Quick notes: Humanities, Tolerance for polygamy...

• Humanities at IISc: One JNU is not enough!



• Muslim polygamy: "If the state tolerates this law, it becomes an accomplice in the discrimination of the female, which is illegal under its own laws".



• Dubious record: India's carbon emissions rise, even as global rates fall



• 1984 is not all:

I wonder why only the 1984 massacre is raised as an example of Congress hypocrisy on communalism—not Moradabad, Meerut, Bhagalpur, Nellie...

— Praveen Swami (@praveenswami) November 2, 2015




• Stop copying the west: Sunita Narain explains how Indian cities should expand.
  

Quick Notes: Qatar crimes, Free Gedrosia...

• Impotent External Affairs Minister supporting RoP labour camps: Human Rights Watch says "If this trend continues some 4,000 workers will die before the first World Cup football kick-off in Qatar". But Indian and Qatari authorities say the mortality rate of workers is normal. Why is India the only nation supporting these crimes against humanity?



• Gedrosia, matter of when, not if: ‘If there is a referendum in Balochistan, people will vote for independence’



• Setting a trend: Karbonn to launch Android-cum-Windows smartphones



• Yoga regulates stress hormones and improves quality of life for women..

Tryst-With-Destiny vs Tryst-With-Dynasty

Forbes has published an article by Robert Kaplan et al on the upcoming contest between Congress Party scion Rahul Gandhi and challenger Narendra Modi:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stratfor/2013/10/09/indias-tryst-with-destiny/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-nsc-indias-tryst-with-destiny-20131009,0,3521766.story

I wasn't too happy with the knee-jerk references to "Hitler", so I posted some of my own remarks in the comments section to throw a few thunderbolts at them. Please feel free to post your comments there too - but please try to keep them focused and credible. Persuasion will accomplish more than mere convulsions. There are some sober points to consider from the article too.