(A version of this piece appeared in quora.com.) Rowan Atkinson, more ardently known as Mr. Bean, said that one needs to apologize for a bad joke; hence there is no need for an apology in saying that a woman in burqa looks like a letterbox. Mr. Bean should know what is a good joke. In … Continue reading SHOULD BORIS JOHNSON APOLOGISE?
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Why Mr. Godrej and DBS are Very, Very Wrong
A DBS Report says India will be among the ten Asian Countries that would surpass the United States by 2030 - that is, in just 12 years. Does that excite you? Doesn’t it appear even better than the prediction of Adi Godrej in August last year that India will be the largest economy by 2050? … Continue reading Why Mr. Godrej and DBS are Very, Very Wrong
Will there be a nuclear war in Syria?
Will there be a war? “There’s every indication that Assad did it,” said Theresa May, the Prime Minister of UK. She was paraphrasing Bush’s side-kick Tony Blair who said he had solid proof that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. In truth there is no indication, whatever, that Assad gassed his own people. Assad … Continue reading Will there be a nuclear war in Syria?
WHY MY BHARAT IS NOT MAHAN
Do you know that: India has 3.57 crore women less than men? That despite that wide gap in gender ratio, a woman cannot get a husband without paying dowry in cash and kind? That nearly every marriage in India is a criminal act because by law dowry giving and taking are both crimes? That 7,000 … Continue reading WHY MY BHARAT IS NOT MAHAN
KATJU, JAITLEY, RAMDEV AND THE MAHATMA
(This blog was first posted in March 2015 but for a couple of minor additions) A former Justice of the Supreme Court of India, Markandeya Katju, given to sensational statements even while on the bench, said four days ago that Mahatma Gandhi became a British agent by injecting religion into freedom struggle and that … Continue reading KATJU, JAITLEY, RAMDEV AND THE MAHATMA
THE KANHAIYA STORY
The Background Jawaharlal University, New Delhi, is one of the top Universities of India. Several military colleges and schools proudly bear accreditation to JNU. Indian Administrative Service trainee officers on completion of their course are awarded a Master’s degree by this University which boasts of some 8000 students in all disciplines of knowledge and has … Continue reading THE KANHAIYA STORY
How A Bishop’s Visit To The PM Demonstrates India’s Religious Harmony
His Grace Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom and the Greatest Ever Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi spent (some) time together, says a tweet by Mr. Modi himself. A photo attached to the tweet shows the two holding hands in the best of India's great traditions. The Bishop (or Metropolitan) heads the Marthoma Syrian Diocese. … Continue reading How A Bishop’s Visit To The PM Demonstrates India’s Religious Harmony
NARENDRA MODI’S RECORD OF ECONOMIC LIES
Let us be fair. The Modi government has been in power only for 15 months. That is a short time to achieve much in a large Country like India. So I will not ask how it is that the black money stored overseas has not been brought back not in month, but in one year. … Continue reading NARENDRA MODI’S RECORD OF ECONOMIC LIES
NARENDRA MODI’S RECORD OF ECONOMIC LIES
Let us be fair. The Modi government has been in power only for 15 months. That is a short time to achieve much in a large Country like India. So I will not ask how it is that the black money stored overseas has not been brought back not in month, but in one year. … Continue reading NARENDRA MODI’S RECORD OF ECONOMIC LIES
THE TRUTH BEHIND A FALSE HERO
Narendra Damnodar Das Modi is an ambitious man. There is nothing wrong about being ambitious. One cannot reach anywhere unless one entertains an ambition to reach beyond it. An American who interviewed Modi in 2004 predicted that Modi was planning to be the Prime Minister of India. Those were the days when he was under fire … Continue reading THE TRUTH BEHIND A FALSE HERO
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