It is official.
Arjun Singh has announced that he’s moving ahead with the Grand Project to Slaughter the IITs and IIMs.
Competition to secure admission to the IITs and IIMs is set to hot up, as reservation in these institutions is likely to increase from the current level of 22.5% to a maximum of 49.5%. [...]
The Theatre of the Absurd abounds aplently in India; the government is one of the most likely places to look for if you need some free (ridiculous) entertainment. Via India Uncut I get to hear of this absolute monstrosity:
Channel V, B4U Music, Balle Balle Music, MTV Music, iTV Music and MH1 were pulled up [...]
I wrote quite recently about the Admirable Work of the Freedom Fighters in Varanasi but reading this article in the Pioneer convinced me otherwise.
The Soldiers of Allah I realize still adopt crude methods to win the War. They should take a leaf out of the books of their more-subtle Monotheistic brothers, the Evangelists. To [...]
All the Stephen King fans out there, rejoice! For here I present my scintillating review of his first published novel, Carrie.
Carrie might not exactly qualify as a literary masterpiece but it is like most of King’s other novels honest. The subject is telekinesis, the power to move objects at will, the power which Carrie possesses. [...]
Does the title of this post remind you of the 1998 blockbuster titled Aag hi Aag starring the tough and enduring stalwarts of Bollywood, Dharmendra and Shatru? If it does, my apologies, it has nothing to do with the movie.
Rather, its focus is the latest antic designed to shield the new saviouress of India, the [...]
I’m not a Libertarian although I strongly agree with some of its principles.
This post won’t be a scholarly enunciation either of Libertarian philosophy nor of Socialism (and all its sibiling labels). Rather, it is meant, partly in a light-hearted manner, to list out the main items of difference between the two schools and their [...]
Those familiar with Sanskrit–even an introductory course is sufficient–are sure to know Bhartruhari mainly via reading several Subashitaas (noble sayings in verse form). Indeed, almost every other verse by Bhartruhari is a Subashitaa.
A King of Ujjain, Bhartruhari was the elder step brother of his more renowned sibling, Vikramaditya. His life presents to us a [...]
After blogging for days on end with some pretty heavy stuff, it feels great to take time off for precious laughter. For those who are new, ladies and gentlemen, I ask you to kindly rise and welcome with thunderous applause so we can herald the arrival of the latest weblog whose stated mission is to [...]
A proverb in Kannada when translated runs thus: nobody cries for people who die everyday. Which in essence sums up the ruthless tear-shedding one can witness both in the mainstream and online media, and blogs on the issue of farmers’ deaths in Vidharba. The heartless, capitalist guy that I normally am, my eyes do grow [...]
A Burkha Barkha Dutt presumptuously asks
The day of the blasts, I got a call from a member of the Muslim Personal Law Board, scared and worried about a ‘backlash’, wanting to condemn the blasts on national television so that nobody misunderstood its response. The subtext is clear. Fifty-nine years after India was born, in a [...]
