Category: Miscellaneous

Happy Diwali, ॥ शुभ दीपावली ॥

|| श्री ||   असतो मा सद्गमय | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय || मृत्योर् मा अमृतं गमय | ॐ शांति शांति शांति || Asato maa Sat gamaya, Tamaso maa Jyotir gamaya Mrityor maa Amritam gamaya,...

Now also on SiliconIndia

Thanks to Richa, BlogEditor of SiliconIndia, my posts will now also be available on SiliconIndia Direct link to blog here. For those of you who may not be familiar with SiliconIndia, it is one...

W’end Links: White Tiger, Road Safety and the Loony Fringe

First this weekend, a post by Sandeep in which he explains why Aravind Adiga’s “White Tiger” is award-winning India-bashing.  To Sandeep’s analysis, I would add this nugget (Hat Tip: Sh Kak; emphasis mine) Michael Portillo, chairman of...

Sujalam, Suphalam*…and yet…

Here is a grim and sad reminder of Bharat’s under-development and how poor governance, bad policies and corruption have conspired to turn a land praised by Bankim Chandra as “सुजलां सुफलां…”into a country with “alarming” levels of...