How do you know that you’re a good person? Do you even know if you want to be a good person? And what exactly is being good? Let’s take a few mundane examples. Speaking the truth, not hurting others, helping the poor, respecting elders, blah blah. Going by the well-established parameters set by our forefathers, [...]
The past few weeks’ news bulletins carried grim news of incidents of honor killings from the rustic environs of Haryana. The nation shuddered at the unapologetic mannerisms of the villagers. The media termed them India’s Taliban. ‘ Khap Panchayat ‘ became synonymous with medieval barbarism. The nation seethed with anger over the defiant attitude of [...]
The one place in Chandigarh where you will always find entertainment and amusement, is Sector- 17. You know the place where there are lot of fake jewellery stalls and punjabi music blares out of some super-high definition speakers. That’s the happening set!!
Incident no. 1
It was late October last year. I was shopping with a friend. [...]
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It’s true for Physics but humans are a different ball game . How do situations get out of hand ? It’s just action and reaction and before you know it there is chaos and mayhem. I’ve often experienced the same time and again. Conflicts all [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday on Facebook I proposed civil disobedience in protest of the Punjab Government’s failure to provide power supply to the state. It was only meant to be a facetious rant but the responses made me realize a few things. I was ridiculed and derided, told that the moment the police came down on me [...]
This is something that I just had to write. This week’s Outlook is dedicated to the problem of racism in India. I was familiar with the problem because I was the problem. The racism problem isn’t the most talked about in India. We Indians simply refuse to accept that we have a problem. Indians don’t [...]
Recently, in an interview English cricketer Flintoff had spoken bluntly on the issue of ‘multiculturalism’ in Britain. Flintoff felt that immigrants should try to assimilate in the English society instead of insulating themselves and staying within packs. He pointed out that the ‘bling and bang’ culture popular with Jamaicans was accentuated criminal activity and to [...]
We all do have an idea about today’s burning environmental issues, now is the time of action! Here’s how you can do your bit easily yet efficiently. The bottom line is, don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find!
1. Reduce, recycle, reuse
The most prominent tagline of today’s global environment movement, this triad points towards [...]
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 to The [...]