Spotted An Offbeat Story at the book shop next to Barista, DLF, Phase-1 Plaza, Gurgaon. Not in the Indian Classics section, but at the bottom shelf on Indian writers…
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A Driving License without bribing
I renewed my driving license (DL) recently without paying a tout, the usual route advised by my gym trainer, ex-colleague and many others. As I found out (first up, I googled: how to get DL in Gurgaon, Haryana), some e-savvy touts advertise online. The promotional literature describes (in very bad English) dealing with a government…
An interview with Rahul Gandhi
(Re-posting a piece I had written in March last year in the context of the Congress party deciding that Rahul Gandhi will not be PM candidate for 2014 elections) The following is an imagined, though candid and freewheeling, interview of Rahul Gandhi, by yours truly, following the Congress leader’s categorical statement that he neither wants…
The making of a rapist
(Re-posting a piece I wrote earlier in the wake of the attack on the Danish survivor near the New Delhi station yesterday) My attention would not have been drawn to 10-year old Kaku under usual circumstances. It did, as our collective consciousness has been seized by the recent Shakti Mills gang rape in Mumbai and…
Aam Aadmi Party needs to succeed
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is focused on setting right government functioning that I believe will go much beyond shunning red beacon lights on official cars and bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi. If they are able to fix just this and nothing more, it would be a massive achievement. I have selfish (survival maybe a more…
Toting an iPhone 5s
I am the proud owner of the very nippy iPhone-5s, easily politically incorrect in this day and age of the Aam Aadmi Party, free water and power. The handset does send out signals of importance, again improper like personal bodyguards or moving about in a red beacon or Lal Batti car that Arvind Kejriwal hopefully…
And the speculation must go on
When information is insufficient, there is speculation. An example is Hrithik Roshan-Suzanne Khan, already separated, probably heading for a divorce. They are a good looking couple, very rich, blessed with two beautiful kids. Roshan, as everybody knows is an immensely successful actor riding on the recent super hit Krrish-3. Nobody has really been able to pin…
Nothing to be gay about
Vikram Seth has spoken eloquently about gay rights; Rahul and Sonia Gandhi have spoken about need to legalize consensual sex among same sex adults, while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP’s) Rajnath Singh, not surprisingly, has clarified that homosexuality is unnatural and alien to India’s ethos, culture and society. The TV channels, meanwhile, have devoted prime time…
Analyzing India’s assembly elections
The results of the recent assembly elections in Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan underline strong indicators for future. Political parties that ignore these will be upstaged, as the Congress found out the hard way. Thinly spread welfare measures are no good without addressing and understanding the real aspirations of the people. The Aaam Aadmi…
An Offbeat Story
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