The maniacal bus drivers never stopped the bus, even at the designated bus stops. They only slowed down the old, rickety and monstrous vehicles. One had to push people aside, make their way to the exit and then jump off before the driver slammed his foot down on the accelerator pedal. I guess I pushed [...]
Read On 3 CommentsThe maniacal bus drivers never stopped the bus, even at the designated bus stops. They only slowed down the old, rickety and monstrous vehicles. One had to push people aside, make their way to the exit and then jump off before the driver slammed his foot down on the accelerator pedal. I guess I pushed [...]
“Rahul bhai? Can you call me back when you’re free. It’s really important”. “Alright”, I said to my younger brother. An hour passed by and I remembered that I had to ring him. I picked up my phone and punched in his number. He picked up at the very first ring. Without wasting any time, [...]
A – Ambassador,the car . The quintessential Indian automobile.
B – Bollywood.It is the national obsession .Nothing binds us better.
C – Cricket.When we are not watching movies,we are cricket-ing.
D – Dogs . Weve all been chased by one once in our life.Also the first abuse.
E – Eunuchs.The hijras are a peculiar phenomenon of the subcontinent.
F – Festivals.There [...]
We are worrying about the commonwealth games and here is the live examples of how things work in India when it comes to sports. Yesterday’s match between India and Sri-lanka, the final of the five match series at Ferozshah Kotla, Delhi had to be abandoned due to poor cricketing conditions. The pitch failed miserably to [...]
After Going through the article written by Amratya sen which was published at the ndtv site. I was reminded of my own post which was written 2 years back which i would like to re-post in order to share my insight on this topic.
“We have been brought up the way our Parents and Teachers wanted [...]
I have a strange problem these days
The power to hate with all my heart
Is ebbing by the day
I want to hate the English
{They ruled us for the two centuries}
But Shakesphere sidles up
To whom i owe so much
I want to hate the Muslims
But ghalib stands before me
Tell me,is it possible to stand up
To him?
I want to [...]
This is arguably the most crucial moment in the history of Pakistan . It is fighting for its soul and identity . It is at war with itself . The old timers in South Block are concerned with the consequences of having an extremist Pakistan as neighbor . There concerns are well justified but there’s [...]
In 1993 , the Supreme Court of India ruled that capital punishment be reserved for the rarest of rare cases . But do we need the death penalty at all ? In India , the sentence of life imprisonment requires the guilty to spend fourteen years behind bars . However , for some cases this [...]