Brendan Dabhi

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• Chaiwallahs Are Collateral Damage in a Chaiwallah’s War

  

  As soon as PM Narendra Modi announced that currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would be demonetised immediately, people ran to the... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ahmedabad, You Don’t Deserve Diwali

  Do you celebrate Diwali by bursting crackers? Do you do so on the street? Then this is just the post for you.Dear entitled, illiterate, rich leech,You are... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Atithi Devo Bhava? Indian Intolerance is at 100% & Rising…

  

  India has always denied claims of being racist and Indians absolutely hate the guts of those who dare to call us racist. The one argument – that we are a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Stuck in Smoke: The Fear of Police Brutality

  

  As a journalist, coming home late is so normal that no time is late anymore per se but by normal standards, yes it was. And by late, I mean almost midnight. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• When Parents FAIL Their Children All Over Again

  

  Some parents I’ve noticed have this annoying habit. A habit they do not realize does more harm than good; a habit that discourages instead of bringing... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Kim Jong-un's Six News Ways to Kill Traitors

  

  Pyongyang: After having his Defence chief executed for treason because he dozed off in a high profile meeting titled ‘Dealing with Traitors’, eternal leader... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Maybe George Orwell Was Wrong About Journalism

  

  There’s this quote going around that people credit to the author of works such as ‘1984’ and ‘Animal Farm’. It goes something like this…Yeah, this quote.Now, le... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Year is New, but Are Your Priorities?

  

  Everyone’s excited about the new year that began on January 1st, 2015. Excited about a new beginning, a new resolution, a new twist to lie, a promise to oneself... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Santa Claus: The Salesman with Claws

  

  Having emerged from the Christmas season, which is not yet over, a not-so changed man, I wonder how many actually did bring about a change in their lives in thi... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Can Meritocracy Survive in the Face of Corporate Seniority?

  

  There is usually a lot of chatter at different workplaces about quality of work, standards of employees, dishing out of credit and progress of the deserving... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: India & the UNSC

  

  It’s been 69 years since India became an Independent nation. The leaders that formed the government then thought that the time was right for India to govern... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Owning up to the Real Issues at Hand

  

  We see and are a part of a number of things that are wrong in society in daily life. We want to make them better, we want to be better as a civilization and we... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Porn Ban: An Alternate Solution

  

  The recent impromptu porn ban initiated by the Union government of India who has advised ISPs to block more than 180 websites displaying explicit content has... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Spit in Your Boss’ Coffee Maybe?

  

  Internships are prerequisites for jobs in India today. Whether you attribute this trend to increase in competitiveness or blame it on overpopulation, internship... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Change That Channel: Putting on Blinders Or Protecting Your Children?

  

  Growing up in a household where Doordarshan was the only channel on television in classes X, XI and XII, I know how hard it is to be relegated to a monotonous... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Dad, I’m in a Live-in Relationship

  

  That perhaps is one of the hardest letters to write to a conservative Indian parent.Fears of loss, hatred, marginalization and pain accompany the decision to... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Shashi’s Seven Minute Succinct Speech on Saying Sorry

  

  Quite the tongue twister that one, eh? Yeah, that’s what happens when you try to work a little too hard on your title. You end up making a tongue twister that... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• If Minions Were Real, Humans Would Kill Them All

  

  Since the first Despicable Me movie released in 2010, toddler and teenage audiences have been obsessed by the little yellow innocently evil army of villainous... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lèse-majesté Laws: Shield of Solemnity Or Sword of Silence?

  

  The term lèse-majesté implies injury or harm to the majesty of eminent persons, most often used to describe insults to monarchs and visiting heads of State and... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Is the Illiterate Better Than the Educated?

  

  The NarrativeSo there was this friend of mine who had to go pay her electricity bill and then get to work. To her dismay, she found a long line of people waitin... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 SELF EXPRESSION