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A letter to the CM

June 23rd 2009

Mr CM, I’m not entirely sure you’re aware of the affairs of the state as I am – occasional power supply, scarce water supply, corruption, unemployment etc etc. I wonder what takes your time other than siphoning off money and hounding opposition party members. Now that you’ve placed your son at the Deputy CM’s post [...]

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Why Taliban won’t take over Pakistan ?

June 13th 2009

In recent times, the world media has focused it’s view on Pakistan. Countless articles have cropped up in newspapers and magazines declaring Pakistan as the most dangerous place on Earth and warning that it’ll be taken over by the Taliban. The world watched Taliban forces come within 50-60 kms of the capital Islamabad. The Pakistani [...]

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How the BJP lost the plot and the elections…

June 12th 2009

The results are out and as expected the BJP has lost. What has followed the loss is unprecedented fighting within the party. During this campaign, they never looked like winning. This election has marked the transformation of a ‘party with a difference’ into a ‘party with differences’. Here are a few mistakes that I think [...]

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Tricky Business

June 5th 2009

A couple of days back a court in Lahore, Pakistan freed Mohammad Saeed. It’s been almost 6 months since 26/11. Governments have changed, the results haven’t. The sports minister MS Gill has even gone on to say that India will resume sports ties with Pakistan. Elections, Economy, IPL have made the people forget 26/11. There’s [...]

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Gandhi and his ‘Spiritual Wife’

June 10th 2007

Well I read this piece of article in The Tribune, dated Saturday, June 2, 2007 (Saturday Extra supplement). The article goes something like this : …There was a woman in Mahatma Gandhi’s life with whom he had contemplated ‘spiritual’ marriage. Rajmohan Gandhi’s recent book on the Mahatma more than hinted at this alliance. V.N. Datta, a historian who has been researching this relationship, talks [...]

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Manmohan Singh invites hotties home!

July 27th 2006

Now here’s a hilarious piece of news… Security Breach at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Residence. Yes, two hotties along with a gay looking bloke entered the Prime Minister’s residence, 7 RCR (Race Course Road). They drove up to the main gate in a black Sonata which bore the registration number “DL4C V 0006“. The [...]

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Reverse Discrimination

May 30th 2006

Here’s an interesting piece of news. Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh have been denied the job of sweepers because they belong to a very “high caste”. About 1/4th of the candidates were rejected because their caste was highfor the job of a sweeper. Now will the govt. reserve jobs for people belonging to the upper castes [...]

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Anti-Reservation Rally

May 20th 2006

Anti-Reservation rally will be organized today at 5.30 PM in front of Neelam Theatre in Sector 17, Chandigarh. The protesters shall then march to the Matka Chowk. Be there!!

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Wake Up!

May 16th 2006

This was on the front page of The Tribune today. Lets wake up. Let us fight for our rights. Let us all join the medical students. Now its not just about the reservations! Stand up for what is right. The govt. needs to be taught a lesson. They can’t stop the rioters in Gujrat. The [...]

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Callous Cops

May 13th 2006

I’m starting the Reservation debate again. I see images of the Police lathi charging the doctors and it fills me with anger instantly. What have the students done to deserve a beating? They just sit there quietly shouting slogans or sitting on a dharna. The same thing happened in Gurgaon last year when the police [...]

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