Tag Archives: Democracy
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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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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