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3 Feb 2011

Fed up of United States of India

India is one, and this and that and the other. What one? Kashmir wants freedom, but it is an integral part of India. Someone wants Bodoland, but it is…

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1 Feb 2011

Customer disservice

I got an SMS from Airtel warning me that my mobile phone usage was Rs.6,000/- something and that my outgoing would be disconnected if I didn't pay up.…

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24 Jan 2011

Pakistan and Israel

For two countries that hate each other, both have much in common. Both are comparitively young countries. Both seem to be surrounded by enemies on all…

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14 Jan 2011

Governments and sexuality

Governments the world over are obsessed with regulating the sexuality of their citizens. Without getting into the histories and cultures of other coun…

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9 Jan 2011

Women's clothing and social judgments

Just recently read a news article from Pakistan where a girl went to some party which had boys and returned late. She got raped. In the debate that st…

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7 Jan 2011

Look ma, we have terrorists too!

What a day of pride. The religion that embraced diverse influences to include and evolve now has a new feather in its cap. We now have our own warrior…

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7 Jan 2011

Toilets please

Image via Wikipedia Earlier in 2010, a UN study found far more people in India have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet. Now, with the governmen…

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5 Jan 2011

I love their India

What is up with India? I don't recognize the country we are turning into. Not any single thing, just many things. Seriously, in Mumbai - the economic …

Wikileaky Kashmir – Abuses, Human rights

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17 Dec 2010

Wikileaky Kashmir – Abuses, Human rights

The much awaited dirt on India in Kashmir is finally out - abuse, human rights... the usual, but from yet another source. Among the cables released by…