“Because what the media does not acknowledge, does not exist”

Growing up as a news addict, and the internet only worsening the addiction – I’ve seen news outlets, especially television in India change from good to bad worse and further down. The “shock value” that needs to be associated with each news article grows stronger and stronger while sub-consciously people are being desensitized to outrageous [...]

Classic Ind-Pak-US

Last year, 173 people were attacked mercilessly for an objective that is still unclear, and quite complicated. But is quite perverted in the name of religion. Indian govt. and Pak govt., struggled with issues related to non-state actors, language problems, backtracked promises, false assurances, red tape and outright denials. Finally Pakistan buckled under international pressure, [...]

Mumbai aftermath

Skewed or Un-skewed – you tell me.
Pak Govt  – The perpetrators are ’stateless’ actors – they are not Pakistanis.
Info: Terrorist caught red-handed: Mohammad Ajmal Amir (kasab’s?), names of parents, found in voters list in a remote area of Pakistan (by a reporter from Observer – article cites numbers of national id cards of the gunman’s [...]

What we do – Eve Teasing

The other day I happened to talk to a friend who is now a part of the IT force of young India that I seem to be so disconnected with. Talking over modes of transportation, I hear the oft repeated problems related to widespread, public sexual harassment that we mildly put as ‘ eve teasing’, [...]

Just another day(?)

While Kodsi went on an errand and was back at 10 AM and rushing to work, I got up. I haven’t felt a sore throat in 4 years like I felt today, quickly rushed through samachar and indiauncut and Times of India in 5 min and was at the car showroom for servicing, had planned [...]