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Reduce and Reuse the traditional Indian way

Ah, the good old days before plastic infiltrated the Indian lifestyle! Do you remember the days when our grandfathers and grandmothers used to always carry a cloth bag when they went out? And brought groceries and other purchases back home in those cloth bags? And kept using them until they tore and could no longer carry [...]

Indians care most for environment

A recent survey by National Geographic reveals that Indians and Brazilians care most for the environment and are the greenest consumers in the world. Not surprisingly, Americans care least and are the worst offenders. …rates Indian eating habits the best, with 84 per cent eating local vegetables at least once a week. This is not surprising because [...]

Chance of survival in India below 50% in first five years

The international children’s charity, Save the Children, ranks India alongside Ghana because we do not provide health care to over 50% of our children under five years old! More shocking statistics from BBC: The report, called State of the World’s Mothers, says girls die at much higher rates in India than most countries. Although India has cut [...]

Regional Nationalism and growing xenophobia

What if one doesn’t speak Marathi in Maharashtra? Well, if you’re a South Indian it’s OK because you contribute to the economy. But if you’re from Bihar or UP, then you’ll be beaten up because you’re a criminal. This is how Raj Thackeray’s head works, and the idea has a substantial following. That this should [...]

Bush blames Indian middle class upsetting our politicians!

The world over food prices have drastically increased affecting the common man. The developed world is weathering this problem with subsidies and economic stimulus plans, which are in effect providing money to the common people. The developing world is left at lurch with the poor taking to the streets. So George Bush, the American clown, agreed [...]

Do Cheerleaders in Cricket corrupt Indians?

The Indian Premier League has hit the world cricket scene with a big bang. Cricketers are seeing salaries never dreamed of before and the audiences are being treated to a variety of entertainment in the cricket stadium as a by-product of purchasing expensive tickets. So what’s new? American cheerleaders, German acrobats and many other entertaining [...]

India gives Tibet to China, next Arunachal?

So the Olympic flame ran through Delhi albeit a much shorter route. And how many police were deployed to guard it? Delhi was famously called a Fortress for the day, a shameful title. Tibetans and their supporters protested successfully in Paris, London and San Francisco but were not given space to protest along the route of [...]

The great Indian race to be backward…to the bottom

All political parties backed the law for 27% reservations for a whole new class of population that amount to over a quarter of a billion. They certainly did not want to alienate this population for electoral purposes. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the law is constitutional because the fathers of our constitution clearly advocated [...]

Alpha Cooks

I read an article in the New York Times entitled “He Cooks. She Stews. It’s Love.” that rung very true to me. It’s about the recent phenomenon of ‘alpha cooks’. I’m always endlessly fascinated with human psychology and the different ways that the genders interact with each other. The article talks about women in the [...]

Hindi Impostion is against freedom of speech

South India, particularly TamilNadu is the bastion of opposing imposition of Hindi.This Hindi opposition movement has a long tradition and history in Tamilnadu(TN). Some History: In 1937, Hindhi was made a compulsory subject in TN schools by C.Rajagopalachari,then CM of TN.Tamilians under the stewardship of periyar and Maraimalai adigal broke that attempt.Two tamilians thalamuthu and natarajan, [...]

The Next Generation: Bebo.com & DostPost.com?

Most computer-using Indians are well versed on the social networking phenomenon. The rise of Orkut has proven that Indians recognize the importance of being networked. One can argue that such social networking websites helps to maintain relationships. You can be updated readily on the antics of your friends and perhaps find new [...]

Globalization doing good to India: The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

I’ve just finished “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer prize-winning columnist of New York Times. It is one the most gripping non-fiction books I’ve read. It begins with a very feel-good factor of showing how the developing world, mainly India and China are now playing a huge role in manufacturing, services and research [...]

Argumentative Indian monotonous, repetitive and unscholarly

I fail to comprehend the incredibly raving reviews Amartya Sen’s Argumentative Indian has received. Do people just look at the name of the author and write for the dustjacket without reading the contents of the book? Anyway, at last I got the opportunity to read the book and found it extremely boring. All Amartya Sen has [...]

I want to die! India is a Suicide hotspot

OK, I don’t want to die! Suicide, the intentional or voluntary determination to end one’s life, is especially prevalent in India. Southern India is known to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Thousands of farmers in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have committed suicide recently and the government’s response was extremely lackadaisical. A recent [...]

Law against Love! Homosexuality still illegal in India

Homosexuality is still illegal in India, thanks to a British colonial law incorporated in the Indian Penal Code. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code declares homosexuality illegal; it states: “Whoever voluntarily has sex against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or for a term that may [...]

Language Nationalism in India: No more jobs

The Govt. of Karnataka has recently announced the closure of about 800 schools, and why, because their medium of instruction was English and not Kannada. I’m going to tackle the language nationalism with English in this article, not the hotter one regarding Hindi. All the schools closed are in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India where [...]

Sing Vande Mataram or Quit India

Is this how a democracy is supposed to work? I think our people have got the formula wrong. It is a dictatorship if I have to be patriotic to live in India. In a democracy I should be permitted be as un-patriotic as I like and to even hate the country that I live in. [...]

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK) or Alvida Keh Do Na

OK, KANK is not as bad as to say, please alvida keh do naa! Indeed, the movie is a good timepass. So it has a borrowed story from an English movie, not much originality is left in the world these days. Two marriages, one made on love, the other part-love and part-obligation. As usual the female [...]

MPs fight in Parliament again embarrassing Indians across the world

I was embarrassed and laughed aloud on reading the headline on BBC’s website: Indian MPs almost come to blows. The members of the two parties shouted at each other and in a fit of anger, Mr Yadav’s party colleague and brother-in-law, Sadhu Yadav, rushed towards Mr Singh. He was stopped by other members. Another angry RJD member [...]

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