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16 year old raped, filmed and blackmailed for a year, India Times, August 2016.The article hyperlinked above starts with the sentence “despite the enactment of the stringent anti-rape law”.There seems to be a notion that harsher punishments will be an effective deterrent to crime despite innumerable instances where that notion fails. Harsh punishments are absolutely necessary …
Continue reading “More than just Ayes: Why India needs to look beyond harsher anti-rape laws”
This is another article that is going to be lost in the large void that is the Internet. But, when a debate is on and there’s an attempt to suppress one side of it, at least a symbolic protest is in order. But first, a few things that need clarification: It is not possible for …
This picture has been doing the rounds on social media for a few days now. Some people have attempted to challenge the BBC’s “representation” of India with these figures. But are the numbers any comfort at all? “Rapes are a shame but propaganda on it: WORSE” Clearly, a section of our population, our media and …
A few weeks ago AIB (All India Bakchod), a YouTube channel created by 5 Indian comedians, put out video clips from one of their latest shows- The AIB Knockout- A Roast of Arjun Kapoor and Ranvir Singh. The video got around 8 million views in the 5 days that it was online. It was, as …
Continue reading “The argumentative Indian’s right to speech.”
It’s a beautiful summer morning. It’s 7 in the morning- the sun hasn’t woken up fully yet. Far, far away on the horizon, he’s just peeping to see if anyone else is awake. In no time, he’s going to be up and ready to warm the earth’s graceful soil and thankless humans with his radiance. …
28th December 2013 will go down in India’s history as the day when a common man rose to become chief minister of its capital.Arvind kejriwal’s isn’t a story of someone who shot into the limelight out of nowhere. He’s one of those people who has dedicated his life to the cause of the nation. A …
With much hype and celebration, our news channels reported a landmark Supreme Court decision recently. NOTA. NOTA or None Of The Above has been made one of the options for a voter in an election. Basically, if you’re not happy with any of the candidates being presented to you, you can register your protest by …
All countries are defined by their cultures, their heritages and their values. India is no different. We’re defined not just by our culture, heritage, and values but also by the diversity therein. We’re taught to respect elders, women in particular. We’re even taught to respect cows. And trees. How is it then, that crimes against …
I have blogged about this before, rising petrol prices are good for the country. http://www.dudurudh.blogspot.in/2011/10/rising-fuel-prices-best-solution-to-our.html?m=1 What is not good for the country though, is the depreciating rupee, the rising CAD and all the problems that come with it. Dr Manmohan Singh, in parliament recently said that ” we must control our appetite for gold and …
India is one Huge country . We are a country of argumentative indians . Everyone has an opinion on everything . And because of that argumentativeness , what finally comes out of a debate in this country is generally the right choice . We have an imperfect , yet beautiful democracy . We elect our representatives …
