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Rohtak gangrape: Aren’t we trivializing the barbaric act of rape by offering compensations?
The savage and abhorrent Rohtak gangrape and murder, which happened few days after the supreme court upheld the death penalty in Nirbhaya verdict, again has made us shudder in revulsion and squirm in horror. We are aghast at the…
Good job Piyush Goyal! India jumps to 26th spot from 99th in World Bank’s power ranking
Amidst all the hubris of ‘cow protection’ and ‘neo-nationalism’, there is one man who is working tirelessly and silently to solve the power crisis of India. Working on prime minister Narendra Modi’s vision of providing electricity to…
Girl brutally ABDUCTED, GANG RAPED and MUTILATED in Rohtak, Haryana
Days after Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 4 rapists involved in the gang rape of Nirbhaya, another spine chilling and abominable case has happened in Rohtak, Haryana. A girl was abducted, taken to a sequestered…
Mumbai rains: how Twitterati reacted over unexpected pre-Monsoon rains
Mumbai’s romance with rains is not new. Unlike the rest of India, the city literally celebrates the arrival of monsoon and embraces its existence with open arms. Tea and some piping hot pakodas are all you need to enjoy the earthy smell…
Bizarre Ayurveda textbook lesson in Mumbai University: how to give birth to only a ‘baby…
In a shocking report published in Mumbai Mirror; third year Bachelor of Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS) students are being taught methods for giving birth only to a baby boy.
Such so-called methods which…
Tragic murder of Lt. Ummer Fayaz and the deadlock in Kashmir
It is nothing but stupidity to try the same failed modus operandi and stratagem, again and again, expecting different results. And it is even bigger foolishness to exacerbate the original situation just because of myopic…
Apathy of authorities | National shooting contingent detained at IGI airport for 13 hours
India has always been indifferent to other sports but Cricket. The kind of frenzy and love which Cricket stars enjoy is unmatched. That being said, it is not the fault of Cricket. And it is a different debate altogether.…
No Pheras or Nikah in this Hindu-Muslim wedding. Just celebration
In India, marriages are neither made in heaven nor are about two individuals only. It is also about their families extended families. A volcano of deep rooted caste system and tradition erupt abruptly and takes over the simple…
Youngest French President – A glimmer of unlikely hope or a repackaged continuum of status…
Emmanuel Macron, at 39, has become the youngest president of France and the second youngest head-of-state after Napoleon Bonaparte. The French presidential elections were closely watched the world over, and especially in the…
AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj Gives ‘Lives Demo’ Of EVM Tampering In Delhi Assembly
A massive political storm has been created by AAPs mock demonstration inside Delhi Assembly that EVMs can be hacked. This rouses curiosity, apprehension, surprise, mild annoyance and fills us with dread and suspicion. Are we…