Archive for August, 2009

Owning up Kandahar

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Now that the BJP finds itself in a state of turmoil, lets talk about Kandahar.
Why was Jaswant Singh made the fall guy all these years? The BJP always portrayed Advani as a “Strong” leader and by taking the blame for the Kandahar episode, Advani would not have been the perfect candidate. There was a need [...]

Khan-troversy

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

In the last 6 years, a critically acclaimed actor (who is a khan too), an actor who is a Punjabi and a Hindu, the other two “bankable” khans of the Indian film industry, a model-turned-actor (a Christian) and a former, and arguably the most respected, President of India, were all frisked at US Airports by [...]

Independence

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

A few hours before Independence day, watching Attenborough’s Gandhi, I am left with a few more observations and questions.
Gandhi united our country, north to south, east to west. He walked, people followed. Today, 62 years after Gandhi, we are falling apart. We have long forgotten that we are Indians first. We have made it very [...]

Save the girl child

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

And if, what you can read from the above image makes you want to read the fine print too, maybe you should check out here and then here.