From Deshabhimani , Malayalam weekly Exactly a month from today is the Parliamentary election in my state of Kerala. This time, I’m not going to vote. Bernard Shaw defined democracy , with his characteristic cynicism, as “ a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve .” We elect our government in a democracy. And the government invariably sucks our blood – whichever the party is. The BJP and the Congress are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee though the former makes all sorts of other claims day in and day out. BJP = Congress + the holy cow. The holy cow has turned out to be quite a vampire and that makes a difference, no doubt. In our Prime Minister’s algebra, it is: (a+b) 2 which should be equal to a 2 and b 2 . There is an extra 2ab which is the holy cow. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm , the animals revolt against the human master and set up their own nationalist republic. Soon politics develops in the republic and some pigs become leaders. The porcine
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Pretty interesting actually :)
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DeleteDerivative of minima and maxima gives zero values, and interestingly the region where you lie in has a constant value for the derivative.
ReplyDeleteYour place has a significant value and not the priests' and politicians' 😁
Honestly, I have an ego that's huge enough to consider me superior to the priest and the politician :) It's a cardinal sin in my religion and hence my place in hell is assured.
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