Judicial Sense
August 1, 2009Delhi High Court on 2 PIL’s against Star TV’s show – Sach Ka Samna “In this land of Gandhi, it appears that nobody follows Gandhi… Follow the Gandhian principle of ‘see no evil’. Why do you not simply switch off the TV?…
Outliers – a Review
July 26, 2009Take some data. it could be any data. Add a bit of correlation, stir in a bit of causality, simmer with coincidence and garnish with a leap of faith – package well with a chatty narrative style -and bingo – you have…
Moral Hypocrisy ?
July 24, 2009What did he expect ? Abhinav Bhatt, a law student based in Pune, filed a complaint with the magistrate’s court in June 2000, saying that Rediff has committed offence under section 292 of IPC (selling, distributing obscene material). His contention was that…
Sach ka Samna : Vacant – Party of Opposition, India
July 23, 2009Sach Ka Samna on Star Plus has created a storm in a tea cup. It’s a show that is a format adaptation – based on the ‘Moment of Truth’. I saw it last week. I liked the way that it has been…
Mind your Language
July 17, 2009“Hi, would you like to come and see our flick” An innocuous line, you would think, but one which got K fuming I could see the fumes coming out of her ear. “That stupid child doesn’t know how to handle the client.”…
Sushma Swaraj & Chocolate (faces)
July 13, 2009I have met Sushma Swaraj once. She was in brief political exile, and had agreed to inaugurate my television channel. I say mine, as though i owned it – I didn’t 🙂 but, it was mine in that a whole lot of…
Inspirations – John Maynard Keynes
July 9, 2009(Inspirations – a series that is reproduction of interesting speeches and writings. It is not about a writer’s block – i keep battling those – but more because these are readings / writings that inspired me at a certain point in life…
Inspirations – Jayaprakash Narain
July 5, 2009From today, some reproduction of interesting speeches and writings. It is not about a writer’s block – i keep battling those – but more because these are readings / writings that inspired me at a certain point in life – and they…
And, equality for all
July 3, 2009“We declare that Section 377 of the IPC, insofar as it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21 [Right to Protection of Life and Personal Liberty], 14 [Right to Equality before Law] and 15 [Prohibition of…