Archive for the 'Society' Category

Californication

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Taking an (enforced) break from the world wide web and blogging (and email, youtube…). As the blogposts (to be read) pile up my inbox there was one email (blog posting alert that is) that caught my attention. Subject: Gas Consumption: California vs. China, India. This post from Sepiamutiny.com throws an interesting and probably alarming statistic […]

Divider and Rule

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Barely 250 meters ahead was the U-turn that would enable the rider to be where he wanted to be. 250 meters the side I was on and 250 meters on the other side — A ride of half a kilometer would all that would take him to respect the law.

But yet he kept waiting on […]

(Dis)honor

Monday, June 30th, 2008

How does the state honor the passing away of country’s greatest soldier?
By declaring a state funeral.
Sounds alright. Just that the President of the Indian Republic, The Vice-President, The Prime Minister, The Defence Minister and The Three chiefs of the Armed forces won’t be able to make it.
Carry it on, somebody send someone to […]

A Moment in Time

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I see this guy, has this Johnny Depp kind of a beard and a physique that could make the strictest of gym goers wonder what could be wrong with their workout regimen. Only later do I realize, because of his continued conversations on the phone, that he is a Muslim. He is called Aslam.

So we […]

Not a drop to drink

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Saturday morning movie shows, perfect for guys like me. Not many people have the tendency to go all the way, alone, to the most secluded multiplex in the city at 10 am on a Saturday morning to watch a movie. Chronicles of Narnia — Prince Caspian, turned out a decent movie. Nothing great about it […]

The Lesser Sinner

Monday, May 5th, 2008

“The right way is”, he continued, “to figure out the lesser culprit of all — and vote”.

Teaching a language gives the teacher a whole big playground of subjects to play with. “This is a pen”, “That is a clock” or moving on to a little more complex syntax, “We should all vote”. Complex still — […]

Secularism for Dummies

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

The world could do with a few more cab drivers like these…