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I am Harimau Iyer. I spend my time between Chennai, India, and the US. I have academic degrees that have proved worthless in real life. I like to provoke people into thinking; that is why I write. I succeed in the first part: I merely provoke them.
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The Hypocrisy of the Indian Leftists
Harimau Iyer Apr 3, 2007 interacts: 146 Views: 9803A great victory for the cause of the OBCs was proclaimed by Karunanidhi though the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) estimated the loss due to strike at Rs. 2.5 billion.
A Rant Against Reservations
Harimau Iyer Jun 1, 2006 interacts: 224 Views: 16682Facts on education in Pre-British India leads to the conclusion that Backward Classes (OBCs) are responsible for their own backwardness and for not transferring to the schools that the British opened in India like the Upper Castes did who had the most to
The New Colonials: Part I
Harimau Iyer Dec 26, 2005 interacts: 10 Views: 2063When Ingrid said she had a six-year-old daughter, Manimekalai asked her to bring the girl the next time so she could take care of her while Ingrid worked. I could see a mother’s love for the daughter she had lost to the sea
A New Taliban in Tamil Nadu
Harimau Iyer Dec 5, 2005 interacts: 36 Views: 6094There were slogans on public walls in Tamil Nadu asking Khushboo to leave the state and go back to her Hindi-speaking motherland but only after apologizing to Tamil women
A Personal Connection
Harimau Iyer Apr 6, 2005 interacts: 18 Views: 3144“Please save my baby. He is all I have got. I lost my seven-year-old son to the sea and my baby is dying in front of my eyes. Please, sir, save my baby.” Her plea was impassioned. There were no tears in her eyes, just despair and a faint ho
Report on the Tsunami: Cuddalore
Harimau Iyer Mar 13, 2005 interacts: 7 Views: 2729I thought all India needed was ten Anu Georges in each district to modernize it. Right now, altruism, however politically motivated, has met the idealistic civil servant and that had made the relief efforts possible.
Report on the Tsunami: Kanchipuram District
Harimau Iyer Jan 15, 2005 interacts: 28 Views: 4060Part I of a first-hand report on the tsunami in South India
The Kumbh Mela of the South
Harimau Iyer Apr 16, 2004 interacts: 16 Views: 3605The next morning, I am woken up by the muezzin’s call to prayer from a nearby mosque. Shortly thereafter, the Someshwar Temple starts some recorded chant on its loudspeakers.
Driving SAG for a Rockies Rider
Harimau Iyer Nov 14, 2003 interacts: 10 Views: 3356It is a thin line that divides impulsiveness from obstinacy and a thinner line that divides cussed obstinacy from sheer downright craziness
A Chance Remark
Harimau Iyer Mar 14, 2003 interacts: 43 Views: 5156Everything you wanted to know about Hinduism but were afraid to ask
Harimau Iyer
- Articles on Chowk: 10
- First article: Mar 14, 2003
- Latest article: Apr 3, 2007
- Times read on Chowk: 56692
