Dislike when people do anything to earn a like

Social Media is revolutionary and Facebook is a great tool, and has brought people together, got us connected with people we never knew and got us in touch with people whom we have forgotten in time…. But what I saw today I wanted to dislike but I did not have an option… No it is not about Facebook… It is about a picture that I … Continue reading Dislike when people do anything to earn a like

Today Jan 30th Let us forget the man in the mahatma and remember the message that made the mahatma

This day 66 years ago Mahatma Gandhi the man who inspired leaders around the world to non violent struggles, the apostle of peace was assassinated…. shot point blank…. by a person who was not able to tolerate something that was against his core beliefs… And even today after 66 years intolerance is the biggest curse that has engulfed our society… be it religion, individual belief … Continue reading Today Jan 30th Let us forget the man in the mahatma and remember the message that made the mahatma

Politics beyond Baba Bashing and the inevitable Labyrinth

We all accept that Rahul Baba’s interview was a total disaster…. Not just for the common viewer but also for people in congress who saw how unclear, naive and unprepared their proposed leader is… With his anomaly, strangeness, mahabharat ki arjun, RJD, JMM, AAP and many other comments running all over the internet.. it was a very tough and sad show to watch… Probably there … Continue reading Politics beyond Baba Bashing and the inevitable Labyrinth

Arnab interviews Rahul – Baba, I too have a few questions and comments

Here are my silly “low on intelligence” questions and comments… And apologies if my questions are baseless and comments are a bit acerbic…. Baba says he is not scared of losing…. but you can be scared only if you really understand the magnitude of the task ahead…. Baba thinks he can also ask questions when being interviewed by Arnab… but in Arnab’s interviews only Arnab … Continue reading Arnab interviews Rahul – Baba, I too have a few questions and comments

Beyond the Fight on Anti Corruption

There is no question on the importance and relevance of a fight against corruption.…. The various goons, clowns and crooks have taken a lot of effort since independence to bring it to a level where the average citizen believes that corruption is another arm of bureaucracy…. The Anti corruption movement by Anna and team earlier gave the common man a sense of hope…. Arvind and … Continue reading Beyond the Fight on Anti Corruption

AAP Supporters need to be more practical and break out of this hurt-complain-apology cycles

I mean AAP supporters; not leaders and not members… because supporters have a big hand in building or breaking a political organization…. Two days back I wrote on my take on Dr. Kumar Vishwas’s 6 year old comment on malayali nurses…. More than congress or BJP supporters it was AAP supporters who commented and emailed me on how much Kumar’s comments hurt them and that … Continue reading AAP Supporters need to be more practical and break out of this hurt-complain-apology cycles

Hi AAP – We have a small problem

I know that you have started governing Delhi and at the same time preparing for the elections…. I can also understand that many of the fingers raised at you are by people who don’t like you…. but there is a small problem…. As I write this I understand that the CM of delhi Kejriwal is having a protest against the central government demanding action on … Continue reading Hi AAP – We have a small problem

Death is always a sad affair – Sunanda Pushkar no more

Death is a sad affair… always…. and it is even more sad to see the world both media and other standing on the sides to find an entertainment scoop when it happens to a celebrity…. The news of Sunanda Pushkar’s death came in as a shock to me because I too was part of the crowd who eagerly followed the recent twitter news… but when … Continue reading Death is always a sad affair – Sunanda Pushkar no more

“Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader

“Do you know that the earth is all about friendship?…” Our first grader asked me the other day as I was driving him to school… Last year I used to drop our teenage daughter to her school and was abreast to the spicy teen news… but my wife took that route this year … so now I get more informed on the first graders problems… … Continue reading “Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader

When an inventor broke down before his death….

Before his death Mikhail Kalashnikov was tormented by guilt…. In April last year he had written a letter to the Patriarch Kirill and the letter was published in a newspaper Izvestia this Monday…. He asks a question that has been bothering him…. if his invention 60 years ago has caused untold deaths is he guilty for those deaths?….. The Kalashnikov or more popularly the AK … Continue reading When an inventor broke down before his death….