It’s in news. It tops the google trend’s most searched keywords list for India. How on Earth can I oppose such bill? It’ll be inhumane to refuse food to the ones who are needy. And believe me, I’ll never ever oppose any scheme that ensures the end of malnutrition in India. But, does the bill cleared by the cabinet ensures that? or is it just another feel good factor (necessarily,   Read More ...

Last few months would be remembered for hunger strikes. First, there was Anna Hazare’s fast against corruption which seemed to be supported by people belonging to every age group- small children and the elderly alike, every profession and every strata of the society. This was followed by Baba Ramdev’s heroic dealings (pun intended) with the government. Our media houses closely monitored every movement in Baba’s blood pressure, but they failed   Read More ...

Yesterday, I was going through a video shared by Rupam Shyam (a close friend), in Facebook. The video portrayed how people from North Eastern part of the country feel discriminated by the rest of the country. A couple of people came down for the interview also. They complained that they were often teased by being called ‘Chinki/Chinka/Momo/Chowmien’ etc. They described incidents where they felt discriminated. There were a couple of   Read More ...

Life of the aam aadmi has never been more unpredictable. Every time we tried to settle down, some unexpected and some long awaited incident has rocked us up . Today, with government finally accepting the demands of Anna Hazare, l thought it would be a good time to recollect these incidents. If my memory serves me right, it all started in the month of August. In august, we first came   Read More ...