Smita Jain meets giant Buddhas and small scamsters in Bangkok:
I had read about this. Most of these people are paid by shop owners to bring in tourists. “No,” I said firmly, also a little indignantly. What was he thinking trying to scam Indians? We invented scams! “I don’t want to shop.” “No, no, no shop. [...]
Archive for November 20th, 2008
Yes, every bus driver ‘in the world gets a book of rules on his first day at the job’ but passengers learn about them the hard way. Lekhni lists them:
Rule #3 is to load up with as many passengers as possible. In Bihar and other states, even the roof is considered a seat, but in [...]
‘Defending the faith’
Published by November 20th, 2008 in Justice, Politics, Religion and Secularism. 0 CommentsTrailblazer believes that India’s ‘political class has shown a sheer lack of courage to embrace the secular ideals of the country that, to an extent, the people have adopted already’
This way, I now have a fair idea about how politics functions in this country. There is a ruling Government, that apparently sells party tickets to [...]
That’s why I settled to hit the railway station where it is always crowded and it is not quite possible for the shopkeeper to remember “that strange guy who asked for Cosmopolitan!“
After long waiting to buy the platform-ticket, I entered the platform and reached the bookstall. My eyes immediately caught the Cosmo, but I was [...]
H2O-India talks about the joys and travails of running a school at a basti in Gurgaon.
Once the school started, the volunteers realized that the inhabitants lead a very hard life. It could not be taken for granted that once the school had started, the children will keep on attending on their own. The parents as [...]
Let us join the chatroom owned by Mathew and see what’s going on in there. :P
Quite creative. :)
Obama: hey Zardari please clean up the mess in Pakistan asap
Zardari: How can I do…Don’t you understand that we have troubles with the Indians as well
Obama: Don’t worry dude…I have got MS word on it…
Zardari: I agree you [...]
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