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May 23rd, 2013
Prepare to be sickened.
I made a pledge last winter, at the height of the outrage against the Delhi gang-rape, that I would do my bit – however small – to highlight the shocking violence and sexual abuse that women and girls face in India.
I haven’t forgotten. Far from it.
I hereby give you a round up of the last 2 weeks in India - and this is not every single article, I assure you. In a sickening decision, I decided to share with you only the worst cases…as though any case is worse than another, with every [...]
Click to continue reading 2 years old? 80 years old? No problem. Any age is right for rape in India
May 22nd, 2013
Something is afoot in Cannes on the frock front, and I think we should be told. Well, one of the frocks is actually a sari, but you take my point.
I gave you one installment of what Bollywood is wearing on the Cannes red carpet in my blog post a couple of days ago, and here is some more news, and it isn’t much better, to be honest.
For the land of fabulous textiles and amazing colours, the Indian “look” somehow just isn’t gelling this year.
The gorgeous Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is part of the jury, has [...]
Click to continue reading A tale of 2 frocks. Well 3 actually.
May 21st, 2013
Ugh.
It’s one of THOSE days again.
A Nehru/Gandhi sycophancy fest day, when we see obscene amounts of our money being lavished on these toadying ads in every single paper. Those are OUR rupees you are spending, do you hear me ? Ours. Our tax money, for education and roads and electricity…oh what the heck, why do I kid myself, year after wretched year, that anything will ever change with this government?
May 21 2012. I fulminated…
May 21 2011. I cribbed…
…and much good it did me or my blood pressure,
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Click to continue reading …brilliant statesman…visionary leader…grateful nation…one man’s vision…visionary…vision…true icon…
May 19th, 2013
If this weren’t so obviously going to happen, it would be farcical.
See what this country’s obsession with the VIP culture has led to now.
(By the way, a “neta” is a lord, a leader, a captain. I have explained it in my “Hindi & a bit of Hinglish” section of the blog. So all our fabulous educated and incorruptible MPs, in other words).
So here’s the thing:
Why not let’s waste lots of prime real estate so that “A-listers among politicians who may be
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Click to continue reading Craving for exclusivity, even in death. Welcome to the world of Indian VIPs
May 19th, 2013
Our south Delhi colony has a monthly newsletter which is always good for news of how they are trying to sort out the abominable traffic mess, or ads for pest control, and that’s about it. But – whew – this month’s newsletter packed a hefty punch.
Read this, and you will see why :
Poor fellow. All he did was ask the time. And why ever not? Are (fully) naked men not supposed to care about the time?
And imagine being described as “a harmless misguided specimen wanting to be the
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Click to continue reading Why do I lead SUCH a dull life?
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