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• End of Two Years - Not with a Whimper, but a Bang

  

  This reversal of T S Eliot’s famous lines from ‘The Hollow Men’ is the perfect way to describe how this blog completes two years today. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• OMG! Sex on Indian Television?

  

  [The Indian adaptation of the hit HBO television series Game of Thrones, slated to be produced by Balaji Telefilms and Sony Entertainment, will feature loads... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Politics of Friendship

  

  There is a question or should I perhaps call it a dilemma, about friendship. And it’s not about two genders, but three.The problem of what ‘type’ of friends we... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bombay Chronicles #3 - Beautiful Bombay

  

  Bombay is a very old city and by that merit, has some very old building, albeit in very good shape. It is not only the old ones though that are picturesque,... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bombay Chronicles #2 - Rising Tide

  

  Bombay is the city by the sea and the people living therein are like the drops in that sea that fills up this great metropolitan, rendering it virtually... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bombay Chronicles #1 – Taking on Trains, Taxis & Traffic with Tequila

  

  At first sight, the city appears to be nothing but a mass of humanity running in various directions with myriad purposes and at varying speeds. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• NASA Looking for Jadoo on Mars

  

  [US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korneinko have blasted off in a Soyuz spacecraft to spend a full year at the International Space Station. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The General Who Beat a Retreat

  

  For those of you totally oblivious to what is happening in the world around you, allow me to tell you how a former General of the Indian Armed Forces and presen... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Monk Who Almost Wanted a Ferrari

  

  Tales of organized religions running after money and trying to spread their faith all around either by force or through bribes are mire in the history of not... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Death by Blasphemy

  

  I’m writing this post today because I think I know that barring natural causes or a horrific accident, I’ll probably be alive reading the response that you so... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Every Day is 'Good Friday' in India

  

  For those of you don’t know what Good Friday is, it is the day Jesus was hanged from a cross and killed. Just to make it clear, it isn’t literally a ‘Good’... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• When Castro Invited Kom to Cuba

  

  [The retired and gravely ill former dictator ruler of Cuba, Fidel Castro, has reportedly invited the much celebrated Indian Olympian boxer Mary Kom to move to... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• When Terrorists Ask Nicely… You Give Them Nukes!

  

  Senior Taliban leaders who gathered at Pakistan’s Republic Day celebrations on March 23 submitted a petition requesting Prime Minister Sharif to hand over 10... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Shame on Times Now

  

  So what if India reached the semifinals? So what if they won every game convincingly? So what if the team won every match convincingly? So bloody what? They... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Indian Gay Rights Debacle at the UN

  

  Russia put forward a motion in the Fifth committee of the UN General Assembly that challenged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s changes to the international body’... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Japan Fears Attack from Kaiju, Builds BIG Wall

  

  Tokyo: The Japanese government has approved a plan to build a massive 400 kilometre Kaiju resistant wall along its coastline after the movie Pacific Rim made a... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Summer is Coming… to Indian Parliament

  

  Reports of the fire that broke out in the Indian Parliament premises being under control are coming in at this moment. Phew! Thank God no politicians were hurt! Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Beyond Boundaries

  

  Today I was watching a lesser known film titled ‘Einstein and Eddington’. For those who have not yet had the chance of watching it, the film is the tale of two... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Tale of the Yellow Assassin

  

  He was the patriarch of the family. He had all the makings of a leader. Well-built and intimidating, he sent everyone scurrying the moment he let his piercing... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Breaking Chains of Religious Hatred

  

  One unfortunate result of this brilliant communication application called Whatsapp is that overzealous and people of a more religious mindset keep sending... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 SELF EXPRESSION