I know this guy needs no recommendation from me! But this is one blog that I try to read whenever time permits. He has recently won the 2007 Frederic Bastiat Prize for Journalism awarded by the International Policy Network. (Indian Journalist Wins 2007 Frederic Bastiat Prize for Journalism)

His journey from a humble blogger to an award-winning journalist has been amazing and inspiring. In his own words,
“…it all began with India Uncut. The blog led to the column, and made me grow as a writer.” (The column in question is for Mint, a joint venture between the Wall Street Journal and Hindustan Times.)

The three articles that he submitted as entries are from my favourites:

Where’s the Freedom Party
“Am I hopeful for things changing? Yes and no. Yes, because as the cause and effect of economic freedom becomes clearer, people will see through socialist rhetoric and realise that only free enterprise can provide jobs, lift our living standards, and raise this country out of poverty. On the other hand, such a clear-cut utilitarian case is harder to make for personal freedoms, and political parties, in any case, thrive on catering to special interest groups. They are, thus, generally likelier to restrict freedom even further instead of removing existing restrictions.”

The Devil’s Compassion
“Humans, you see, are fooled by appearances. Come to them as a wrinkled monster with horns, and they recoil. Pretend to be a loving grandpa, and their defences are down. We senior demons realised long ago that to hurt the humans, we have to pretend to care for them. Even as we have nothing but their marination in mind, we must appear compassionate. Stating the most noble intent, we must unleash the very worst of policies. Even better, we must fool some humans, who themselves wish to appear compassionate, into pushing these very policies.”

A beast called government
“There is another beast that benefits from blind faith quite as much as religion, and that causes as much harm from our lack of questioning: a beast called government.”