Category Archives: Current Affairs
And So He Left…
About a year ago, I wrote about Delhi High Court’s exemplary verdict that disposed off the charges against M F Husain; I cherished each and every word of Justice Kaul’s verdict that emphasized the importance of tolerance in a free … Continue reading
Filed under Cartoons, Current Affairs, India
Divine Justice?
The idiotic claims from televangelist Pat Robertson — that the earthquake in Haiti may be a blessing in disguise and is a result of the pact the Haitians made long time ago with Satan to help them against French imperialists … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, History, Religion
Vande Mataram
The “dead issue” is brought back to life yet again by some Muslim clerics who issued a fatwa against the recital of Vande Mataram by Muslims. In response, Hindu hard-liners retorted that those who refuse to sing the national song … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, India, Politics
Cattle Class
The recent Twitter controversy about Shashi Tharoor’s “insensitive” remark reminded me of this cartoon by Mike Luckovich published about two years ago. The joke, as Amit Verma explained on Times Now show, is on the airlines, not on the passengers.
Filed under Cartoons, Current Affairs, India, Misc
Like an Ever-flowing River
Last month, English language added the millionth word to its repertoire. (Don’t ask me, kaun sa labz?) Compare this with Hindi, which has only about 120,000 words. And meanwhile, only 14,135 people listed Sanskrit as their primary language in the … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, India, Language
Musht-e-Gubaar
The great-great-granddaughter of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, Madhu, is illiterate, and makes a living by running a tea-stall with her mother in the slums of Calcutta. Thanks to an initiative by a journalist to rescue her from … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, History
Numbers Don’t Lie
According to the Benford’s law, the first digits in many real life data follow a particular pattern such that the number 1 will be the most common as the first digit, number 2 will be the next most common, then … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, Data Mining, Numbers
Talibanization of India
The CM of Karnataka (B S Yeddyurappa), Sri Rama Sene Chief (Pramod Muthalik) and the CM of Rajasthan (Ashok Gehlot) follow the footsteps of the Thackerays. Muthalik barges into a pub in Mangalore with his hooligan friends and they assault the … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, India, Politics
Mumbai or Bombay?
Vir Sanghvi writes about Marathi chauvinism in his recent column in HT. Now, I don’t always share his opinions, but this article looks interesting to me. Here’s an excerpt: [W]hether we like it or not, Bombay is not an … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, India, Language
Competitive Intolerance
The Delhi High Court has sent a strong message against ‘competitive intolerance’ by disposing off charges (of offending religious feelings) against the renowned painter M. F. Hussain. Here are some excerpts from the verdict by High Court Justice Sanjay Kaul: … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, India
