The early 1990s were politically significant in mainly two respects – 1. the emergence of caste politics. 2. the emergence of the BJP. Theoretically speaking, the emergence of one should have been the end of the other. After all, one seeks to construct a solid block of voters who vote solely in the name of [...]
Watching Mehbooba Mufti assault the speaker of the J & K Assembly, I could not help but question whether or not these female politicians were in touch with their feminine sides. I am in no way trying to be sexist here or imply that all women must be soft-spoken, polite dainty darlings. Nor I am [...]
The month of June, I would say was a heart-breaking month. It marked the demise of the biggest superstar in the history of mankind. Michael Jackson. How I learnt of his death was, I read it in the newspaper. I can’t recall the exact moment but it went on something like- ‘At about 3am last [...]
But I really don’t give a fuck about what Vinod Kambli thinks of Sachin and the BCCI. I hardly care if a random person confesses to being unfaithful to his partner. I care about the people in this nation who are dying due to the draconian ways of Khap Panchayats. There are student leaders who [...]
This is the story of my family, probably yours too… My mother; it seems that she told everyone “I will be very happy in life once I have a child”. Soon I was born… did she become happy? Then she said she would be happy if I grow into a healthy child… then she said [...]
One look at the above picture should be enough to make anyone drool! Yes, it’s Nokia’s flagship “Multimedia Computer” N97 along with the HTC Touch Diamond2. I had the fortune of playing with both these sexy gadgets this month and I’d like to share some views. Let me disappoint anyone and everyone who is expecting [...]
So, I’m at the English Book Shop in Sec-17 going through some books. I’m pretty involved, oblivious to the surrounding. I sense something green move past my back. But, I’m engrossed when suddenly the fragrance hits me. It’s splendid. I instinctively turn my head left and there SHE was. Now, I’m not much of a [...]
If one needed to know what foul smell actually is, he/she could simply head over to the Mukarba Chowk in Delhi. Situated right at the entrance of Delhi was this huge compost plant where tonnes and tonnes of garbage lay. The stench still remains but Mukarba Chowk has undergone a metamorphosis. The broken road that [...]
For the last few days, I have been engrossed in reading ‘Temptations of the West’ by Pankaj Mishra. Mishra is from the same tribe of activist writers like Arundhati Roy, very anti-establishment. One of Mishra’s more famous travesties against the Indian state was the allegation that Hindu nationalists were behind the massacre of Chhatisinghpura in [...]