Category: Miscellaneous

Poll: What is stopping you from joining active politics?

  Please Note: This Poll is now closed. Related Post:  What’s stopping you from joining active politics? See an interesting comparison of responses between 2008 and 2012 below: 2012   2008 *** Further Update: Some...

तीर्थ १२ – एक यात्रा, Tirth 12 – A Journey

तीर्थ १२ – एक यात्रा Dear Friends, this post was written in Hindi. It felt more natural. A rough English translation follows below. प्रिय मित्रों, आप में से कई पाठकों ने मेरे राजनैतिक गतिविधियां...

To say the ordeal is stressful does not begin to describe it..

“A rope is threaded through their nose to keep the animals together… Sometimes the frightened cattle tug against one another and the rope rips their nose apart… The animals are beaten mercilessly with sticks…...

Comments on the blog..

Dear All: One of the many joys of blogging is what I have learnt via the comments on this blog over the past eight years. These comments are also one of the things that has...

Of VIPs and Deported Pakistanis, Believe it or Not – Part V

2 snippets of news, each unbelievable…The first,  More than 2,000 Pakistani nationals are overstaying in Nagpur since 1995, despite the expiry of their visitors’ visa, an RTI query has revealed. As many as 9,705 Pakistani...