Author: B Shantanu

The great joke that is Indian media – Part XIII

…in which “opinion” masquerades as “news”. Pl. read these concluding lines from Austerity proves costly for BJP: In pursuit of happiness or their own lives, voters expect our netas to be honest, not corrupt...

Saluting our Heroes: Naik Jadu Nath Singh, PVC

From the Indian Army website: The Param Vir Chakra is awarded for most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice, in the presence of the enemy, whether on...

Lessons from Blogging

This post has been pending for awhile. But I felt today was a very appropriate day to reflect back on five years of blogging that has generated more than 1000 posts. As you will...

An open letter to BalaSaheb from a Marathi Manoos

Adarniya BalaSaheb, Pranaam. I would have written this letter in Marathi but most of my blog readers are Indians. I have never done a survey to find out how many of them are Maharashtrians...