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My Friend Sancho
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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I don’t know why, but I find this kind of funny. And what’s with the quote marks in that…
Jonah Lehrer writes in Wired: Here’s a brain teaser: Your task is to move a single line so that…
So while everyone’s celebrating the arrival of Akhilesh Yadav and how he’s revitalised the Samajwadi Party and UP Politics,…
... is done. The next time India walk out to play a Test match, my favourite sportsman of all…
28 June, 2007
Pratibha Patil on astrology
In my post yesterday, “Why Pratibha Patil should not be president”, I outlined a number of reasons for my opposition to Pratibha Patil. Well, another minor reason emerges—while launching an astrology website last year, the lady had remarked:
Considering the fact that there is so much interest as well as faith in astrology in India, there is need for in-depth study of the possible impact of the recent astronomical findings about the planets. Sometimes we read about 12 planets instead of nine earlier.
Astrology is a serious and deep subject which has a great influence on our society. The growing expectations of the people from this subject requires application of science and technology.
I have no issues with the private beliefs any individual may have, but it does strike me as undesirable for the president of our country to be a superstitious simpleton.
The BJP has asked the UPA to reconsider her candidature, but here’s the irony: If Patil had been a BJP candidate, the UPA and their allies would have been up in arms against her alleged misdeeds—Prakash Karat would have radiated sanctimony—while the BJP would have been supporting her, and the two parties would have accused each other of partisan politics. Frankly, it doesn’t matter which foot the shoe is on: It’s going to trample us no matter what.
(Astrology link via email from Nitin Pai. Previous posts on Pratibha Patil: “Why Pratibha Patil should not be president.” “Wretched.” “The Politics of Division.”
Some earlier posts on superstitious nonsense: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.)
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