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May 2010

May 20, 2010

Indian Media runs on Sound Bytes and News Jockeys

The problem with Indian media is that it works on sound bytes as opposed to...

May 19, 2010

Maoist threat and India’s ability to Self Destruct

Although Naxals have been active in the Eastern states for quite sometime, they have gained...

May 15, 2010

Bill Gates babua goes to Bihar!

Now Bill Gates has new lessons to learn from Bihar, speci

May 11, 2010

Activism of Indian Courts on Marriage and Religion

Marriage is a strange thing. And the way the courts have been deciding recently in...

May 07, 2010

An un-fair psyche

Last weekend lolling around in a Delhi mall, I spotted a reputed skin clinic’s counter....

May 05, 2010

Nitin Nohria is the first Indian-American Dean of Harvard: some questions

Nitin Nohria, alumunus of IIT-Mumbai, has been named as the 10th dean of Harvard Business...

May 03, 2010

Massaging your mind and body into submission in India

One thing is for sure.. we Indians like our massages rough and hard. I still...

April 2010

April 27, 2010

Patelgiri

I am filing for adoption of Praful Patel . Sure, he’s too old to adopt,...

April 22, 2010

Now, why has Nithyananda been arrested?

So, today Nithyananda was arrested in Himachal Pradesh on a "Non-Bailabl

April 22, 2010

Ideological Warfare and India's bane

Here is an interesting discussion with the ex-Chief Propagandist of the KGB during the Soviet...

April 13, 2010

Ardhanareshwar, Urdu and Masala Chai

Ardhanareshwar (translated as "Half- Man-Woman") is a unique way to describe the creation and its...

April 13, 2010

Rich and Criminal "Elders" of the country

Rajya Sabha - is the House of "Elders" (I am adding quotes for a reason!)...

April 11, 2010

JNU Students Celebrate Dantewada Massacre

The Communists have for a long time been involved in open or covert treason in...

April 11, 2010

Babri Masjid: Monument to a Barbarian

The demolition of Babri Masjid was unique in lot of ways. It was the first...

April 10, 2010

Proud to be an Indian

“So dad you were telling me about a certain demon” I chuckled. My father turned...

April 09, 2010

Be prepared to welcome 400 million refugees by 2015

Displacing farmers out of their farmland is the neo-liberal economic growth model - prescribed by...

April 08, 2010

Without food, water or Medicine – Jawan fights and gets massacred by Maoist

To fight the Maoists, the Indian Government is sending our soldiers to fight without proper...

April 08, 2010

Unique way to solve the Traffic accidents problem in Shimla!

Indian society has unique challenges and we come out with unique solutions!

April 01, 2010

Supreme Court Reprimands Indian Union Government: Stop treating Army people like Beggars!

I had written a series of articles earlier on how Indian Government and people have...

March 2010

March 15, 2010

Intolerant India?!

(These views were written with reference to the viewpoint of Salil Tripathi in Wall Street...

February 2010

February 21, 2010

My Name is Khan: A Review

Last night, I went to watch "My Name is Khan". A lot has been said...

February 10, 2010

Who needs the awards?

While reading several articles on the recent Sant Singh Chatwal controversy over the Padma Bhusan...

February 02, 2010

East vs West: Myths that Mystify

A very well done speech and sequence of thoughts. Worth listening to again and again!

January 2010

January 29, 2010

Lost Civilization before us

There is a small possibility that the current civilization can face a complete destruction or...

January 24, 2010

Dishonest Scoundrels and their messiah Jyoti Basu

I have never been a fan of Communists but what has happened in the last...

January 21, 2010

The Story of "Operation Bluestar" in 1984

"I played my hockey match in this town" said my Grandpa (Nanaji) on seeing the...

January 19, 2010

Protest over Bhindranwala Movie in UK and the Legacy of Guru Nanak

A BBC film on Operation Bluestar has angered Sikhs in UK.

January 19, 2010

Genetically Engineered crops and the colonization of Farmers globally

Genetically engineered seeds and the entire selling machine created around it (pesticides and fertilizers) by...

January 18, 2010

Indian media – Newspapers, TV, Blogs – and the future

Where do you read your news from?

January 18, 2010

No need to mourn a traitor's (Jyoti Basu) death!

Today, Jyoti Basu died. In two years two of the biggest traitors of the Indian...