Monthly Archive: May 2009

Consider yourself blessed…

Here are some factoids to jolt you out of your Sunday complacency*: 52% of rural households have no domestic power connection 20% of rural habitations must walk for miles to obtain safe drinking water...

A Rebuttal to “Eminent Historians”: Lies and more lies

Many of you must have read a report in The Hindu from a few weeks ago by unnamed “Eminent Historians” titled, “From ‘India Shining’ to ‘India was Shining’“. The report (dt. 3rd May) appeared...

Burying Bofors

As I was clearing my backlog of articles from past few weeks, I chanced upon this interview of Digvijay Singh by Karan Thapar. Read the excerpts against the backdrop of events leading up to...

5% Tax on NRIs: The Hoax Emails Series – Part III

Continuing the series on Hoax Emails (read Part 1 and Part 2 here). Late last week Ashutosh sent me this email which had all the hallmarks of a typical “hoax email”: Lack of references,...