Comments on: Moth, Rust and Exogenous Events https://anitamathias.com/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Chelliah Laity https://anitamathias.com/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/#comment-16064 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:39:06 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/#comment-16064 Hi Anita. I did realise that it was a quote from the NY Times but left a comment about it anyway as you had posted it on your blog. I agree about India. The corruption there is sickening.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/#comment-16063 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:50:38 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/#comment-16063 Thanks Jane. The quote was from the New York Times. I will italicise to make it clear that I was quoting.
It's interesting how Twitter, Facebook and texting spread the news of the demonstrations.
In India, mobile phone usage in dramatically spreading even in the most rural areas. Organising such a “revolution” will be easy–and perhaps overtime.

]]> By: Chelliah Laity https://anitamathias.com/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/#comment-16062 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:46:46 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/01/31/moth-rust-and-exogenous-events/#comment-16062 “The key risk to Asia — most notably to India — is if social unrest and economic disruptions in Tunisia and Egypt spread….'

I don't believe there's a tension between economic progress and liberty. This is a myth put out by Governments keen to be authoritarian.

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