K Aravamudhan's blog from IBNLive.com http://ibnlive.in.com/index.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:43:35 +0530 IBNLive.com IBNLive.com en-us http://ibnlive.in.com/pix/common/ibnlogo.jpg http://ibnlive.in.com/index.html Feed provided by IBNLive. http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/63060/great-of-india-and-fbi-.html It was a hazy evening on the highway and suddenly a swanky SUV arrived from nowhere and came to a screeching halt in front of my car. Knowing Delhiites' penchant editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:28:36 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/62060/incognito-and-indian-democracy.html I sometime wonder if the Indian ruling class knows about the existence of a wonderful 'tool' called 'incognito' which, should they prefer to use, I believe, would, in a small editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:20:24 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/61786/has-clash-of-civilization-arrived.html What is the right balance between expression of religious belief and national values? Is Europe suffering from xenophobia in the name of secularism? Will forcing the women not to wear editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 03 May 2010 03:38:36 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/61768/has-clash-of-civilization-arrived.html What is the right balance between expression of religious belief and national values? Is Europe suffering from xenophobia in the name of secularism? Will forcing the women not to wear editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:19:28 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/54045/what-ails-the-indian-railways.html If they say that "only change is the constant" I don't think this is true of the Indian Railways because it's more than 150 years old but is still not editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:31:53 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/53765/my-moment-of-truth-unveiled-on-tv.html It's an expensive-looking studio and as the cameras are set to roll I look tense. The anchor asks me to introduce myself while I struggle to settle on the hot editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:40:22 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/53298/why-our-new-mps-need-to-worry-about-population-boom.html Now that Independent India is more than 60 years old and with the General Elections round the corner to elect the 15th Lok Sabha, it should no longer be wishful editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:36:28 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/52845/internal-democracy-in-indian-political-parties.html Benjamin Disraeli, England's first and only Jewish prime minister, once said, "in a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable" but I don't think this applies to Indian politics editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:59:43 +0530 http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/karavamudhan/2062/52663/nothing-secular-about-pseudosecularism.html In India the debate between secularism and pseudo-secularism is never ending but let's for a moment pause and have a look at where we stand today. The word "secular" editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:48:41 +0530