Will Satya Sai Baba live till 96? Well, the man who claimed he would has answered it himself when he died at the ripe old age of (ahem, cough, cough)….of 85. Sai Baba is hailed by many as a lover of humanity. Infact, Sai Baba loved humanity so much that his wheelchair-based darshan was always [...]
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The world (read Singh, Sonia, Advani & MK) mourns Puttaparthi Sai Babu…as he goes to heaven
Posted in India Uncut, tagged D G S Dhinakaran, Godmen, Nityananda, Satya Sai Baba on April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
End of a warlord & zealot?
Posted in India Uncut, tagged LTTE, Prabhakharan, Sri Lankan Army on May 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Disclaimer* I am not pro-LTTE or pro-Sri Lankan Army, but recent events have made me break my self-imposed hiatus and state my views. Now that LTTE Prabhakharan is dead and the Sri Lankan Army has triumphed every mainstream media channel is quick to dub him a “fascist, terrorist, warlord, zealot, etc.” The same media which [...]
Women’s sexuality & the pink knickers campaign
Posted in India Uncut, tagged pink chuddi campaign, women's secuality on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I recently visited Bangalore I was surprised to find that the hottest topic being discussed there was not the recession, but women’s sexuality. After the Mangalore pub incident and 53 other cases of moral policing by the right-wing elements in that state, one could say progressive views were the need of the hour. While [...]
Wives, Mistresses of politicians – the showdown
Posted in India Uncut, tagged Amarmani Tripathi, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Dolly Kyle, Elizabeth Ward Gracen, Gennifer Flowers, Hillary Clinton, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Wiley, Larry Craig, Madhumita Shukla, Mayor Gavin Newsome, Monica Lewinksy, Monica Lewinsky, NJ Governor Jim McGreevey, Prince Harry, Prince William, Sally Perdue on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair broke out, I remember being quite surprised at the lurid interest the Western media showed. The Indian media for the most part never concerns itself with the private lives of politicians. Other than for politician Amarmani Tripathi- suicide/murder-poet Madhumita Shukla, the Indian media really hasn’t hounded anyone for their [...]
I have been tagged!
Posted in India Uncut, tagged Can I May I, chewing gum, draining the cup, irritating things, tag, tagged on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend has tagged me! And I am supposed to tell the www, the 10 most irritating things about me. I don’t pretend to be scrupulously fair or objective in recounting them Ok, here goes: In college, my friends wanted to beat me up when I prolonged class by asking inane questions. I chat online [...]
Questions, we get asked!
Posted in India Uncut, tagged A Tiger in Malgudi, and-drawn rickshaws, archery skills, atheism, cars, Christianity, elephants, forests, Hindu, Hindu women, Hinduism, India corruption, Indian men, Indians, Indians abroad, Islam, Jewish, R K Narayanan, red dot, Salman Rushdie, silly questions on India, snake charmers, tigers, vegetarian, way of life, wife's red dot on February 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Indians abroad face very silly and annoying questions about India! Next time you get asked an annoying question on India, answer it like this…read on, it’s funny! Q. What does that red dot on women’s forehead mean? A. Well, in ancient times, Indian men used to practice archery skills by target practicing by aiming at [...]
Celebs blog @
Posted in Cinema, India Uncut, tagged Aamir Khan, Abhinav Bindra, Adam Curry, Ajay Devegan, Amitabh Batchan, Anna Kournikova, Bipasha Basu, Crane Bedi, Cyrus Broacha, Deepak Chopra, Dev Benegal, Gul Panag, Jackie Chan, John Abraham, Karan Johar, Kiran Bedi, Krishnamachari Srikanth, Laloo Prasad Yadav, Madhavan, Mallika Chopra, Mamooty, Micheal Moore, Milind Deora, Nancy Pelosi, Nandita Das, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Posh Spice, Ram Gopal Verma, Shekhar Kapur, Tom Green, Victoria Beckham on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The hot word now is blogging, so celebrities have also latched onto it. Do check out a few of these links: Adam Curry – The former MTV veejay has a blog that is updated daily. Aamir Khan – Can’t accuse this guy of blog neglect, but he has a tendency to go on and on [...]
Tata & Infosys
Posted in India Uncut, tagged Infosys, JRD, Sudha Murthy, Tata, Tata Group, Telco on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A true story with a twist It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies’ hostel. Other girls were pursuing research in different departments of Science. I was looking forward [...]
