TOI’s Leaps of Logic

Okay, maybe I am too dumb to get this, but what is this supposed to mean?
When work started, the lake had 4-feet-and-3-inch water and the people of Pushkar were hopeful that they would soon have a cleaner, deeper lake, which had been desilted,” said Radhe Shyam Sharma of Pushkar Market Association. He said when last [...]

Friedman’s Next

If you want to know the name of Thomas Friedman’s next book, it’s right here.
People’ power.
He repeats it like, what, 20 times in a 800 word article? And you know what that means, right? Another atrocious book is on its way.
Now, even someone as singularly stupid as Friedman could not be so unaware of the [...]

Now, Come On!

The real reason why NZC is preparing the pitches it is (indeed, most boards in the world), is because they make more money if matches last the whole distance. Quite simply, a five day test match yields far more revenues–from gate collections to television rights–than a three day match on a greentop

Ray and Desai

That is why I feel sorry for people who look down upon Manmohan Desai or Subhash Ghai and wax eloquent about Satyajit Ray or Mrinal Sen. Manmohan Desai was not a fool: he too could have made art films, but he wanted to entertain the lay Indian, even if it meant weaving a story around [...]

Shaken and Stirred

This review of Delhi-6 left me a little nonplussed,
The film is full of symbolisms. First, the central character of the film – ‘kaala bandar’ is a symbol. ‘Kaala bandar’, which is nowhere shown in the movie, is described as the culprit of all communal problems. ‘Kaala bandar’ is that invisible, intangible element in each one [...]

Oh Please!

Not for me to defend Bobby Jindal but this!
In a typical Republican maneuver, they had Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal give their rebuttal to President Obama’s speech to the Congress, and to the Nation.  First of all, had the movie, Slumdog Millionaire, not won 8 Oscars Sunday night, the Republicans would have chosen someone else to [...]

Kyon!

Ok, at some point we have to take a decision. Do we want to root for someone simply because his parents once arrived to the US from India to pursue the American Dream and succeeded? Or do we want to put things in a much bigger perspective and judge someone by his character, intellect and [...]

Once Would Have Been Enough!

Now, I have some sympathy for Abi’s primary criticism of Mint’s editorial: That the pink chaddi campaign should not be hauled up for failing to achieve ”gender justice.” Despite my inherent suspicion of Indian elite and its convenient disdain for larger issues of governance, I understand this campaign arose as a response to a specific [...]

As You Sow So Shall You Reap

Update: An interesting column in The Hindu looks at employment and blogging.
I hope she knows that Sri Ram Sene is planning to sue the pink chaddi campaign. Good luck!
Clearly, there is a difference between going to law school and understanding the spirit of law.

Hey You!

Update: Jesus! Come on, you fool! (via)
The bastard stole my lines! Dude, I claim copyright.
Maybe it’s a result of 200 years of colonialism, but Indians are world champions at caring – really caring! – about what foreigners (more accurately, Westerners) think or say about them. They will live blithely with impressively foetid slums in their [...]

Hey Eshwar

I am thinking of starting a re-education program for terminally stupid.
This dude will be the first admission to the list.
For fug’s sake, it’s not about fearing the movie or being ashamed (Have we banned foreign tourists?); some people simply do not like the movie! Period. As Matthew Schneeberger writes in his review of the movie [...]

Think

A Public Service Announcement for those who don’t get it

As the duly elected president of the United States, Barack Obama is the most powerful and influential man in the world. As the president, it is his job to ensure the well-being of the world’s richest economy. As the commander-in-chief, the military power at his disposal [...]

My Mike Tyson Moment

For those of us old enough to remember, there was this dude called Mike Tyson. Before he decided that biting off people’s ear was the way to box, Tyson was a brute of a boxer who sent his opponents staggering out of the ring.
Reading this comment on Shripriya’s blog reminded me of Mike Tyson–rather, how [...]

Hold on!

Finally I ended up buying the car from a Tamil speaking Indian (like me), because the car was in impeccable condition and also because I was able to judge him well given my past experience. At the DMV after the title was transferred, he didn’t even count the money I gave him and just shook [...]

Think

Good. Let me tell you that you, a responsible author, abuse the right to freedom of expression to deny people right to freedom of religion. When you abuse one fundamental right to deny the other, both of which form the core of the constitution, you have no right to wish anyone or celebrate Republic Day. [...]