I have not watched Chennai Express as yet. I like to catch the usually low IQ blockbuster Bollywood movies at the multiplex, to marvel the immensely successful Hindi movie mindless masala business model play out yet again. With CE, there is also the added incentive of viewing Deepika Padukone’s fab abs on big screen. Lot…
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The case of Durga Shakti Nagpal (IAS)
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal as she dared to take on the sand mafia operating under her jurisdiction. Inspired by her, there are going to be some doubly divinely named daughters born hereon, though I am not sure parents would encourage them to study hard for a career…
The attack on English in India
According to BJP president Rajnath Singh, the English language has been a “destroyer of Indian culture’’ and has caused a “great loss’’ to India. Anybody who has heard Singh speak will know his mother cannot be proud of her son’s English speaking abilities. Going by Singh’s logic, we should have been better off without our…
The right to kiss in India
According to recent news reports, video clips of couples being intimate with each other while traveling in the Delhi metro have been uploaded on porn websites. I use the metro whenever there is need. Mostly the coaches are jam packed compelling an orgy of intimacy with every passenger in the vicinity. It is similar to…
Indias food security sham
The food security bill that aims to feed 800 million Indians is a sham hammered into existence by the Congress party eyeing the poor as a big vote base. Blinded by the greed of narrow political gains the ordinance is just symbolic and also anachronistic. I have no doubt billions of tax money will be…
A disaster code for India
The floods in Uttarakhand have destroyed lives, devastated homes and local populations for generations ahead. Our armed forces have once again stood out for their valor, gallantry and sacrifice like they did during the Kargil war or later the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, both orchestrated from Pakistan. The integrity and rapid response of our jawans and…
Does sex mean marriage?
The Madras high court in a recent judgment has equated the mere act of sex between two adults to marriage needing a “decree’’ of divorce to annul the same. A one-night stand, time with a prostitute, pre-marital sex or even an extra-marital affair could translate as legal commitment to be wife or husband, as the…
Modi versus Advani
The Congress government under Manmohan Singh has scored so many self-goals that it has lost credibility – there are allegations of massive corruption in telecom and coal block allocations to private companies, while growth has dipped due to lack of economic reforms. The de facto Prime Minister of India Sonia Gandhi is on a quixotic…
Roads full of rage in India
A Pakistani diplomat was recently assaulted in Delhi when his car bumped a motor cyclist. Although Islamabad sees a larger conspiracy, this gives too much credit to India’s intelligence agencies which, unlike Pakistan’s dreaded ISI, are incapable of executing such a delicate operation — getting a lowly paid agent to ride a bike, bump a…
Indian cricket needs fixing
Just as one was beginning to believe, for a change, the IPL this season would end without any major controversy, the spot fixing scandal has happened. Issues of the past such as party brawls, cheer leaders in little dresses and Shahrukh Khan losing his temper, seem piffling in comparison. The spirit of the game is…
Siddharth Srivastava 