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Nirbhaya Was Not Raped! – Bullshit Official Statistics
The documentary “India’s Daughter” has angered people in India who like to feel victimized by the “west”. According to these guys, the rape situation in India is actually better than in most countries....
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When Will I Take The Law into my Own Hands?
The lynching of a man accused of rape in Nagaland, raised questions about mob justice – and in light of subsequent revelations, its dangers. Like everyone, I agree that due process must be followed,...
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The Apple Watch Inspired me to Buy a Mechanical Watch!
I was sorely tempted to buy the Motorola 360 – it looks gorgeous. But then the Apple watch marketing blitzkrieg hit and I was treated to image after image of a “meh” looking smartwatch. Surprisingly,...
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Nepal Earthquake – Why Don’t I Feel Anything?
By all accounts, the devastation in Nepal is unimaginable. With a magnitude of 7.8, it was a monster especially given that the Richter scale is logarithmic. I’ve heard of the devastation. I’ve heard of...
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Salman Khan Case: Make Jumping the Bail Queue Illegal
Salman Khan and Jayalalitha – two cases in one week exemplify the problem of justice in India. I’m not commenting on whether or not their getting out was right or wrong. My big problem is the fact that...
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Criminals Have Rights Too – For Our Sake, Not Theirs
Recently the Supreme Court ruled that hangings cannot be carried out secretly and without first allowing the convict to inform their family members and seek legal counsel. Makes sense right? After all,...
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Despite Maggi, Ready to Eat is Awesome!
Ok, Maggi’s been caught with its pants down. With reports of excess lead content and reports of other contaminants, it’ll be a while before my favorite pre-packaged Indian fast food snack recovers. I...
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Jindal Discards His Indian Roots – So What?
I think Bobby Jindal is a joker. His remarks about gay marriage itself are enough to mark him out as a silly guy catering only to his deeply conservative GOP base – whether or not he actually believes...
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No Tharoor – The British Don’t Owe us Anything
Two months ago, the Oxford Union held a debate on whether or not the British owe reparations to its former colonies. Sashi Tharoor took part in it claiming that yes – the British have a moral...
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Sorry, but we can NEVER Fight “Terror with Terror”
I can’t believe what I’m hearing. Our defense minister now thinks that “You have to neutralize terrorists with terrorists”! This is a shocking statement from someone who clearly has no idea what India...
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Dear Indian Parents: Control your Annoying Kids
Disclaimer: This is merely a trend I’ve noticed with Indian parents and their kids. Obviously there will be exceptions. Keep that in mind before leaping on me! Recently, Anupa and I decided that it’s...
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We Need to Murder “Indian Culture”
Was reading this blog post by Women’s Web on what Indian women need to do right from the start of their marriage. Including: Calling your husband by his name Not being solely responsible for...
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Why a Beef Ban and no Meat Ban?
Let me understand this right. The Shiv Sena and MNS are against a meat ban in Maharashtra because they don’t want to give in to the Jain community’s demands. Fine. But when it comes to banning beef to...
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Beef Killings: “Provoked” and “Incited” my Foot!
When a mob kills a man, do you blame the mob or someone who “incited” the mob? Here in India we’ve progressed far down the road of infantalizing our citizens. This means that instead of condemning the...
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Why do Hindutva Types Compare us to Saudi Arabia?
Whenever you point out intolerance in India these days, someone will respond “Please see the Middle East/Pakistan etc and look at how they do these things. If you did this there, you would be...
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Modi Should Leave the BJP, Form his own Party
When Modi was elected, I was willing to approach him with an open mind. I’m a firm believer that we need to forget the distant past. So I refused to judge him on the 2002 Godhra riots, just like I...
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Dadri vs Prashant Poojary – Why They’re not the Same
The latest complaint of the Hindu right is to question the difference in the reactions between the Dadri beef lynching episode and the murder of the Bajrang Dal activist Prashant Poojary. You’ll see...
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Book Review: The Vlad Taltos Series by Steven Brust
Continuing my tradition of reading only first person narratives, the Vlad Taltos series is awesome. Out of 14 books in the series, I found only two a bit weak. There is another spin off series called...
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Bungee Jumping in Costa Rica – What was I Thinking?
First things first. The jump was (almost) uneventful. The guides were thoroughly professional, followed all safety measures, and I have absolutely zero complaints on that score. Having said that, as I...
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Should the Hindu Right Migrate to a New Country?
The Hindu Right is obviously upset. Recently, Girish Karnad got a death threat for saying something related to Tipu Sultan. Now getting a death threat is nothing special. Everyone gets them, especially...
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