Archive for November, 2005
Orissa temples highly Xenophobic
Temples in Orissa practise xenophobia and are extremely rigid about it. The priests in these temples think it is their right to deny foreigners entry into the temples, and are even unrepentant about this.
It was very sad to read that the Thai princess, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, was denied entry into the Puri Jagannath temple just [...]
The Third Gender - India’s favorite Hijras
I have seen and heard of hijras, but I knew nothing about them. The transgendered people have had a long history in India, the country of paradoxes - our orthodoxy and heterodoxy are both vibrant.
Sonia Faleiro is a journalist with Tehelka who has accomplished many wonderful works of journalism. Her latest is an interview [...]
VHP - the Nation’s laughing stock!
VHP comes out very regularly with hilarious comments that remind me of living in a pig sty!
Acharya Dharmendra, a VHP leader, has now criticized Sania Mirza and accused her of destroying the institution of marriage with her comments.
Sania Mirza said “it was not others’ business to decide whether she wears a six inches or a [...]
Muslim quotas in IIT, IIM and IIFT
See the latest post on Reservations in IITs and IIMs for OBCs here.
Today is a very sad day in India’s future when our Govt. has “considered” taking a turn back into the Black Ages.
The notorious Congress party once again promotes reservations for Muslims with an eye on their votes, this time in the IITs and [...]
Insecure India in the middle of Danger
In light of the recently concluded SAARC meet, and of our PM’s concerns regarding the insecurity that is clouding the Indian sub-continent: South Asia is a highly volatile and unstable place indeed!
Let’s start somewhere, with our favourite Pakistan. What better example can there be for a Banana Republic? The country is run by a dictator [...]
Even God may NOT know!
Skepticism, Atheism and Agnosticism are integral parts of Hinduism - this is one of the biggest reason that Hinduism appeals to me. That it is not based on faith, but is founded on logic and reason.
It leaves me spellbound that the last line of a very famous hymn in the Rig Veda, popularly known as [...]
After UN, US calls Congress Corrupt
Washington Post has a detailed editorial of the fiasco that India has been suffering in its political circles after the release of the Volcker report. The report alleged that our until recently foregin minister, Natwar Singh, and the undoubtably corrupt Congress party were beneficiaries of Saddam Hussein’s “oil-for-influence” or “oil-for-money” program!
Congress has had scams and [...]
Bihar turning over a new leaf?
BJP-led NDA thinks that it will come to power in Bihar. It is only a matter of days now before we all get to know what the Biharis want.
But will this election be a new chapter in Bihar’s history? Will the “Jungle Raj”, as the Laloo Yadav’s Govt. is fondly called by the BJP, come [...]
India conquers Sri Lanka, Ganguly becomes history
India won 6 out of the 7 ODIs played against Sri Lanka - this was not only a very unexpected tally for India, but also an equally unexpected disaster for Sri Lanka.
While it is sad that for India that she could not achieve the complete sweep that Sri Lanka was most afraid of, for Sri [...]
Pakistan is even Funnier, Ha Ha
Pakistan is ‘The Great Fourth World’ somewhere in between Chelvistan and Slough. It was recently stripped of its status of ‘A Great Third World’ country, after a recent survey carried out by the United Nations Marketing Divison confirmed that it was not actually on this planet but from Mars.
The national motto of Pakistan is ‘Indians [...]