tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post3765856696458372113..comments2024-03-16T11:03:09.893+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Vedic PlanesAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-71320576490609053592015-07-23T22:14:05.836+05:302015-07-23T22:14:05.836+05:30For an example of how not to manufacture facts and...For an example of how <em>not</em> to manufacture facts and yet produce a engaging story on an important subject, one only needs to look at Frontline's story on the shenanigans at ISI. The facts against the actions of Arun Shourie and the government are strong, and the author succeeds in producing a good story without indulging in unsubstantiated innuendos or manufactured theories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-68941147524885853752015-07-23T21:49:00.548+05:302015-07-23T21:49:00.548+05:30The problem with several of these popular articles...<br />The problem with several of these popular articles is that they<br />short-change facts in favor of rhetoric. The VS is scintifically<br />bunkum, and this is is its biggest critisicm. But, in trying to<br />belabor an already strong case , Deb would additionally have as<br />believe that "In this paradise of the past, there are no Buddhists or<br />Muslims or Christians or Jews or left-wingers or women.", including<br />the word "Jews" perhaps to arouse in his western readership the<br />specter of a Nazi-style racism, when the facts on the grounds say that<br />anti-semitism has never held sway in India on any side of the<br />political divide. Then, somehow, without any arguments being made to<br />support that conclusion, the motivation of trying to maintain "caste<br />laws" is ascribed to the author of VS.<br /><br />By trying to manufacture "evidence" of caste-bias or anti-semitism in<br />a text that is essentially fantasy, the author only weakens his own<br />(otherwise very good argument).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com