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…
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…
The dumbing down of society!
Have you noticed? We don’t register, understand or react to any written statement unless it is followed by an emoji. For example, if I post ‘I am happy’, there will hardly be any reaction. But if I post the same with some silly emoji like 🤣 or 🥳, then immediately people will start asking you…
Do Black Lives Really Matter in America?
I saw this CNN news item on Twitter today. This 63 year old black man has been in jail since 1997 (23 years) for the crime of the attempted stealing of hedge clippers, which would ordinarily cost under $50. The Louisiana Supreme Court refused to review his life sentence. He does have a rap sheet.…
WHO says ‘maybe no silver bullet’ for Covid!
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on humanity and will continue to take many, many more thousands of lives in the coming months and possibly years. We may never have a cure or even an effective vaccine for it as per WHO. But as bad as it has been, there are probably many more and…
The Covidian way of life!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53643455?SThisFB The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on humanity and will continue to take many, many more thousands of lives in the coming months and possibly years. We may never have a cure or even an effective vaccine for it as per WHO. But as bad as it has been, there are probably many more…
Nothing is personal or private!
How can a TV channel obtain the bank statement of a deceased customer?How can a bank release the statement? How can the channel air and discuss its contents openly? That is how lax India’s privacy laws are. That is the disdain with which we treat personal and private matters – of others. The channel’s anchors…