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- Archives: November 2009
- Unforgettable Kabul
No matter, the war-torn history of Kabul, its ruination, what delights the soul with its optimism are the kites of Kabul.
- Bollywood: Miles Away From Bharat
Several Bollywood movies have been made on Pakistan, Terrorism, even Gay and Lesbian relationships but none has been made on Naxalism or Farmer Suicides.
- Ntombi's Tavern, Poems of Mdantsane
Fridays at Ntombi's Tavern, Mdantsane, South Africa
- Ministries Dispute Delays Formation of Maharashtra Government
Each party in the Congress-NCP combine wants the power and influence peddling ministries
- Smoking, Cancer and Maoism
For the Maoists the cause is secondary, but the enemy is primary - the establishment.
- Poem: Through The Spider's Web
In the bars of Havana, let’s sit down together Let’s stumble upon conversation of new dimensions
- The Times of India - Not For You and Me?
I think responsible organizations and media houses draw their own lines in reporting and journalism.
- The Symbionese Liberation Army - US Naxalism Nipped in The Bud
The SLA has a lot of interesting parallels to India's Naxalism.
- India v Australia: Sachin Tendulkar Delivers In Aces
Today's One-day International showed why it didn't need any revitalization, particularly between two great teams.
- When Dyscalculia Strikes
Its a vortex that sucks the person in and panic steps in, aggravating the situation further.
- Poetry: Mdantsane Nights - Poems of Mdantsane
Mdantsane, South Africa picks up war zone dimensions every night.
- Change, or the Climate Will Change You!
India needs to gain the strategic and the moral high ground in this game to be a recognized leader of the world. Can we do
- Life On The High Seas
First hand experiences on board ship on the high seas.
- Movie Review: Madhur Bhandarkar's Jail
Madhur Bhandarkar's latest offering is Jail, which claims to offer an inside view on the unseen world of prisons in India.
- How To Improve Your Traffic Life
You cannot defeat the traffic so let it pass through you.
- More Reports From The Sea
Golden Sunrises, Weather reports, and mailing recipes.
- Indians And Artificial Sweeteners
Many Indians have an unhealthy skepticism towards artificial sweeteners.
- Poetry: the aram bagh lady
Dis she dream? Did she dare...?
- Hooliganism in Maharashtra Assembly - Whither Democracy?
Democracy, that fragile and complex idea, is at once an ideal state and equally an expression of social opinion.
- Satire: The MNS - Mentally N-ill Sena
We don't care what happens to non-Marathis assaulted in Australia, but while in Maharashtra's capital,you better be talking in Marathi.
- Joy, Killjoy of Thesis, Antithesis: Waterless Urinals & Water Crisis
I think everything in this world happens first as a farce, then as a tragedy.
- Life At Sea: A Fortnight Later - Hurricanes, Casualties and Paranthas
The weather is improving, the sun’s shining bright and hopefully Ida’s bid farewell.
- Why Aamir Khan Should Not Lobby for Kiran Bedi
The underlying tenet of democracy is transparency, not popularity contests in the name of inclusiveness and participation.
- Book Review:2 States
Chetan Bhagat's latest is a neither here, nor there book.
- Surviving at the Margins: The Politics of Eviction and Resettlement in Delhi
What was to follow was a tragedy of immense proportions in post independent India that was ignored in the mainstream media.
- Facebook Messages That Annoy Me
Our Facebook home pages are forever filled with messages from our buddies. Here is a list of messages we could do without.
- Vande Mataram: A Needless Controversy
It is highly unfortunate that a song that played a major role during our freedom is being dragged into such controversy.
- Blog the Bell: Breakthrough's Social Media Event
Breakthrough's newest campaign Bell Bajao has reached 130 millions through TV, Radio, Press etc. Now we are involving the netizens.
- Movie-Making & Story-Telling: Jail - Epic Fail!
I'm not willing to like a movie simply because it has a great concept.
- Music Review: Blue
This is a Music Review of latest album Blue from the Mozart of Madras AR Rahman.
- Belonging
This is when I knew I knew it for sure. This is when I finally belonged in India.
- The Book That Inspires Me Everyday
The Fountainhead, the story of the quintessential man, is by itself the quintessential novel. A true classic, this is how a novel should be.
- Movie Review: Michael Jackson's This is It
Is this it?
- Will Obama be a One-term President?
Can his charm and goodwill work the miracle?
- Soft Infrastructure Development: Role of Private Sector
Soft infrastructure systems precede hard infrastructure and are engines of social transformation.
- The Value of Surrender
It is only when the Mind chooses to surrender that peace will return on Earth.
- Poessay: Rosary 34 - Unraveling Walls
drop by running drop / slaves' sweat survives / in rivers, seas and clouds
- From Japaratinga - The Healing Poison
The frog with the healing touch
- And We Roll Into The Fourth week!
Description of life on board, as the fourth week begins
- Illness, Morbid Thoughts and Lack Of Sun
Each day seemed like the day before - lousy to the core and the nights were the worst
- The (Sur)real World of Indian Television
Ranging from bizarre to downright pathetic, the ideology behind most of whats on the idiot box nowadays escapes me.
- Sachin Tendulkar - God, In All His Glory
What followed was one of the biggest heartbreaks in the boy's life.
- Book Review: Welcome to Advertising! Now, Get Lost.
Omkar Sane's first is a hilarious story about why advertising is the profession that everyone loves to hate.
- India's UID Project: Leaked Working Paper
In its ideal implementation, there are many benefits of a UID number
- Mxolisi Nyezwa: Winner of the Thomas Pringle National Award for Poetry, South Africa 2009
Mxolisi Nyezwa wins the National Thomas Pringle Award for Poetry in South Africa
- Book Review: The Story of My Assasins
Assassins is not for the faint of heart who would do well to stick to the fiction dumped daily in bookstores
- Movie Review: Kurbaan
If you like your films to be formulaic, go for this because you'll find this gritty and what not, and in all probability will love
- India's 3G Saga - A Bad Bollywood Movie!
Ma Sonia, please get us out of this mess!!!!
- Why is Billion Strong India a Laggard in Sports?
If Indian sportsmen still manage to win so many accolades, it is not because of the system, it is despite the system
- Book Review: Cauvery
the book describes the beauty and power of the Cauvery, enrapturing kids and adults alike.
- Mobile Number Portability in India - Rs. 19 Only
One of the biggest problems currently with changing your service provider is that you have to take a new number
- Desi Sensibilities Kurbaan-ed
Indian cinema can help citizens of this planet to reflect on these issues with compassion and logic.
- Poetry: tweems - tweet-poems
modified versions of poems on tweeter
- Book Review: A Slow Train to Gwalior
For me, his poetry is pure delight and the reason is because he doesn’t hide his quest for love with clichéd jargon.
- Persian Inspired Paradise Gardens
The Persian definition of paradise may surprise you. It means an enclosed area; that has boundaries or walls around it.
- Liberhan Committee Report on Ayodhya Demolition Leaks
The contents of the report appear to be getting glossed over and the alleged leak being given greater air time.
- Praising the British - A Psychological Malady
Propagating ignorance in the name of spreading knowledge is easier and effective
- Politics - Going Rogue
Is it the wrong kind of people who go into politics and then perpetrate the hideous culture that has become the hallmark of politics across
- Mumbai, I Bequeath My Death
I bequeath my death to many a death Many a hurt And the sky that bled
- Nutrition Down the Drain
The industrial revolution was responsible for subtraction of nutrients from the food chain, leading millions to constipation and diseases.
- Poessay: Rosary 35 - Alto Cumulous
stratus rushing by cheeks / mingling with tears
- Book Review: Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Like many historical novels starring pirates, it's a bit cheesy, but add pirates to anything and it becomes good, right?
- Publicity from Audacity
As if the trauma suffered wasn't enough, to be put through a revision of those events can only be seen as sheer opportunism and nothing
- Bombay Burning
If something like this could happen to any city, it would be to Bombay, and it would be to these sites of great emotional resonance.
- Mumbai - One Year After
Never has the “Proud to be an Indian” comment raised so much controversy.
- Movie Review: Kurbaan - Typically Stereotypical
Kurbaan proves yet again that Karan Johar is incapable of churning out anything but the worst stereotypes.
- 26/11 - 'One India' is an Overstatement, Solidarity a Farce
Please stop talking about this myth of one India. Our solidarity is very selective and selfish
- Where the BRICs Stand Today
How China, India, Brazil and Russia fare today eight years after the Goldman Sachs' BRIC report - a subjective assessment
- The Chinese Situation
While China has suppressed rights and expanded its infrastructure, India has thrived on its diversity and democracy, encouraging freedom of speech and thought.
- Strand Book Exhibition Underway in Bangalore
We went in to the exhibition, promising to keep a firm hand on our wallets and resist the temptations of the printed word.
- IIM CAT Snafu Continues - Mismanagement and Inconvenience
The first online CAT for the IIMs presented a poor showing for the institutes and the company conducting the test, Prometric.
- Madhu Koda Finally Arrested
How can you otherwise justify that a person accused of such large crimes can remain free without the police and investigating agencies arresting him?
- Pakistan’s Woes Deepen
A concatenation of unpleasant events seems to be engulfing Pakistan.
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