Month: July 2015

The emotional dust due to killing of Dr. Narendra Dabholkar raised might have settled down by this time. It is high time now that we look at him with a

Has India’s mainstream media decided to pay mere lip service to the Constitution’s fundamental values of secularism and liberalism while ignoring daily attacks on them by the Sangh Parivar, an

The   mythological tale of the demon Bhasmasur is well-known. On whosever’s head he would put his palm on was burnt to ashes. It appears that now-a-day it is the Sangh

In contemporary times, religions’ identity is being used as cover for political agenda. Be it the terrorist violence or the sectarian nationalism in various parts of the World, religion is

In our world today, there is much which has become globalized — the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the films we watch, the songs we dance to, and

It was a murder announced well in advance. An important suspect, Shafiur Rahman Farabi, now in custody, told his Facebook friends a year ago — on February 9, 2014 —

The Government at the Centre has been slowly but steadily attempting to sink its venemous fangs into the unwary public. Imposing Hindi through the TV, Sanskrit replacing German in Kendriya

PK is indeed a bold and a brave come back by the Rajkumar Hirani – Aamir Khan – Vidhu Vinod Chopra combo that gave us the 2009 hit ‘3 Idiots’.

Our generals say India’s spy agency RAW is up to its nasty tricks again. No evidence provided but, okay, we’ll buy the story for now. There are two good reasons.

“There are forces making for happiness, and forces making for misery. We do not know which will prevail, but to act wisely we must be aware of both.” Bertrand Russell

Elephant Beach in the Andamans was not where I thought I would have to justify my life choices. Yet there I was, feet dipped in clear water, staring into the