The Indian government’s green channel for the corrupt
The government of India allows corruption. How else could it have become the scourge that it has today? The Prime Minister may be thinking of removing a happy clause in the law, happy for the thieves...
View ArticleRemembering 26/11 – the Mumbai Terror Attacks
Tomorrow is the first death anniversary of those who died in the Mumbai Terror Attacks. A reader sent me this video, produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed which I thought worth...
View ArticleImprovements in security arrangements in India after 26/11 (Mumbai Terror...
This post is in response to some comments I received on the post I wrote on the Mumbai Terror Attacks yesterday. The comments seemed to express a thought that there is no hope, that India is India,...
View ArticleSex Surveys and research tell us how badly India needs sex education
Call it teen marriage or “legal” teenage sex, but what it results is in teenage pregnancy. It underlines the need for sex education in India, more so than in other countries. Half of India’s women...
View ArticleFRANK AND FUNNY
What is intriguing about signboards from Pune (Puneri Patya) is that they are so explicit! If there is something that can make people laugh it’s the absolute truth told in no uncertain terms. But one...
View ArticleIs Shashi Tharoor’s speech real and relevant?
A recent speech by Shashi Tharoor is a feel good speech and I would say Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul. Sure, it’s bound to arouse a certain amount of cynicism because of well, a certain amount of...
View ArticleInfidelity in the West and in India
The media in America is going beserk over Tiger Woods’ infidelity. Jokes, videos, news reports and blog posts are flying around faster than you can blink. The Indian media has jumped in too, and...
View ArticleRocket Singh: Salesman of the Year – Movie Review without spoilers
What’s it about? Rocket Singh has an unusual and original theme for a Bollywood film. It’s about ethics in business. The film sends a strong message that ethical business is the only kind of business...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to choose your future mate?
Humans they say are attracted to each other because of some sort of “chemistry,” call it pheromones, a sense of smell, instinct, infatuation, love or just plain physical attraction, but what it boils...
View ArticleAvatar – a movie with a green message (Movie Review)
This film is Science Fiction with a difference. The aliens are not evil, but perhaps the human are. Humans being evil is not an uncommon theme as there are war films which veer towards this idea. But...
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