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- Chandrayaan-I: Money Down the Drain or Time to Celebrate?
A few hours ago, ISRO put “Chandrayaan-I” into transfer orbit around the earth, heralding its “Mission to Moon”.This is a proud moment...
- Cops, Drug Smugglers, and Picturesque Himachal
As I chanced upon this news-item yesterday, “Five cops suspended - nexus between cops and the drug mafia“, I was...
- Saving the Planet by Going Vegetarian
I used to dismiss the idea of saving the planet by choosing a vegetarian diet as far-fetched until I came across...
- Bahadur Shah Zafar & The Bharat Ratna
Amidst all the recent brouhaha around Bharat Ratna nominations, someone conveniently forgot the “truth” about some of our nominees. I...
- Forgetting History: Delhi’s “Iron Pillar”
I recently stumbled on this news-item about the development of a new type of corrosion-resistant iron by Prof...
- Who Will Listen to Para's Silent Screams?
I read about this shameful and horrifying rape in Tehelka's recent issue and it filled me with rage and a...
- A fresh look at Reservations and Quotas - PART II
A few weeks ago, I wrote a detailed post examining the various issues with the current system of reservations...
- Zara, UK Fashion Chain, Withdraws “Swastika” HandBags
The Zara fashion chain owned the Spanish company Inditex has withdrawn a recently introduced handbag from its stores after the...
- Politics & Corruption: How to “Fix the System”
Or more accurately, how to begin fixing the system.Some of you may have read my recent comments (here and...
- The Joys of Living in "Secular India"
Some of you must have already read the “news” about the government officer in Bihar who faces suspension for coming...
- Help! Someone's Stealing My Blog Posts!
Yesterday, I became a victim of splogging.After blogging for three years, I was actually quite thrilled. Someone actually found my...
- Updates on the Hyderabad Blues
Things are beginning to look interesting.Praveen Swamy writes in The Hindu’s Op-Ed (extract):“…A mass of credible electronic intelligence...
- Another Day, Another Terrorist Blast - What Else Is New?
Please excuse the unstructured format of this post…My anger still has not subsided enough to write coherently.Yesterday evening in Hyderabad,...
- Mob Attacks Indians in Germany - Silence of the Indian Media
Some of you may have already read the story of a group of Indians being attacked by a mob of...
- A Fresh Look At Reservations And Quotas
This has been one of my longest posts in the making, taking almost two months since I first started...
- Why Abu Salem Spared Shah Rukh Khan
This one is straight from a Hindi film plot – almost. Rediff recently carried an excerpt from Anupama Chopra’s new...
- Mayawati: How to Earn Rs 50 crores in 5 years
Actually I don’t really know how to earn Rs. 50 crore in 5 years. But...
- Redefining Hinduism
Tavleen Singh wrote a great piece in Indian Express a few days back titled, “A dark, distorted Hinduism“.In that article, Tavleen...
- Hindu Reformation and Equality - Is It Too Much To Ask For?
For the last several weeks, I have been deeply distressed by several comments, reports and other articles re. the question of...
- Exposing "Purdah" - The Truth Behind the Veil
By now, most of you must have heard or read about the controversy caused by Smt Pratibha Patil’s recent remarks...
- Macaulay's Apocryphal Quotation on India Debunked
Many of you must have come across this “famous quote” of Macaulay in which he appears to be praising the...
- Dalits Convert to Buddhism - Inaccuracies in Indian Media Reportage
Thanks to Shadow Warrior on whose blog I first came across this extraordinary piece of reporting: “Who says Indian Media...
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