In an email from my Dad yesterday, he mentioned that they weren’t venturing to the markets that day, because of the Gujjar protest in the NCR. His remarks were wry, in that he said that people are protesting to be declared backward ! Indeed the reservation policy has taken on a twist with these protests […]
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Hinduism and the Karni Sena
A totally nutcase-y email landed in my Inbox the other day. This is what it said : This is an awareness drive to awake people to boycott movie ‘Jodhaa Akbar’.The movie Jodhaa Akbar is a vile, vicious, and covert attempt by a mischievous producer/director from Bollywood (Mumbai) to make quick bucks by denigrating and vilifying […]
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Shekhar Gupta has an excellent article in the IE. Gupta who also anchors the program “Walk the Talk” for NDTV, sounds much better in the written word than the spoken. Here he presents an effective case against the pervading VIP culture : And, of these, nothing is more important than our rapidly proliferating VIP culture. […]
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One always assumes that people who’ve achieved some eminence, some significant perch in life, will think with their brains and not their patriarchal hearts. Apparently not. In his article for the TOI Shashi Tharoor writes on the disappearance of the sari: “So why has this masterpiece of feminine attire begun fading from our streets? On […]
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With all the brouhaha in UP, there are also new ads on UP on NDTV. I say ads because there are a few, all very skillfully shot, featuring Amitabh Bachhan paying tribute to Uttar Pradesh. Along with making little of UP’s detractors, and pooh-poohing away the possibility of an increase in crime in UP, it […]
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Some time back I remember seeing Bina Ramani on TV, being interviewd by Ruby Bhatia on one of those mind-body-health shows. Ruby has been places on that show, a monastery in Eastern India, an ashram in the South etc. and has interviewed various people on the show. On that show she interviewed Ramani and asked […]
Read the rest of this entry »Side-effects of law-enforcement
Chockful ! Chockful of cars. Bumper-to-bumper traffic. That’s how I’d describe it, and I’m sitting in it. All 5 lanes are the same. If you need to travel by freeway you must travel like this. Not that the feeder road is any better. However there is a bright side to this story. Since it’s 2 […]
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