Class University in India
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that there are plans to institute a world-class American-style university(subscription only) in a...
- Uncertainty in Free Markets
The nature of the free market system is squarely based on the fact that no one man has omniscient knowledge;...
- The Dangers of Enforcing Moral Values
Can a value be so universally considered as good that it would be legitimate and justified to ensure that...
- Chew on Free Market at Indian Restaurants
Over lunch at a restaurant table, sitting by myself, I happened to be thinking about the logical operators "and" and...
- Rights And Responsibilities
In an essay written in the 1960s, Ayn Rand said, “The concept of individual rights is so new in...
- Indian Democracy in Action
In my recent article titled "Dangerous Democracy and Fundamental Freedoms," I agured that a democracy should be founded on certain universally objective...
- The Morality and Causes of Homosexuality
I am openly gay. I consider homosexuality unnatural just as I consider driving a car unnatural, for the same reasons...
- Altruism and Homosexuality in India
My friend and I were having a discussion on the notion of unearned guilt and its altruistic roots. Somehow, we...
- Dangerous Democracy and Fundamental Freedoms
Democracy can be a very dangerous thing. Indeed, Aristotle described democracy as a “necessary evil,” but an evil nonetheless. A...
- The Culture of Unaccountability
When the individual self is suppressed, all concepts hierarchically dependent on the concept of "self" is fundamentally undermined until their...
- The Conundrum of Self-Identity
I have always denounced holding any sense of identity that is based on the merely accidental and which is not...
- High Divorce Rates Indicate A Healthy Culture
I often hear people criticize the very high rates of divorce in the west–-particularly, in the United States–-as being an...
- How to Change the World
Before we ask the question, how can we change the world? we must realize the fact that it is...
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