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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Varun Gandhi has made some really nasty comments against Muslims. He has been charged under section 153A of the Indian Penal Code for “spreading enmity between two communities”. I am reproducing section 153A of the IPC here below.“Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, [...]
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It had been a really long time since I last visited Mangalore (probably five years ago in 2009) so I decided to get back to my hometown. This time, for a change, instead of visiting the temples in the region, I decided to go on a beach picnic. It was, after all, beaches that Mangalore [...]
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The misery of the pub goers simply refuses to subside The latest is a ban on Saris in Indian nightclubs. I am eager to watch the reaction of the “Loose, pub going and forward” brigade on this issue. After all, when voices against “pub culture” is unacceptable, restrictions on what one can wear [...]
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My hatred for the national 24×7 news channels has only increased manifold in the last week. Quite a lot has been written about those bunch of idiots already. Read the below links to read how unprofessional, unethical and downright criminal they were.
http://mutiny.in/2008/11/29/mumbai-2611-eye-openers/
http://ckunte.com/archives/shoddy-journalism
http://ankitvsharma.blogspot.com/2008/11/barkha-dutt.html
http://prakash-francis.blogspot.com/2008/11/barkha-dutt.html
http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2008/11/india_backlash_over_media_coverage_after.php
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I wrote about this just a month back. They are back again. I saw another blasphemous advertisement on TV yesterday. They were promoting a winter wear product. Due to extreme cold, Dushashana is having a tough time disrobing Draupadi during the game of dice. Subsequently, both wear winter clothing from that brand (I think it [...]
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