MadMan's WebAn atheist libertarian gourmet chef in Bangalore.The corrupt and the religious- March 23, 2005 Till recently, I was just a salaried bloke without much need to interact with various government agencies. I have learnt a lot in the one and a half years I have been running my own business as an entrepreneur. Firstly, those who tell you that the Licence Raj is behind us have never run a company that needs a thousand and one licences to actually get it off the ground. And of course each department wants its share of "performance incentive" fees to get things done. So I have been exposed to the.http://www.madmanweb.com/archives/0503the_corrupt_and_the_religious.html Off to Singapore- March 21, 2005 I will be visiting Singapore from 29 March to 04 April, thanks to Indian Airlines' low fare. I would love to meet fellow atheist libertarian capitalist bloggers while I'm there. And even if you're a little less libertarian, atheist, or capitalist than I am, it might still work. ;) People I intend to meet: Ashwin Nitin Pai Anyone else in the neighbourhood who wouldn't mind sharing a jumbo Sri Lankan Chilli Crab at Jumbo Restaurant in East Coast Seafood Center Use the form on the right and...http://www.madmanweb.com/archives/0503off_to_singapore.html Old laws in India- March 20, 2005 As most Indians who have been through the Indian courts for a legal case will tell you, the Indian justice system is not famous for its speed or efficiency. The backlog of cases is in the order of millions of cases, and it is not at all uncommon for cases to languish in our wonderful courts for decades, making you wonder if the justice system should really be called "the injustice system". For libertarians like me, a strong and effective judiciary is vital if we have to enforce property...http://www.madmanweb.com/archives/0503old_laws_in_india.html Chidambaram's fly in the Budget ointment- March 1, 2005 Our beloved Finance Minister, Mr. P Chidambaram, has a habit of generally presenting sensible budgets for the country, but always introducing some small measure which acts like a bad itch after a mosquito bite. While not that harmful, it tends to irritate the hell out of you anyway - the SAD (Special Additional Duty), the transaction tax on trades in equities, and yesterday, his imposition of a withdrawal tax of 0.1% on cash withdrawals of more than Rs. 10000 in a day. This is a silly idea...http://www.madmanweb.com/archives/0503chidambarams_fly_in_the_budget_ointment.html |