Category: Miscellaneous

Of Genocide, Hindutva and Kashmir

Apparently desperate not to be left behind in the increasing cacophony of voices demanding “azaadi” for Kashmir, DNA published this piece today as its contribution to the discussion. This one though is “interesting” for more reasons...

“A plea for sanitation” – excerpts

Last week while in Bengaluru, I chanced upon this article which highlighted the dire need for clean toilets – especially for women – in India. The bit about almost 100 school-children having to use...

On Michael Phelps, Gold Medals and India

Much as I hate to start anyone’s weekend with dismal news (especially a 3-day Independence Day special weekend), this trivia (courtesy Paul Kedrosky) really made me feel very very sad. Swimmer Michael Phelps has...

If only we were Chinese…

Prompted by this excerpt from Gautam Mukherjee’s Op-Ed in “The Pioneer”, “Assert India’s Hindu identity”: If only we were Chinese, we wouldn’t have a Jammu & Kashmir problem at all. If we were Chinese,...

Why are our temples so dirty?

This is a post from more than three years ago but bears repetition…I was harshly reminded of this in the course of a recent conversation with someone about the trek to Mata Vaishnodevi’s shrine...