Category Archives: Culture

My answers to my questions

Posted on February 12, 2010 | 2 comments

I had some questions in my head which disturbed me for quite sometime.

I followed “India after Gandhi” by Ramachandra Guha and was pretty much convinced by globalization. Then, I picked up P. Sainath’s “Everybody Loves A Good Drought”. Sainath sir is probably the only journalist who has worked extensively in India’s most rural districts and has time and again, attempted to bring out the causes of the poorest of India’s citizens. On one hand, we are emerging as the next super power. On the other, we have our farmers dying of poverty. I was feeling uneasy about it. Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Economy, Nature, Personal

When sur doesn’t match

Posted on February 9, 2010 | Leave a comment

Since I don’t watch television these days, I am a little late to comment on the new “Mile sur mera tumhara”. But better late than never! Recently, on Sankalp 6th anniversary, we volunteers had performed this song. This song was probably one of the best things that once happened to Indian television. I used to be glued to TV waiting for this song. It filled me with so much joy. I still go nostalgic just by thinking about it! But unfortunately, the new one stands nowhere close. Continue reading →

The bihari Rana?

Posted on February 7, 2010 | 1 comment

Raghunath Singh and some other politicians of Bihar are making Rana Pratap the same as some in Maharashtra did with Shivaji. This ridicules me to the core! I don’t know why Rajasthan is not objecting to this? Rana Pratap and Shivaji are two icons of India! They never belonged to any community or caste. They had muslim generals employed under themselves. And the wars they led were political, and never religious. But since these headless leaders can neither invent any new issue nor are they committed to the development of the region they represent, they keep themselves busy with the ruthless communal politics. Continue reading →

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Valentine and violence

Posted on February 4, 2010 | Leave a comment

As Valentine’s day is approaching, there is a big halla created by a group of people. They call my generation’s culture obscene as some girls prefer wearing western dresses and going to pubs. Isn’t it an entirely personal and family matter? Continue reading →

The burning Pakistan

Posted on February 2, 2010 | 2 comments

Pakistan is burning. Perhaps democracy is at test and so is the dynastic rule that started after the death of Benazir. Can Pakistan be saved? Many political thinkers across the world agree that the Kashmir situation is the single greatest threat to the world today – both India and Pakistan being nuclear armed. The nightmarish scenario for the world is Pakistan going the Afghanistan way and ending up as a dangerously splintered Talibanised state. Continue reading →