As expected, the Indian community in America and all over the world is agog with excitement and pride over the selection of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate. So are most people in India. Self-congratulatory messages are flying over the internet as we Indians pat ourselves on our back for a great collective achievement,…
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Thumping our chests for nothing we did!
We Indians immediately thump our chests and become ‘proud to be an Indian’ whenever people like Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella make it in other countries, as though all 1.3 billion of us are collectively responsible for their rise from mediocrity to eminence. Sorry to disappoint you, guys, but actually, their ‘Indianness’ has nothing to…
Mood of the Nation (MOTM) 2020 Survey conducted by India Today and Karvy Insights Ltd.
Why should we be surprised by the results of this survey? People in India now vote, not with their brains or heart or eyes or ears or noses. They vote with their faith – their Faith, as in Hinduism, and their faith as in Mr. Modi, as the keeper and protector of that Faith. Nothing…
Nation issuing two blank cheques!
This Nation is about to issue two blank cheques. If rumors are to be believed, the ouster of Sachin Pilot is being quietly encouraged by Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi behind the scenes. I hope the Congress does not break up further. I am no supporter, but I fear the idea of one party, majority rule…
The law itself has been encountered!
Why do we need courts and judges in this country? Why do we need the law and due process and the rule of law? Why not let the police shoot criminals as soon as they catch them? Why not dispense with words like democracy and fairness and justice? I know people will say ‘Good riddance,…
Novel way to reduce burden on children!
This way ‘to reduce the burden on children’ is more novel than the novel Corona virus itself!!!! I hope that it lasts only till a Covid vaccine or cure is found. But….. https://www.ndtv.com/education/cbse-removes-chapters-on-federalism-citizenship-secularism-from-political-science-syllabus?fbclid=IwAR1_TSRaMHbveDQrfLVM_Fb-LuWYcDKQINJi-tpXesXMIBbkU-31nU_Jaos
Real investigation or election jhumla?
Well, the timing of this investigation is more than a bit suspect, but welcome nonetheless. Let’s see where this goes – just another jumla before the Bihar election or this one turns up something concrete. 6 years and nothing has happened to the Gandhis. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mha-orders-probe-into-rajiv-gandhi-foundation/articleshow/76847850.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIMobile
No, no home invasion!
To all my friends, relatives and acquaintances: I want to assure you all that the house I am staying in is completely secure and safe. No burglar has entered or has been able to take over or burglarize this house. The burglars had evil intentions, but the inhabitants of this house gave them a befitting…
Justice for Nirbhaya
– Glad that the Nirbhaya animals were punished– Sad that such an event happened and continues to happen in India– Outraged that women and children are still treated with disdain in this country which is ultimately the basis for such crimes– Angry that it took 8 years for the law to run its course even…
Turn off the gas before the cooker blows!
Though I was very young when Indira Gandhi declared a national Emergency in 1975, I still remember the political chaos that preceded the declaration, the total collapse of law and order and the lack of accountability as the increasingly besieged government lost control and its legitimacy. Student protests, hartals, strikes, bandhs were the order of…