Sarcasm
nothing is more important than the colour of a bikini nothing is more important than to be against 'love jihad' supposedly being represented on screen nothing is more important than…
nothing is more important than the colour of a bikini nothing is more important than to be against 'love jihad' supposedly being represented on screen nothing is more important than…
I've seen the faces of those who work for you Your money is made on the backs you broke Of their blood, sweat, and tears And cheap labour I have…
How easy it is to be a patriot All I need is a pic of a flag and a frame given free on FB and when I go out to…
" HAPPINESS AND WELLBEING INDICES There is an ever-growing number of research reports from global economists that go far beyond the limited metric of GDP to gauge nations’ overall happiness…
I got a little tired of believing that the man who died during demonetisation while standing in a queue of a heart attack was any less important or not gold-medal…
Wake Up India: Essays for Our Times - continued A democracy needs at least two big parties and to rotate them. Time to rotate and give the baton to the…
In the last article I had come to the crux of what ails Indian socially or sociologically and pointed out that this has an effect on its economics, politics, philosophy,…
The problem with India is not just about something as simple as defeating the BJP in 2019 elections. This is definitely a must but the major problem is exemplified by…
If we talk to reductionists who are die hard Hindu upper caste and usually upper caste about the Other that is Muslim they come up with some interesting observations that…
My previous essay in this series of Essays for Our Times addressed to India got three hundred shares on fb. This surprising fact has made me keep quiet for a…
Bertrand Russell wrote “Why I am not a Christian.” Kancha Ilaiah wrote “Why I am not a Hindu.” Shashi Tharoor wrote “Why I am a Hindu.” Shashi Tharoor thinks his…
The common man/woman knows India is struggling over simple issues. We need clean air and no pollution, we have water problems, we all need food, shelter and clothing as well…
It seems to me there can only be two kinds of people on earth, those who hold to untruth and those who hold to truth and the latter will always…
Wake Up India: Essays for Our Time - 2 We know that all the people who say that India is not a nation but divided are not speaking anything wise.…
My previous section dealt with India's political and civic under-preparedness regarding water scarcity. But now I want to talk of the other extreme, as to our under-preparedness in the case…
Chapter 2 - Poverty and Class analysis with reference to 2014-2018 BJP rule (I Part on Water) Coming to water next - an issue so pressing that all governments should…
The water rose in our house to the first floor The water came suddenly from the river to where it had never come before as the dam had been unleashed…
Wake Up India: Essays for Our Times- Chapter 2 This whole second book of mine is of course on voting out the BJP in 2019 and giving the Congress the…
Wake Up India: Essays for Our Times - Part 2 - Chapter 2 If we draw a line with three cardinal points in it of extreme left and extreme right…
Chapter 2 - Poverty and Class analysis with reference to 2014-2018 BJP rule (Part I) Why I have returned to write a sequel to the earlier book is basically to…
Wake Up, India: Essays for Our Times - Part 2. Chapter 1 - Dalits in the Spotlight during 2014- 18 BJP Rule. On 17, January 2016, Rohith Vemula died. His…
Asifa, I have no words to speak of or for you I had planned to give up poetry At the end of this month This National Poetry Writing Month Poetry…
Hell was the gated compound where the ones inside were holding a party in their glass houses and ivory towers while you stood outside Stone Age man holding your child's…
I am the son of a 'criminal' who died on the tree. I am also the son of a 'bitch' I am the son of a Pulaya woman that Parayan…
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