Our traffic woes...
Mar 05, 2014
QUEUES IN INDIA...
Apr 11, 2014
Of pee and potty...
Apr 17, 2014
Today, in India, the concern about black money/economy is very high. Therefore, I felt it is important for me to try and understand what it means and then try to think of a way of getting rid of it. My understanding of economics is less than satisfactory so I hope to find some answers through reflections.
Read More...Shaktimaan died yesterday. (Iti ashwah - It was a horse). A police horse – from Uttarakhand Police who had served the nation for over a decade. It was a public asset. He was brutalised by protestors during a political protest march.
Read More...She was travelling in a car with friends. A mob stopped the car. She and her friends were dragged out and beaten. Her top was torn off and she was paraded topless. She sobbed and pleaded. Bystanders stood watching, doing nothing to stop the men. She tried to board a local bus. Passengers of the bus pushed her off. Finally, someone with a bit of humanity still left inside him took off his shirt and covered the girl up.
Read More...I am an Indian citizen. I am educated, can think and express my thoughts. For most people, I represent the “intelligentsia” – whether or not I actually am.
Read More...AHMEDABAD: A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually attacked with the perpetrator inserting an iron rod into her private parts on Friday afternoon. Sola police registered a complaint for rape andarrested the 25-year-old accused Kaushal Chauhan from the spot.
Read More...A close friend of three decades is a Brigadier and a true officer and a gentleman. He sent me a link of a write-up published in ‘THE CITIZEN IS YOU’ online daily, titled ‘A Requiem For the Martyrs’ by Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain, a much decorated retired officer who was known for his “Hearts is my weapon” campaign in J&K as a healing touch initiative for the troubled state.
Read More...Many years back, in a moment of candor, one of the professors of my MBA course in UK expressed wistful regret that Great Britain never tried to replicate their experiment with a national civil service like the one they conducted in India - neither anywhere else in their vast colonies, nor back home. Years later, an officer of the US government familiar with India expressed almost similar sentiments. In this world where “professionalism” and “management” are revered words, those views of objective foreigners were rather thought provoking.
Read More...Yes, it does happen in India. From open defecation on the side of roads, along railway tracks, urinating on walls and in public spaces - we do it in the open. It is a big problem. And the first cause of this problem is scarcity of toilets - both at homes and in public places.
Read More...What is it with us Indians and queues? I remember Nagesh Kukunoor's Hyderabad Blues, where the hero, Varun returns to India from the US after a decade and is in for a culture shock. There's this scene where he is standing in a queue and the guy behind him keeps sticking to his bum in a most innocent yet disturbing manner. I'm sure we've all faced that situation - men and women
Read More...The above image from RUSH LANE says it all, doesn’t it? The traffic chaos we face every day, in every city town or village in India. Who hasn’t faced lane-cutting, blocking of zebra crossing, signal jumping, jaywalking, dangerous driving or overtaking, excessive honking, obstructive parking or countless other traffic woes?
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