Author Archives: Pagal Patrakar
Obscene ad on Faking News – the obscene truth (NSFW)
Saw an obscene, rather pornographic, banner ad on Faking News website? There is more than what meets your eyes. Continue reading
Here comes Dhoble, on Twitter
No, Mumbai’s ACP Vasant Dhoble has not joined Twitter. Nor has he requested the government to block many parody accounts running in his name. But we have a virtual Dhoble running with hockey stick and blocking accounts on Twitter. Continue reading
Why journalists hate trolls
At the outset, let me make it clear that I’m making a distinction between what is being labeled as “trolling” and criminal online behavior such as cyber-bullying and hate-mongering. However, this distinction is NOT made by a league of critics … Continue reading
Truth hurts (follow up to the Open Letter to Arundhati Roy)
The open letter to Arundhati Roy was “only” about her ubiquitous claims of being a rights activist and NOT at all any commentary on the Kashmir issue. It was a “rant” against her, not against the Kashmiris, not even against the “separatist” Kashmiris. Continue reading
Posted in Musings
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An open letter to Arundhati Roy
Congrats, you are back in news! You were trending on Twitter and featured in Google trends. And thanks, you made many guys look up dictionary.com to understand what sedition meant. You are really of some use! Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged Armchair Activism, Democracy, Double Standards, Freedom of Speech, Sensationalism
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Congratulations Nitish Kumar, you may lose the elections!
Nitish Kumar has done good work for Bihar in the past five years, most agree, but will it be enough to help him win the 2010 assembly elections? A common man’s perspective. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Bihar Politics, Democracy, Elections, Lalu Yadav, Nitish Kumar
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The divine encroacher, the loser, the male chauvinist
How fair it is to criticize the morality of historical figures, gods, or prophets on the basis of modern standards of morality and justice? Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Atheism, Freedom of Speech, Journalism, Lord Rama, Morality, Religions, Sensationalism
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Should you draw Muhammad for sake of free speech?
Can we really have an answer to “how far should freedom of speech and expression go?” Should freedom of speech be curbed if it hurts sentiments? Or should there be a freedom to hurt sentiments as well? Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Atheism, Bollywood, Censorship, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Joel Stein, Noam Chomsky, Religions, TIME
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Let’s talk about Sex, SRK and Sena
Cricket, Politics and Movies have been the biggest newsmakers in our country. Every Indian is an expert of at least one of these topics, and the enjoyment that he or she derives from discussing them is paralleled only by the enjoyment derived from sex. And by these standards, in the last one month or so, Indians have indulged in mass orgy. Cricket was our foreplay, Politics was our sexual intercourse, and a Movie gave us the orgasm. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Armchair Activism, Bollywood, Democracy, Double Standards, Journalism, Marketing, Mob Mentality, Sensationalism, Shahrukh Khan, Shiv Sena
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