Not too long back , the fraction of the population which was covered by reservations and those which were likely to be extended a similar dole out constituted 97.56% of the population . This inferred that except for 2.44% left , the rest of India was backward . I still find it quite unbelievable but [...]
Read On No CommentsThis 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 [...]
What do you do, when you’re the Department of Posts in India? Your profits are slipping, trust in your service is zero and the only people who use your services are the students who are forced to use the Speed Post to submit their application forms for various examinations. The competition postcards that you introduced [...]
After reading Chetan Bhagat and Khushwant Singh, my opinion of Indian authors was something in the range of ‘pathetic imitators’. They suck. They are so bad at it that they shower misery upon book-lovers! Every page is a torture full of illogical bullshit which makes you wince as you turn another page. Khushwant Singh thinks [...]
Taj – The symbol of love, an Indian legacy to cherish about, a monument that can enchant your soul. The city that contains not only Taj but three great World Heritage sites – Agra fort, Fatehpur Sikri and Taj, has its roots in our own country friends!!! Cheers!!! Is it??? No!!! In fact, it’s an absolute shame for the country. Despite [...]
The Mahabharat and The Ramayan are India’s two greatest epics. Both are celebrated as the victory of good over evil. The good versus evil story is as old as civilization itself. But, what sets these two epics apart is the absence of absolute and outright evil figures. In both these epics, the antagonists suffer from [...]
This is the real life story of a man who dared to believe until he realized he had ‘friends’ – You see a girl in college and there’s instant infatuation. You can’t explain why you like her but you do. The next thing you do is you try to know more about her through your [...]
Imagine a world in which all females just got up in the morning, threw some water over their head (no sweet smelling body wash in this world) and walked out of their houses. A world in which ladies walked around with sweaty, hairy underarms, untamed hair, gigantic eyebrows and even some hint of a moustache! [...]