Flying High
March 18, 2006The last time I was at Lohegaon – the IAF base – a few of years ago,it was for a project (a show). At that time i interacted with a lot of pilots from the IAF. They seemed to be some of…
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Fatwa on Terrorism
March 17, 2006I am glad that someone somewhere had the courage to stand up and issue an edict against those who use religion to spread terror. Infact there are two fatwas – One against terrorists the other agianst attacking religious structures. And it is…
Bad Taste – Surprisingly SBI
March 16, 2006I saw an ad yesterday which really struck me dumb. It was for SBI Debit Cards. It paid a backhanded tribute to a number of hindi films. The ad looked like something out of "Do Bigha Zamin". An emaniciated BPL (Below Poverty…
Changing the Rules
March 10, 2006If something happens that you dont’ like – change the rules. This seems to be the position taken by the Samajwadi Party on the office for profit issue. As of yesterday they pushed through a bill that seeks to take away 79…
Woman’s Day 2006
March 9, 2006It would be good if all year round was considered to be ‘special’ for women. However, while lip service is paid on the 8th of March – this is the reality: Raising questions about the safety of women even in the high-security…
LOL
March 7, 2006I love this headline from the Hindu : `No front can win without DIC(K) help’ and crackd up more when I read this one: DIC (K) factor may delay UDF seat-sharing? Im sure that sounds very uncomfortable. And, its only the Hindu…
Perversion of Justice ….
March 7, 2006The Jessica Lal Case is yet one more where the accused have been given more ‘importance’ than the victim. An excellent panel of defence lawyers managed to get continuance after continuance – and in the 7 odd year that passed memories faded,…
Sometimes Legalise works ….
March 6, 2006Getting rid of MP’s has just got easier …… Samajwadi Party on Monday suffered a setback when its MP and former actress Jaya Bachchan was disqualified as a member of the Rajya Sabha and a similar petition seeking to unseat another high…
Crawling out the woodwork
February 23, 2006If a Muslim Nutcase can put a price of 51 crores on the Danish cartoonist, can the Hindu nuts be far behind? The Hindu Personal Law Board (wtf is that ) has put a price of Rs.51 crores on M.F.Hussain’s head. three…
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…