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Judgments On The Roads: The Chilling Culture Of Vigilantism In India
The concept of frontier justice or vigilantism is as old as human civilisation itself. The mob becoming judge, jury and executioner is a phenomenon with a long and tragic past and no part of the globe...
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How I Became (And Unbecame) A Slut-Shamer
I do not remember having a 'bird and bees' talk with my mother. My first 'sex' lesson came from Bollywood films. We were not frequent visitors to the cinema halls and had an on-and-off relationship...
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The Return Of India Shining
On 16 May 2014, the stock markets caroused wildly, expecting an exhilarating acceleration on a glistening expressway as the harbingers of "acchhe din", the BJP and Narendra Modi, overwhelmed political...
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My Fight Against The Cultural Appropriation of Samosas
Last week, I fell in love with a new song, and feeling that my flatmates deserved to hear me sing it 24x7 for the next three months, I decided to learn it. But I'd only just typed "Hymn for the Weekend...
View ArticleWhy Consciousness Is The 'Guarantor Of All We Hold To Be Human And Precious'
In the preface to his book, Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness, Nobel laureate and neuroscientist Gerald M Edelman says, "Consciousness is the guarantor of all we hold to be human...
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Dear Independent, You've Got To Be Kidding Us About Bombay
A British newspaper has decided to cease referring to the city of Mumbai as that and will instead fall back to Bombay, the colonial-era name for India's greatest metropolis. The decision, the paper's...
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Don't Try After Sunset: The Most Haunted Places In Delhi (Part 1)
By: Arjun Pandey, founder, Delhipedia Delhi, the capital city of India, has more than 1300 monuments. Some of them have deep dark secrets. It is also widely believed that many of them are haunted,...
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Leap of Faith: What A Water Slide Taught Me About Fear
The "Leap of Faith" at Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai is a water slide located at the resort's in-house water park, Aquaventure. It is at a height of about 60 feet, almost vertical in angle, thus resulting...
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TRAI Let Down Millions By Saying No To Free Basics
At last, the much awaited decision on adapting Facebook's concept of Free Basics is over. The Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) ruled in favour of net neutrality and rejected Free Basics (wherein free...
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Pink And Blue: The Colours Of Gender Stereotyping
Have you seen a newborn baby recently? Chances are that you'd guess their gender right if they were wearing pink or blue clothes. After all, it is almost universally accepted that blue is for boys and...
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Aamir Khan And Brand Intolerance
Aamir Khan has no brand endorsements left in his kitty. Ostensibly because of his recent statement on 'intolerance'. There were lots of initial reactions, including that Aamir's statement was... Poorly...
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What It Will Take For Video On Demand To Succeed In India
The on-demand video streaming industry in India has been well and truly percolating, with a host of developments since the latter half of last year. Production houses have ventured into this space and...
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'Jalsaghar': A Profoundly Evocative Satyajit Ray Classic
Jalsaghar (aka The Music Room), directed by master Indian filmmaker Satyajiy Ray, presents the tale of the decline of a feudal lord in the pre-independence India. Based on a short story by Bangla...
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The Online Warriors Of India's Opinion War
One fine day a man asked of an old ascetic, "Why do two people think so differently?" The seer replied, "The difference is in the eyes my child. And how you see depends on your experience with life..."...
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TERI Ethical Crisis Should Make The NGO Sector Introspect
The recent elevation of environmental scientist R K Pachauri to the role of Executive Vice Chairman by the TERI Governing Council has made a mockery of the sexual harassment law. It squarely puts...
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Islamic Banking: A Necessary Step Towards The Financial Inclusion Of Indian...
In a report released last December by the committee on the medium-term path for financial inclusion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) broached the concept of "Islamic banking", which refers to the...
View ArticleThe Intolerance Debate And The Boundaries Of Democracy
India is country where a chief minister can call Prime Minister Narendra Modi a coward and a psychopath person. A woman can throw a flower pot at the PM's cavalcade and get nothing more than a rap on...
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Podcast: Musings On Indian LitFests, Weird YouTube Trends & Bollywood Film Sets
Indian LitFests Anuvab's sick of the barrage of LitFests, and how pretentious they are. Kunaal was invited to speak at a Business School but says he has nothing to contribute because he has no real,...
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Photoblog: The Weird And Wonderful Rural Olympics
India's annual 'Rural Olympics', formally known as the Kila Raipur Sports Festival, is held every winter in Kila Raipur on the outskirts of Ludhiana. This year marks the 80th edition of the festival,...
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Why The US Should Dash The Idea Of Re-Hyphenating India And Pakistan
An aspiring superpower's ego stood somewhat hurt when India woke up to the news of the possible return of the hyphen between India and Pakistan vis-a-vis the two countries' relations with the US,...
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