Terror trials and Kangaroo courts

On the first anniversary of the 26/11 attacks, since our dear PM was away attending a “very important” and “significant” conference in the US of A (or where ever else it was), our secular media channels were fully focused on the Home Minister. In one such interview, Mr PC was asked what he thought about [...]

The world’s most ingenious flood relief strategy!

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been recently hit with possibly the worst flood in many decades. Crores of people have been displaced and lakhs of homes have been destroyed.
In the midst of all this, our Government had a survival crisis. Some of our ministers thought that it was right time to replace the Chief Minister. [...]

The art of staying in news!

Emraan Hashmi is taking a free class on the art of staying in news, albeit using dubious methods.
First, he said he was discriminated against by a housing society, just because he was a muslim.
A few days later, after having been booed by his own fraternity, when he found that the channels had stopped beaming his [...]

So is Pakistan acting, or not?

On the issue of Pakistan’s action on the issue of terrorism against India being perpetrated from Pakistani soil, three members of the Union Cabinet have this to say, all within 24 hours.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, in the Parliament of India, said.
“This is the first time that Pakistan has ever formally briefed us on the [...]

Do they have anything between their ears?

According to this claim by the Congress party, Kasab confessed because of the “diplomatic offensive” the Government put on Pakistan. The government’s “offensive” forces Pakistan to contact Kasab, lodged in a high security Indian jail, and get him to confess. What absurdity!
First of all, the learned spokesman seems to be suggesting that Pakistan has access [...]

Begging or conning?

Yesterday, Samata and I were at a coffee shop near the Raghavendra Matha in Jayanagar 5th block. While waiting for our drink to arrive, my attention went towards the nearby traffic signal. As usual, I got into the mode of observing the violations that were occuring at the signal. Almost every signal turning from green [...]

New Job Offer!

I received this most amazing mail today. Have a fantastic new job offer now.
The person offering me the job is one Dr Nick Smith.
The job offer is from “EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTES”
The company profile -
“The above named Organization it’s an Organization that seeks Sponsorship from Clients/Donors who fund the Various Research [...]

End of the road?

While I am not an expert in analyzing how political parties are likely to fare after Elections 2009, it looks likely that Sri Advaniji would not have a long political career ahead. It certainly would make more sense from the BJP point of view for him to begin a “transition” exercise.
I feel a little [...]

And we thought it was a serious issue!

The Superman has spoken again. And this time, we have the most ingenious solution one can ever come up with. The problem of terrorism in India can be overcome in just 15 minutes. Yes, in only 15 minutes!
I reproduce the actual statement below.
“I am confident that this country can take on terrorism. Defeating it [...]

India not shining

The heir-apparent has spoken again.
One more speech, one more “absurd” speech.
In order to understand epics, our great philosophers wrote Bhashyas (commentaries). These commentaries unraveled the hidden meanings of several statements in the original works and helped the reader understand better.
Rahul Gandhi’s speeches seriously requires such a commentary. In his latest speech in Assam, he says
“If [...]