Along the western border of Punjab where India ends and Pakistan begins (or the other way, depending upon which side you're looking from), there lies a stretch of no man’s land, marked off by rusty barbed wire fencing. It hides ...Read More
Even if the rapist had broken through the door and raped someone in the house, the woman victim would have been at fault. At least partially, because “taali ek hath se nahi bajti...” If the rape victim was an infant ...Read More
A raindrop falls,
hits the ground,
disintegrates
and is no more.
The last light of the day leaves
Imagine a home in the country
Imagine a garden, rose beds
Think of the sun in the flowers,
Imagine your children playing,
Carefree and happy.
Are the seams in your shirt straight?
Imagine ...Read More
Just this morning, while getting ready for work, I overheard on 93.5 Red FM via the RJ (a woman) that the victim of the Delhi outrage was now in Singapore and responding well to treatment and since this was such ...Read More
An idea, waiting to happen.
where we
think big, aim small
try hard, or not at all
we see the future bright,
we see the future sharp
we see it as a vision clear,
straight from the heart
And sometimes.. just as a..
snapshot,
an opinion,
a word,
a blog
That's what India ...Read More
In the light of what is going on in India and several other regions of the world, I believe that calling Che Guevara lucky, is at least technically correct, if not entirely justifiable. It does not intend to belittle the ...Read More
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, ...Read More
My heroes who I look up to would not be regarded as super human or larger-than-life characters but simple “ordinary” people who possess extraordinary qualities that somehow seem rare these days. In an increasingly cynical country, these unlikely heroes share ...Read More
Recently I made a new penpal in America. Here's a copy of the first letter I posted.
Dear Holly Wood,
I hope you are doing well. I know you have been awfully busy trying to come up with all sorts of movies, ...Read More
To,
Honourable Shri. Prithviraj Chavan,
Chief Minister ,Maharashtra State
Mantralay Mumbai
Subject : Appropriate actions about sex selection.
Respected Sir,
Forum against Sex Selection (FASS) is a network with over 50 Ngo’s and individual members . FASS has conducted interactive workshops to discuss its perspective and plan strategies to take ...Read More
It has been over 10 days since Fasih Mahmood practically disappeared from his residence in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, where he worked as an engineer. On May 13, Sunday, Mahmood was taken away by a group of Indian and Arab men, all in ...Read More
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recognized the harsh reality of malnutrition in India by saying “India‘s “unacceptably high” levels of child malnutrition are a “national shame”. Our State women and child welfare minister Varsha Gaikwad in the Assembly’s winter session last year ...Read More
