For God’s sake, it is about the rights of people
Words, without the support of a sentence, can say a lot sometimes. This is how I would analyse the phenomenon of the Anna Hazare movement against corruption that rocked the Indian parliament in August 2011. This war against corruption had innumerable shades supporting it… individuals, small groups, and larger groups spread all across the country...
The truth in a few lines
Place a glass of water on a table and see what happens after a day… the level comes down. More water needs to be added. A day comes when even the glass needs to be thoroughly cleaned and refilled with water. Countries and governments are the same. We have a constitution in place. We...
Knock! Knock! ‘Osama here. Open the door…’
Knock! Knock! ‘Osama here. Open the door…’ ‘What?’ I thought, ‘Osama Bin Laden?’ I was at that moment reading this tweet by @missletsbuild Julia: “Osama bin dead, Obama bin lying! #osamadead.” I must’ve spoken aloud because the voice from the other side of the door had a ring of urgency to it: ‘Come on. I...
Is it really the end of corrupt times?
Corruption was ambling along so well. If there were cops asking for bribes, there were people willing to offer them for either getting away from being punished or for getting a favour that wouldn’t have been there. There was bonhomie all around. One was either giving money with a smile or receiving it with a...
Weaving a Revolution through Blogs, Micro-blogs, & Gandhi
Do you really know what happened in Egypt? Was there a revolution or just a premature revelation of a stressed-out response? Was it the impending fear of a massive blood-bath that made Hosni Mubarak give up? Were blogging and micro-blogging the real heroes? Did Gandhian principles once again rise and conquer? Or is it simply...
