Govt. says High Court's Judgement on gay sex is Constitutional

It’s heartening to note, that while the Indian Govt. still has to lay it’s position before the Supreme Court, a preliminary panel of the three involved ministries (Home, Health, and Law) have said that the Delhi High Court’s judgment legalizing gay sex followed the Indian Constitution – specifically Articles 14, 15, and . . . → Read More: Govt. says High Court's Judgement on gay sex is Constitutional

Indian Government tells Citizens which Language to speak

There have been a spate of news articles recently about how various Indian quasi legal and governmental bodies are trying to force children to learn a particular language at school. Such policies apart from being grossly illegal and in violation of the liberal Constitution of India smacks of extreme presumptuousness by the . . . → Read More: Indian Government tells Citizens which Language to speak

Firefox Ubiquity – Character Count Command

Now that Ubiquity 0.5 is out, Erik’s Character Count Command no longer works. So I have updated it and if you have Ubiquity Firefox, the command bar should have appeared on top for you. Here is the code: CmdUtils.CreateCommand({ names: ['char-count'], arguments: [ {role: ‘object’, nountype: noun_arb_text, label: ‘text to count . . . → Read More: Firefox Ubiquity – Character Count Command

SC once again refuses stay on gay sex

For the second time, the SC refused to stay the High Court’s historic verdict decriminalizing gay sex. This is as it should be. The bench which had the Chief Justice of India on it, said that since there was no danger of any penal consequences, there was no reason to put a . . . → Read More: SC once again refuses stay on gay sex

How the UK Citizens Burnt their Identity Cards

For those unable to believe how anyone could possibly not welcome Identity cards with open arms, here’s a story for you. After the war, fed up with the constant intrusions of privacy and government tracking, the British Housewives League burnt their compulsory ID cards in frying pans and dry cleaners.

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Why we shouldn't give the Government too much Power – Savita Bhabi is Proof

A previous blog post of mine had opined that giving the Government too much power was dangerous – even in the interests of “National Security”. This is because any such power which is meant to be used only in extreme circumstances ends up being used in frivolous ways leading to a serious . . . → Read More: Why we shouldn't give the Government too much Power – Savita Bhabi is Proof

India is not a Mobocracy – But the BJP thinks it is

Over the years, an idea seems to have ingrained itself into the Indian mindset – that Democracy is all about doing what the majority of the people want. To exemplify this, just recently the BJP said that it was not apologetic about the demolition of the Babri Masjid since it “was the . . . → Read More: India is not a Mobocracy – But the BJP thinks it is

Americans don't believe in Global Warming!

Back in India, Global Warming (or shall we say human induced climate change? Nah – Global Warming is easier) is a big concern. Just about everyone accepts that it’s happening and that we need to do something about it – even to the extent of cutting down on lifestyle excesses. This understanding . . . → Read More: Americans don't believe in Global Warming!

Ubiquity Commands updated for Ubiquity 0.5

My three commands for Ubiquity were broken with the latest Ubiquity 0.5 update. So I modified them to be compatible. Here are the links to the three updated commands:

To find the PageRank of a URL To find the number of Google Search Results for a given term To open torrent pages . . . → Read More: Ubiquity Commands updated for Ubiquity 0.5

Manually Removing Carbon Dioxide from the air

Some of the latest efforts in finding out how to reduce Climate Change focus on how to manually take Carbon Dioxide out of the air instead of how to avoid releasing it. While there’s no reason not to try and do both, there’s good reason for this approach. We release CO2 from . . . → Read More: Manually Removing Carbon Dioxide from the air