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		<title>Rolling Back India&#8217;s Reservation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My op-ed, on the latest Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment on OBC status for Muslims, in the Wall Street Journal India pages.
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		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2010/02/16/rolling-back-indias-reservation/</link>
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		<title>A defence of and against offence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My review on a series of books Offence on world religions, the right to free speech, and the right to be offended in Mint today.
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I was 15 when Bajrang Dal goons tried to smear saffron paint over M.F. Husain’s art. Free speech, censorship, tolerance and secularism were big words I didn’t fully understand then, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/07/11/a-defence-of-and-against-offence/</link>
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		<title>A toxic solution to the crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My op-ed on toxic assets and the bailout appears in Mint today. You can read it here. The full text is also reproduced below.
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The financial crisis is largely a result of toxic assets held by banks. However, bailouts, originally designed to buy these toxic assets, are now trying to eliminate the liquidity crisis —but that’s only a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/06/23/a-toxic-solution-to-the-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Sri Lankan government may be winning the battle&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;..but will it win the war?
While I haven&#8217;t picked sides in the Tamil-SriLankan politics , I think this time I can confidently say that the Rajapaksha is being extremely short sighted. And it is in the interest of the next generation of  Sinhalese citizens to ceasefire and offer humantarian support. 
Rajapaksha may successfully exterminate the current [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/27/sri-lankan-government-may-be-winning-the-battle/</link>
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		<title>An interesting question&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8230;posed by Anurag kashyap. He discusses censorship of his films due to their political nature vis-a-vis the free speech enjoyed by politicians, especially given the current political mudslinging. 
&#8220;Politicians can go up on stage and say anything without fear; why is it that we have to live in fear? Why is it that I can&#8217;t say [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/27/an-interesting-question/</link>
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		<title>Why I love Indian Reality TV!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jhalak Dikhla Jaa
 Jhalak producers defend themselves and the celebrities are caught with their pants down again. I love how Karan is shown cuddling with his choreographer first with background  music and effects and then without music and effects. The immense bitchiness of it all  
 




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		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/26/why-i-love-indian-reality-tv/</link>
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		<title>The scary thing about BJP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I used to think that BJP was the lesser of many evils in Indian politics, I think I have changed my mind since I started reading that previously moderate members like Shourie and Jaitley have started projecting Modi as future PM because of his &#8220;developmental work&#8221; in Gujarat.
I would much sooner die than vote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/25/the-scary-thing-about-bjp/</link>
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		<title>Caplan v Hanson : Liberty v Efficiency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the GMU Econ Society organised a debate where Caplan argued in favour of Liberty and Hanson in favour of efficiency. 
I missed it (midterms!), and was waiting to catch it online. Watch the video, it&#8217;s fantastic.
Caplan v Hanson
HT: Dan Smith
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		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/25/caplan-v-hanson-liberty-v-efficiency/</link>
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		<title>Manifesto&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A condensed version of all the manifesto&#8217;s can be read here.  
Analysis of the manifestos can be summed up in one line.
All proposed policies by all parties = Rentseeking
As always there are also some WTF quotable gems here.

Congress&#8217;s Food Agriculture and Land Policy-&#8221;A new Land Acquisition Act to protect landowners.&#8221; (emphasis added)
CPI&#8217;s Defence and Foreign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/25/manifestos/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Left may join govt post-polls&#8221; says Buddhadeb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this headline.
It is as if the Left has accepted that they were never really fit to run the government. And that they are better at opposing any policy, irrespective of the government.
And now, since they have been an ineffective opposition (since the nuclear deal went through), they are doing the world a favour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shrutiraj.com/blog/2009/04/25/left-may-join-govt-post-polls-says-buddhadeb/</link>
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