http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Varma.aspx?NavId=88&NavsId=92 Varma- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:17:38 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/09234719/Our-unlucky-children.html Our children can buy potato chips in 40 flavours, but are denied an education tailored to their needs Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:45:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/09234719/Our-unlucky-children.html http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/02231007/Some-8216Saxy8217-Resolu.html This is the problem with you neoliberal, consumerist, imperialist bourgeois, call-centre pigs Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:40:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/02231007/Some-8216Saxy8217-Resolu.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/26234853/The-Expanding-Circle.html As globalization opens up the world, the barriers between cultures and societies will crumble Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:12:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/26234853/The-Expanding-Circle.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/19230824/Let8217s-rethink-doping.html Some of us are born with biological advantages. Why not replicate those using science? Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:38:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/19230824/Let8217s-rethink-doping.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/12224101/Nadiraji-wants-your-money.html Why should my maidservant and your building chaprassi be forced to subsidize theatre in Mumbai? Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:11:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/12224101/Nadiraji-wants-your-money.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/05225220/Punish-rioters-not-writers.html The concept of free speech has become a political tool in India, not a principle to fight for Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:14:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/05225220/Punish-rioters-not-writers.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/28222512/The-origin-of-human-rights.html Our politicians, and many commentators, display double standards when it comes to protecting our rights Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:55:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/28222512/The-origin-of-human-rights.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/21235248/Beating-Terrorism.html The root cause of terrorism is not poverty but the absence of alternative means of political expression Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:22:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/21235248/Beating-Terrorism.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/14225040/The-horror-of-Nandigram.html The British, when they ruled us, were accused of nothing worse than what is happening in Nandigram Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/14225040/The-horror-of-Nandigram.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/07225940/Why-children-labour.html Shutting down sweatshops solves nothing, and amounts to throwing out the baby with the bathwater Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:29:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/07225940/Why-children-labour.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/31230025/Recalling-Frederic-Bastiat.html India’s tragedy lies in the gap between what is seen and what is not seen, a gap illustrated by Bastiat Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:48:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/31230025/Recalling-Frederic-Bastiat.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/25001502/The-Population-Myth.html If population growth was undesirable, why would people migrate to cities in such large numbers? Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:45:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/25001502/The-Population-Myth.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/17224631/Dear-Rahul-Gandhi.html The key to India’s prosperity lies not in the actions of its government, but in the enterprise of its people Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:16:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/17224631/Dear-Rahul-Gandhi.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/11003213/A-political-Game-Show.html Only a television game show can solve India’s problems. Watch out for Kaun Banega Lok Sabha MP Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:02:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/11003213/A-political-Game-Show.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/04002749/These-Dreams-of-Flying.html Governments claim to fulfil people’s needs, but that is something that businesses do best Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:03:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/10/04002749/These-Dreams-of-Flying.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/27001259/The-twenty20-age-begins.html Twenty20 cricket, contrary to the fears of purists, has plenty of subtlety and nuance, and will continue to evolve Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:42:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/27001259/The-twenty20-age-begins.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/20011225/Fund-schooling-not-Schools.html Instead of pouring money into dysfunctional schools, we should empower parents with a choice Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:42:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/20011225/Fund-schooling-not-Schools.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/13003115/In-defence-of-Blogging.html Every reader may find a blog that caters to him/her, while journalism caters to the lowest common denominator Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:01:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/13003115/In-defence-of-Blogging.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/06001248/India8217s-cops-get-Orwelli.html Are you okay with the government knowing your email passwords and reading every mail you type? Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:07:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/09/06001248/India8217s-cops-get-Orwelli.html http://www.livemint.com/2007/08/30002130/Turbocharging-RTI.html Technology can help make the Right to Information Act an even more useful tool of empowerment Thinking It Through | Amit Varma Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:51:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2007/08/30002130/Turbocharging-RTI.html