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…the characteristics of our age is the growth of this culture of offendedness. – Salman Rushdie Untouchable, Black, Spic, Woman, Illegal...

There are a couple of problems I have with that argument. For one, most of the products mentioned are produced in India. They may be...

As with any competition, the favorites are already emerging and unfortunately the picture isn’t very pretty. Basically, the choices...

The telephone: In the 80s, getting a telephone in India was a major project. You applied for one and waited till hell froze over. I...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151537377476050 Two things about this video strike me. Firstly, that Sridevi’s children got to see...

India today. The Central Bureau of Investigation is the premier investigation agency in India. Like the Supreme Court, the CBI often...

Manmohan Singh. Everything that could have gone wrong did and still, somehow, he clings to the chair and continues to degrade the highest...

Let us take a look at the clues we have at our disposal. First, Sonia Gandhi refuses the prime minister’s post, albeit on the pressure...

NDTV report on Jaipur tunnel accident NDTV carried a news story about a family (father, mother and two kids) who were travelling on a...

English: This is the California Attorney General’s official photograph. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) President Obama seems to have put his...

According to wiki.answers.com, there are over 1600 news channels in India – 1600!!! When 24-hour news channels were announced, I was one...

The Slate’s Culture Gabfest This week’s Slate Culture Gabfest opened up a very interesting thought for me. In this episode they take up...

The heinous, barbaric act of rape on a Delhi bus has the entire country up in arms. About time, I would say. There have been over 400...

Does having an image of Christ on my car dashboard make me a better Christian? Does going to church every Sunday make me one? Does it...

Two days later a user car dealer checked my car and his first words on returning from the test drive were, “What a beautiful car! Why are...

If my assumptions, which are not too far out I should say, are correct, I am still trying to figure out how she could have given the nod...

Recently I found myself in the rather strange and novel situation of being in complete agreement with a politician. Jayaram Ramesh’s push...

On September 9, a young girl returning from her uncle’s house was allegedly raped by a group of boys. It took her a couple of days to...

In Koodankulam, the people protest the building of a nuclear facility. The government slaps sedition cases on the victims and go ahead...

Kasab at Chatrapati Shivaji terminus The Supreme Court has spoken and they say Kasab must hang. This has reopened the debate about the...