My first Car
February 22, 2006Last saturday -18th Feb – i went across to Popular Car Bazaar, and picked up my Brand New Tata Indigo Marina. I was looking for a bigger car – the Alto was too small for the family. We are a big family…
Freedom gone bananas!
February 19, 2006The ‘honourable’ minister for Haj (UP), Haji Yakub Qureshi, calls for the Danish cartoonists head with a reward of 51 crores, and the Government of UP – and the Central Government, does nothing. The Shiv Sena goes on rampage in Nalla Sopara…
Constitutional Rights violated in Court
February 15, 2006This via Sriram A judge who believes that female lawyers work their way up the system by trading sexual favours. And he vocalised his thoughts while presiding over proceedings at court. He implied that all female lawyers ‘made it’ by using ‘immoral…
Scary….
February 15, 2006… is the state of awareness on AIDS amongst Mumbai students. What is scary? …the film, the survey, and the article, the general state of disinterest,? the belief that it happens to some one? else, the amount of money spent with little…
Teaching
February 15, 2006One of the things that I do, is teach. And, i enjoy it. I have been teaching various aspects of media for the last 4 years – for the Bachelor’s in Media Studies programme. The first year was at SIES – where…
Misguided Missile
February 15, 2006the Americans are not particularly khaas at hitting the target correctly. They have a president who aims for Osama bin Laden and hits Iraq. They have a VP who aims for a deer and hits a lawyer. Now, if they aim for…
How Far – Freedom of Speech?
February 7, 2006This morning brings the news that a Iranian newspaper – Hamshari – is going to run a competition satirising the Holoucast. I gagged. Coupled with the pronouncements of the Iranian Leadership – this entire thing is probably going to act as a…
The joys of doing Nothing
February 3, 2006To say that my average day is packed is an understatement. A hurried rush through the hours of the day that gets a lot done, but leaves the niggling sense of incompleteness. I don’t have too much time to savour the activities…
Sibu Soren
February 2, 2006This week Sibu Soren rejoined the cabinet.And there doesn’t even seem to be a murmur about it. It is like the dark ages – where weak monarchs bestowed nobility on key warlords. Sad. Very Sad.
RDB – thoughts
February 2, 2006I wondered about Rang De Basanti. If the film had been on Gandhi instead of Bhagat Singh – would the conclusion of the movie have been different?