Next time you fret about road-works…
…remember, it could be worse. From a news-snippet dt 15th Apr ’09 HOLLOWAY ROAD was today named and shamed as London’s most dug-up street. The north London highway – just around the corner from...
Author: B Shantanu
Sharia does not permit us to lay down arms…
Excerpts from an eye-opening report in The Dawn (emphasis mine) ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban will not lay down their arms in a northwestern valley as part of a deal that included the introduction of sharia law but...
“Don’t Vote. Select” – brought to you by Mumbaivotes.com
This is a neat idea…Thanks to Sanjay for tipping me off about this… As he wrote, it maybe “…worth creating one for each city of India…for corporators upwards to MPs…” What do you think? I...
Weekend Musings: Riots, Varun Gandhi, Exit Polls, hurried emails
Start your weekend with this great post by Kislay Chandra on Riots and “Firaaq“. Next, read TVR Shenoy on Why Varun and why not Geelani? but more importantly – think about this question that he raises in the...
Of Criminals and Elections
This post was prompted by a question posed by Suresh in an email to me a few weeks ago. Suresh wrote: I think Arun Gawali is a CONVICTED criminal, albeit he has possibly an...
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