Carey Suante, on Zo Aw- Voice of the Unheard, asks a pertinent question:
The past two weeks newspapers and nations from around the world are talking about the protests and rallies in Myanmar (Burma) that has been going on and has now turned violent but somehow its neighbour - proudly calling itself the largest demacracy in [...]
Now that Burma/Myanmar is in the news, you might find Sasi Kumar’s article on its history useful:
Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel laureate) daughter of Aung San has risen to the status of an icon in the recent history of Burma. When Burma is in utter darkness the world looks at her as a candle flame [...]
Gautam Sen is frustrated over the lack of progress in Dr.Binayak Sen’s ‘case’. Dr.Binayak Sen, General Secretary of the Chattisgarh People’s Union of Civil Liberties, was ‘detained’ over five months ago under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2006 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2004:
Over the past few weeks, there has been little [...]
Sonia Faleiro posts on a recent SMS she received from a Times of India reporter after India’s T20 victory. (Also check out the comments on her post)
This may appear to be a mere sms to some. A joke; oh just laugh it off and move on yaar. Don’t you have a sense of humour? It’s [...]
Twisted DNA rants on a recent visitor to his place who indulged in the game of one-upmanship.
Just before she left, in a sudden wave realization, she asked, “It’s almost noontime. You don’t seem to be cooking?” While I was trying to find a way to play down the answer, “We are not big on cooking,” [...]
On the Indian national hockey coach, Mr. Joaquim Carvalho’s recent comments, Ashish Chandorikar believes that the coach has the right issue but the wrong time.
So the point, which Mr. Carvalho has raised, is not wrong but the time, which he selected, is wrong. He should have raised the issue just after Asia Cup victory. Because [...]
Fellow Blogbhartian Bhupinder says NBA should have found a connection between the site of the Sardar Sarovar Dam and Lord Rama. His excellent take on why the NBA failed, around the sounds of Ram Sethu agitation.
The NBA’s fault lay in that it tried to oppose the dam in the name of the poor, in the name of [...]
Avoid ordering grilled chicken. Dissecting a dry fried piece of chicken is an exquisite art. Some surgeons whom I talked with said that doing a Cataract surgery with one hand is much easier. It’s like formula 1 racing. A split second mistake can cost your chicken leg, which might have landed in nearby Parthasarathy’s soup…
Cherian [...]
Sirensongs has a nice post from Leh, with suggestions on places to visit.
Loads of restaurants are listed in the Lonely Planet, but for good service, good food, a good bathroom and the absolute best 360 degree view I go to Leh View Restaurant. The three-storey climb to the terrace was a real huffer and puffer [...]
Shrinidhi Hande puts forth an idea about making public toilets completely free.
In one line, the idea is to place advertisements inside public sanitation facilities and recover operating expense, thereby avoid asking users for money.
Do read further. What do you think?
An Indian Christian, in that order, wonders why Christians and Muslims in India are not considered as Indians but just “Christians” and “Muslims”.
Whenever someone talk about which states each one hails from he/she tend to say “I am gujju, he is punjabi, that guy is a marwari, that guy from U.P. and Sabu is a [...]
Sunny Singh lives a childhood dream.
Then one afternoon this past summer, I stood on the rocks on the shore of Gozo, staring out at the Azure Window and felt like a very small child. All the wonder, awe, joy seemed to flood right back. We waded in the little coral edged pool behind the window [...]
Alok isn’t excited over the release of “Saawariya”. He discusses the short story by Dostoevsky, on which the movie is (reportedly) based, as well as two movies made on this story.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s new film Saawariya is reportedly based on a story by Dostoevsky. I have nothing to say about the film and I am [...]
Its been a busy summer for Rupin Thomas,
……heights of watching the 4th of July fireworks from a rooftop bar in the meat packing district of NY, a world dominated by an urgency to rule…to sitting on the sea side drinking a cup of tea, in a world alive with an urgency to survive.
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Soumyadip believes all credit for the victory goes to the team, while the BCCI is wiping egg on its face.
The BCCI had initially phoo-phooed the idea of Twenty20 only to reluctantly embrace it. The launch of the Indian Cricket League opened the eyes of the custodians of the game of cricket in India to [...]
Aniruddha G.Kulkarni writes about how certain early 20th century Marathi writers dealt with the issue of caste:
Many upper-caste Hindus sympathetic to the plight of the untouchables over centuries- often complain about their inability to ‘understand’ Dalits, their politics, their actions, their thinking, their leaders, their art etc.They are correct because Dalits now have decided to [...]
Tushizap would like ‘these champions of equality who came out holding placards on the roads of Delhi and other cities’ to accept certain truths:
Every 18 minutes:
A crime is committed against a Dalit
Every day:
3 Dalit women are raped.
2 Dalits are murdered & 2 Dalits Houses are burnt in India.
11 Dalits are beaten.
Every week:
13 Dalits are murdered.
5 [...]
Pratyush tells us about the Dhikkar Rally that Dailts plan to hold on September 29th, the first anniversary of the Khairlanji outrage:
On September 29, several Dalit organisations across Maharashtra have planned to organize a ‘Dhikkar rally’ in Bhandara just to mark the 1st anniversary of the murder of four members of a Bhaiyalal Bhotmange at [...]
Rashmi Nair is the new music blogger on the block. She has got a beautiful voice and has an Ilaiyaraja song as the first song post. Listen to Rashmi.
Over at PFC, Punds returns fairly satisfied with M-SFU, even though he found it a bit slow.
The story is different and holds on to the suspense pretty well but then its also true that the movie is slow. [..]It does manage to keep the attention till the very end but then there is something missing. [...]
Those who have seen the film Navarasa directed by the famous cinematographer Santhosh Sivan need no introduction to Koovagam and the Hijada festival. Ranjith has posted a series of pictures from Koovagam, in Tamil Nadu, where the Hijada festival takes place every year. These pictures are taken by his friend and an award winning photographer, [...]
What would be an effective way to stop people from peeing on the streets? A film star’s poster with a message requesting them not to do it? No. Begging them? No. Threat of murder? No No. Slogan Murugan captured a picture from Hospital Cross Road, Bangalore to show us a 100% effective way of preventing [...]
Raj quotes Dravid on aggression and agrees with him. So do I.
“Then, there was another incident when I hit Allan Donald for a six and Donald had this thing with me and people said, ‘oh what a great moment’. And I felt that wasn’t the thing for me. The challenge was actually before that, when [...]
Maharajadhiraj writes on his first day as camp manager at a water rafting camp in Rishikesh.
To get to the Beach Camp we have to cross a rapid called Return to Sender. It’s so called because a huge boulder jutting out into the river reverses the currents in such a way that everything is, well, [...]
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