Mr. Modi and Mr.Monroe
Region: IndiaI never thought that I would write any thing even remotely favoring Narendra Modi, so this comes as a surprise. But the thought of the current US administration preaching human rights to any one is horrifying. In fact Nare... more
Views: 1315Wasted Years, Wasted Lives
Region: IndiaThe West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has been lamenting lately regarding the wasted years of the state – primarily in the sixties and early seventies when Left-sponsored militancy was at its... more
Views: 1640Illness : Robbing You of Home and Hearth
Region: IndiaThe other day, there was a commotion in the office when news came around that the electrician who was having his lunch had suddenly fallen with a thud in the midst of it and fallen unconscious. He was rushed to a near by h... more
Views: 1167Growing up with Enid Blyton
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)I remember the time I checked out four books out of our local public library and brought them home. My dad, who liked me to read and particularly read English books, was delighted and sad at the same time. He was thrilled ... more
Views: 1342Broadband on Battery
Region: IndiaWhile booking an air ticket online the other day, there was a power cut just at the point when the gateway was processing the payment from the credit card and the modem shut down. The resulting confusion led to stress as I... more
Views: 1047India's tryst with abortion
Region: IndiaWhen the Bombay High Court refused the plea of Niketa and Harish Mehta’s plea to be allowed to abort their unborn baby because of congenital defects in the fetus, they were of course merely stating the law. Perhaps t... more
Views: 2059Persevere and change your world
Region: IndiaThe Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers is running an interesting advertising campaign titled "zid karo –duniya badlo" - persist and change the world. The campaign provides illustrations about how Ind... more
Views: 1201Laws out of sync....
Region: IndiaThose who have been following the travails of the baby born to asurrogate mother of Japanese nationality can only feel sympathy for the infant with three mothers but cared for by a grand mother. The fa... more
Views: 923India : Winter in August
Region: IndiaThe loud euphoria that we experienced when Abhinav Bindra won the Gold medal made me wonder about what might be the level of excitement that one might expect in countries where winning medals is a little more com... more
Views: 835Our Human DNA
Region: IndiaAs the violence in Jammu and Kashmir escalates beyond what bounces of our television screens, the vibrations are also cascading across our borders. Pakistan has of course reacted harshly to the “exce... more
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