Congratulations Madam President..!
“Congratulations ma’am!” “Thank you! Are you congratulating me for soon becoming the first tribal president?” “No ma’am!” “The second woman president?” “No ma’am!” “Then why are you congratulating me?” “For someone who can be remembered for ever in Indian history, at a time when children can’t recall who was president,…
Will and Gandhi at the Oscars..!
A resounding slap indeed. A punch heard all round the world. One that revealed not a broken jaw or black eye, but showed ever so clearly, that you can take a man off the streets, but you can’t take the streets out of the man. Will Smith revealed himself: An…
Are We becoming an Insular Nation?
It was blistering hot as I lay on the deckchair, in a beach somewhere in the country, and like all Indians, was happy to have the large umbrella protecting me from the harsh sun blazing overhead. But, not the middle-aged white couple next to me. They seemed to be enjoying…
Appeasing Minorities..!
“Stop appeasing the minorities!” shout the majority in the country. Hearing these shouts, I decided to fairly and without bias look into their angry cry. I did and realized how better to think of the country than as one large family, with the Government, Mother India, looking after it’s differently…
Don’t Woo Prashant Kishor..!
Today, political rallies are all about candidates insulting each other. The days of dignified talk seem to be over, and just when I was beginning to feel sad about the bygone days, I suddenly started realizing that even insults could be turned around and made to work for us: This…