Author: Dilip

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Pope Francis’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance

John Crace What do Liz Truss and JD Vance have against elderly people? Specifically, those who are kind, decent and compassionate. Take Radon Liz. In September 2022 she made a fleeting visit to Balmoral to be sworn in as prime minister by the queen. The last picture that was taken of Queen Elizabeth was of… Read More Pope Francis’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance

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J&K terror’s old ghost: Pahalgam attack during high-profile US visit

NB: The brutal murder of civilians is an unforgiveable crime. This sort of violence has nothing to do with “self-determination”; it is yet another manifestation of totalitarian politics and disregard of the sanctity of human life. It is clear that the perpetrators are bent upon increasing communal tension and discord. DS WITH US Vice-President J… Read More J&K terror’s old ghost: Pahalgam attack during high-profile US visit

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Evil: The Crime against Humanity. Hannah Arendt’s confrontation with totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt’s confrontation with totalitarianism The “total domination of man” was radically evil, in Arendt’s eyes, not only because it was unprecedented but because it did not make sense. She asked: Why should lust for power, which from the beginning of recorded history has been considered the political and social sin par excellence, suddenly transcend… Read More Evil: The Crime against Humanity. Hannah Arendt’s confrontation with totalitarianism

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The music of humanity

First posted January 29, 2014; and published in the Asian Age (January 30, 2014 was the 66th anniversary of Gandhi’s assassination) The music of humanity The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth. We have evidence of its working at every step. Hind Swaraj – M.K. Gandhi One of the… Read More The music of humanity

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The Cross and the Pieta. The Passion of Palestine

In terms of a population-adjusted equivalence, Gaza has experienced a 9/11-equivalent every five hours, or over four population-adjusted 9/11s every day for the last year and a half. If the US had experienced the same per capita death toll, population-adjusted deaths would number 8,350,000. (This number arrived at by applying Gaza (population 2.2 million death… Read More The Cross and the Pieta. The Passion of Palestine

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Majoritarian buffet

The fact that the Supreme Court is willing to stay crucial parts of the Waqf (Amendment) Act suggests that the judicial deference that Modi government commanded as its due is not readily available Mukul Kesavan The Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 is an exercise in premeditated bad faith. Its main provisions are designed to denotify historical… Read More Majoritarian buffet

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The Situation in Gaza Is No Longer a War, but an Unrestrained Assault on Civilians

Jack Khoury In the absence of any real military targets, Israel is waging a reckless offensive against those who are in no way involved in the fighting against it. Gazans are forced to choose between death and displacement to ‘safe zones’ that are far from safe. Even those who don’t believe most of the people… Read More The Situation in Gaza Is No Longer a War, but an Unrestrained Assault on Civilians

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Google is an online advertising monopoly, judge rules

By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Google has illegally built “monopoly power” with its web advertising business, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled, siding with the Justice Department in a landmark case against the tech giant that could reshape the basic economics of running a modern website. The ruling that Google violated antitrust law marks the US government’s… Read More Google is an online advertising monopoly, judge rules

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Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data

This long history of violence, skulduggery, and spying raises troubling questions about whether a corporation founded and staffed by dozens of individuals from such an organization can be trusted with billions of users’ private and personal data. By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The… Read More Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data

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