The worst assault and rape of democracy is when the power and freedom of expression is snatched. Recently, Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee has been in the firing line of critics for her uncontrolled reactions towards criticism, as well as, unusually ‘communist’ diktats. However, it seems that Mamata is unfazed by all these and has now … Continue reading
Today, I was travelling in a metro and I heard a petite teenager ask her dad: Why do we pay taxes? Being a good dad he replied, “So that the government can use it for development of our nation, help those who are below poverty line, provide better schools, parks, water, electricity and even protect you by paying salaries to army, police etc.” How true is it? Continue reading
Everyday when I sit on the poor western shitty piece of furniture I have in my bathroom, I feel apart from the relief it gives every morning, what else is it useful for? Well, the government of India has proven me wrong. Going a step further in its effort to laud efforts of those who … Continue reading
Oopsie doodie! A month back I was all fired up to write a post on the ‘porn-intended’ research of our MLA’s in legislative assembly. After all the lamest of all alibi was offered by the poor MLA’s – we’re researching about Rave parties and the case of a rape victim (and her emotions). Only if … Continue reading
It seems the Emergency era version 2 has not yet ended. The Congress-led UPA when had to face Anna and his team, first tried to ignore it as a trivial protest. Then it tried to politicize and use police pressure on the team, followed it with a series of miscalculated moves and finally, bowed to … Continue reading