The story of Chinky, Thulla, and Tambi
What is more offensive and derogatory – a name that is spoken with some affection though sometimes with ignorance wrapped around, or the Shiv Sena asking Biharis, workers from UP and Gujarati businessmen to leave their ‘amchi Mumbai’? Or people in J&K, the NE, and a few other regions calling you ‘Indian’ when you go...
Between the future and the past
Yes, we’re somewhere between the future and the past. We are no longer madly in love with democracy and yet we do not know what else to adopt or where to go. Democracy has been here for years and trumpeted its case against other known forms of governing rather well… and this is why these...
The ruling party and the opposition on Galaxy S6
Our parliament is always a hub of super activity and its corridors are places where power dialogues flow unimpeded and with a nonchalance that you find only in a Nargis Fakhri gliding on the aisle in a Suneet Verma creation! Yes, there is something stunningly accentuated when two politicians talk… especially if they happen to...
That Roar in Parliament
The ruling party is missing that roar in parliament, Rahul Baba… return home fast. The old and the young even in your party are seemingly directionless and have started going around with a motley group of parliamentarians that you may or may not have approved. I wrote about your roar and on some other observations...
The time for freebies is over
No subsidies and no free lunches Do not hurt anyone Freedom to pay comes with corruption in shackles Honest tackles, And something constructive done.
Push harder. Pull harder. Churn richness.
There is this great human manthan going on all around all the time. And I don’t mean the feeling one gets when walking in the crowded corridors of CP in Delhi… nor do I necessarily mean the sort of pushes and pulls during election time in India. We know that business isn’t the only world...
Harlots of destiny
Madhur, a very good friend, wrote on facebook: ‘The best learning in the world is from understanding life. Most people never learn.’ This happened to one of the more agreeable updates on facebook… most updates by most people are frivolous forwarded messages and so when something like this comes along, it tickles the thought processes...
Stop building roads, Dr HarshVardhan
Dr HarshVardhan says: ‘Condoms promise safe sex, but the safest sex is through faithfulness to one’s partner. Prevention is always better than cure.’ His vision also suggests a ban for sex education in schools based on his presumption that this is one of the reasons for the increase in sex-related crimes in India. We have...
The time for whirling words is over
The 2014 election of ‘hope’ is over. The time for slogans and whirling words is now past. The ruling party must now understand that Modi is right when he says: Desh chal pada hai…Hum chalen ya na chalen (The nation is now moving. We may or may not move) Yes, one of the benefits of...
We all need our ‘hakuna matata’
Tidal waves don’t win over people… they sweep them away, destroy everything in their way, and never create a problem-free world. So I wouldn’t call Modi’s victory a ‘tidal wave across India’ or a ‘tsunami in the country’ or a ‘tornado that led BJP into the parliament’. Some people in the media do get all...
Sarkar 2014
Does it really matter which party manages to win enough seats to finally get to form a government? Or does it matter if the coalition gets messier? Or does it matter who finally heads the party that forms the government? The buzz round seems to believe that all this matters a lot. The raucous kerb-side...
What matters and what doesn’t
This has been a month for connections. Everyone during the election period is busy talking about what matters and what doesn’t. Corruption issues matter. Reservation matters. Division of states matters to some and doesn’t to others. Alleviation of poverty matters. Ushering in prosperity matters. There are both serious and inane things that seem to matter...
