Varun Gandhi Videos May Be A Scam
Besides being a permanent fixture on Indian television, the Varun Gandhi saga has grabbed the imagination of the desi Internet world like very few things have in recent times. Coming at election time, this is no surprise. What is surprising though is that the whole world has taken the genuineness of the controversial Varun Gandhi [...]
Will the next Indian Idol be a Kashmiri?
Today, an enthusiastic member of my community sent a link to this BBC news item around: Indian Idol creates Kashmir stir. Her accompanying message said, “This is great news!”. It made me happy too. Hundreds of Kashmiri kids had lined up for a chance to be the next Indian Idol. They had flocked to the [...]
Democracy, not a "daemon-cracy"
Being a Kashmiri is a very important part of my identity, besides being an Indian, a Hindu (of the atheist kind), and a self-styled rationalist. Still, none of the posts so far on my blog has been addressed to the Kashmiri aspect of my identity. I would very much like to keep this blog not [...]
Languages on Indian currency notes
To give someone an idea of the number of languages used in India, I tell them that on every currency note, the denomination is written in at least 15 languages besides English and Hindi. If someone shows interest beyond that, I have a 20-rupee note available to show them. This is another matter that having [...]
Merry f***ing X-mas to India, etc
Internet can take you to crazy places, that too in very few steps. I followed Amit Agarwal’s post about world’s most beautiful women bloggers, and landed at mobuzztv. There I watched beautiful vlogger Karina Stenquist’s pre-Christmas video, featuring in the end a video called “Merry f***ing christmas”. Further search took me to YouTube and here [...]
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara!
Click here to listen (right-click to download mp3) Happy Indian Independence Day. Most of us have watched and heard the multi-lingual unity song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” on Doordarshan. The song is in 15 Indian languages, and the lyrics in each language roughly mean “when your tune unites with my tune, it becomes our tune”. [...]
Indian Manufacturing BPO
Ever since being introduced to the Indian blogging scene, there are a few prominent blogs I make it a point to read, Indra’s Drishtikona being one. Thanks to Pankaj for directing me to this insightful commentary on India’s affairs. While going through the blog’s archives, I stumbled across this post – Why SEMCO can’t be [...]
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