Category: India
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste 2
March 7, 2008On the eve of [tag]Maha Shivratri[/tag] a great victory was won. Devotees, backed by the state and other institutions, ensured that the right to pray the way you want to, in the language that you understand, in the manner that you choose…
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste
March 5, 2008I am currently re readingDr.Babasaheb Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste – It is a thin little well thumbed, book – actually a speech that is published in a book form. It This is a book that every Indian ought to read…I read this…
More Parliament News…
March 4, 2008… says the Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee , while speaking to journalists "I am not saying that media does not give space to our news. But they should give more news. Parliament forms laws to govern the state, they think about the future…
ROTFL….
March 3, 2008This from the Economic Times Entertainment News Making his debut in films, [tag]Samajwadi Party[/tag] General Secretary [tag]Amar Singh[/tag] will star in a Bengali movie, which also stars close family friend and Bollywood actress [tag]Jaya Bachchan[/tag]. Singh will play the role of a…
Me Too Marathi….
February 13, 2008…. says [tag]Uddhav Thackeray[/tag] – to counter his more charismatic cousin, undoing the last year of the [tag]Shiv Sena[/tag] trying to reach out to ‘other’ communities. “Outsiders coming to Mumbai hoping to work in the airport project would be packed off and…
Spring is Here
February 11, 2008Today is [tag]Basant Panchami[/tag] – the day traditionally marked as the first day of spring. It is that period of time when the world is so very beautiful, that love blooms….. The [tag]Siva Mahapuran[/tag] describes the first day of spring as the…
A Sense of Personal Loss….
February 10, 2008The last of the Gandhians passed away today… [tag]Baba Amte[/tag], who brought so much hope, not just to the communities that he worked with… but to all others who saw his work and got inspired. Today as I read the obituaries, there…
Outsiders, Insiders & Others
February 6, 2008In the last week, a simmering problem just boiled over. There has been violence against the “North Indians”. And, I am surprised that people are surprised. I am appalled. I am horrified. But, I am not surprised. Infact I expected it to…
A Trip to Town
February 4, 2008Yesterday, on a chilly winter’s afternoon. On a Sunday – no less- I overcame severe inertia to visit the [tag]Kala Ghoda[/tag] festival. The journey was itself adventurous. A fully packed local train with its assortment of characters. Fights between sales people who…