https://zeenews.india.com/world/knife-wielding-man-shouts-allahu-akbar-before-killing-three-in-nice-factcheck-on-deadly-attacks-in-france-2320962.html As long as people are uptight about their own religion, WHICHEVER religion, this is bound to happen. When some non-Indian friends make fun of certain aspects of Hinduism, I laugh with them if it is funny. If it is not funny, I ignore or correct but usually I don’t care. Hinduism does not represent…
Knife attack in France!
https://zeenews.india.com/world/knife-wielding-man-shouts-allahu-akbar-before-killing-three-in-nice-factcheck-on-deadly-attacks-in-france-2320962.html As long as people are uptight about their own religion, WHICHEVER religion, this is bound to happen. When some non-Indian friends make fun of certain aspects of Hinduism, I laugh with them if it is funny. If it is not funny, I ignore or correct but usually I don’t care. Hinduism does not represent…
Politics and Friendship
It is a truism that the easiest way to lose precious and longtime friends is to discuss politics with them, especially if you have even a mildly opposing viewpoint. Forget discussion, all they need to see is a post or a tweet that doesn’t align with their views and you are done for, you are…
Publisher surrenders freedom of speech!
Freedom of speech is the freedom to say anything that does not threaten or incite violence. It includes the freedom to lie and misinform and mislead by speech. Without that, freedom has no meaning. It is the right and duty of the public to criticize and in this case they have done so effectively, which…
SC scores a self-goal!
The SC is not a sacrosanct or divine body. As long as there is no threat or initiation of violence, they too can be criticised. Maybe the criticism is wrong or unfair or even biased, but that cannot be the basis for a contempt of court charge. SC judges are as human as anyone else…
Open letter to Mr. Joe Biden
Dear Mr. Biden, My great grandfather’s great grandfather’s father in law’s sister’s uncle landed as a penniless destitute immigrant in the great city of Amador City, California (area .8 square kms, population 190 today) and was given a lettuce-catsup burger by a kindhearted gentleman, which he consumed without the bread (since he was a vegetarian…
Stop them BEFORE, not after!
Frankly, while I greatly appreciate these gestures and there have been quite a few on all sides, wouldn’t it be better if all communities form human jails around the unsavory elements and mischief mongers amongst them and stop them from doing these things BEFORE they do them?! Then there would be no need for protecting…
Kamala Harris is first African-American, Indian-American last!
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,…
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…
Defunding is not the good word!
‘Reforming law enforcement’ sounds better to most people rather than ‘defunding / dismantling / abolishing the police’ which seems alarming and extreme. I am not sure the country is prepared for that or will support it. The term itself will turn people off. I think some of the Democrats are playing with fire in an…