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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

If you have the choice of preventing the imminent death of a child or

his/her mother, and if helping one means neglect of the other and the consequences, who would you support? Isn't that a difficult question? And a difficult choice to make in real life? Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Why do we wish each other "Merry Christmas"? How did that phrase catch on?

As for me, from whatever I understand, joyous or meaningful Christmas would have been more like it. Is the merriness to do with festivity that somebody with a pprofound message that makes a difference to our lives has come amongst us? Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

A woman is a taxi-driver in Mumbai for the last about fifteen years.

One would have thought she is a feminist. But talk to her and she holds such archaic positions about the role of women! She believes that the role of women is in the home and she hasn't even been catapulted into the profession because she became a widow at an young age or something like that. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

What do you have to say about France's decision not to allow school

children to wear a veil? Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Why are many people inconsistent in their behaviour?

Is it mood disorders? or is it double-facedness? Or is it evolution of thought?or is it simply what being human is all about? Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Any difference btwn technological fascism with new reproductive technologie

and the Christian position on abortion? Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 6, 2006

What happens when credit card companies ditch you for no fault of your own?

Sometimes they just refuse to honour payments Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Would u prefer a man who tries to be chivalrous to a woman or one who

gently assists a woman to be independent. or is that the two characteristics can go hand in hand? Just wondering. sometimes it is hard to give up the offer of someone driving you down here and there, but it is also hard to give up the privacy and the no-nosey poker life that independence assisting... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

A prophet is never recognised in his own land and time.

Why do u think this happens? And when he or she is recognised elsewhere, it seems almost in another place and time maybe even for the wrong reasons. Why don't people recognise someone no matter which section of society he or she or transgender comes from, when they care to give some thought to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

All terrorists are Muslins is the common refrain. But every time I hear

this, I am reminded of something else. I have time and again heard this one about "only prostitutes getting AIDS". But what we forget is that the focus in terms of testing for AIDS is on prostituted women. So the ones who are found positive are mainly from that section. But that does not mean that... Sign in to see full entry.

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