Author Bios
Sanjeev Sabhlok
Sanjeev Sabhlok has a doctorate in economics from the University of Southern California. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1982 and resigned in January 2001 to pursue possible political and other goals. He now works in the Australian public sector in regulatory policy. Indian Railways is the king of India's public sector undertakings, a mega-government business, an activity that the government has REFUSED to get out of, even though it makes no sense for a government to directly manage any business.
The Weak State Made even Weaker: Anna Hazare Breaks the Fine Line of Citizenship
(Governance-Judiciary)
Anna Hazare, the man with good intentions but zero knowledge about the causes of corruption, has done his deed. He is capable only of this. And now he has done it. Subscription Only
Gandhi used to undertake fasts for self-purification. This man Anna has no idea of self-purification. He undertakes fasts to threaten the government. And he breaks the law if he is not allowed use of a public space. Subscription Only
Corruption in India can't be removed without first implementing fundamental electoral reforms. Without such things it is like a balloon. If sqeezed on one side, it simply moves to other places. Subscription Only
Muslim terrorism is like cancer, and cancerous “cells” have to be individually isolated
(India-Conflicts)
This problem is unlike fascism in that it the enemy does NOT have an army that can be defeated. This problem is unlike communism in that it is NOT geographically isolated to a few countries, and is NOT guaranteed to self-destruct.
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