They came to kill, they did kill. They came to terrorise, they did terrorise. You are no James Bond. You did call your beloved ones to check if they are fine. You did make calls, mind numbed, heart beating, to confirm that they are safe and unaffected amidst the drama of death. They came to see us cry, we didn’t laugh out at their face. Compare: He was going home,...

I am angry. Very, very angry. I feel a blood curdling rage as I read the phrases ‘JNU sex scandal’, ‘JNU pornographic MMS’ and the like. (ref.) What is the scandal? That adults in India have sex? Or that two consenting adults had pre-marital sex? Were they ‘caught’ or ‘involved’ in some sort of criminal activity? Or did...

Mumbai:Rakhi Sherawat, a small-time TV actor and also a lead background dancer in C-grade Hindi-Bhojpuri movies has, of late, been getting a bigger dose of fame and limelight from the media as well as the audience, than what her work would’ve fetched in a lifetime. And the credit should apparently go to Mark Zuckerberg and our swifter-than-a-leopard Hindi news channels...

Durban:  Dhoni about to puke on theidea of giving new year gifts After India’s emphatic 87-run win over South Africa today, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni severely hit out at the Indian television media for telling viewers that the win was the team’s New Year gift for cricket fans. He said it is an example of irresponsible reporting. “It...

New Delhi:  A couple in the capital has broken their eight-month-long relationship, after the girl, Ragini Kapoor, spotted her boyfriend staring at steamy photos of Hollywood actresses in a local newspaper supplement. She says she got really angry after her partner Pranay Sharma didn’t turn the page even after one long minute. Sharma was reading Delhi Times (a Times...

Every night on news channel talk shows, when you mute the TV (because you’d rather be deaf, and your TV rather be dumb, than you listen to Arnab Goswami howl, Rajat Sharma pull off white lies and Barkha Dutt chirp), and stare at the public opinion from Facebook and Twitter users, flashing on the screen (see photo), do you wonder whether these users do exist? A...

New Delhi: The Indian Prime Minister has injured his upper lip after being elbowed in a basketball game, but he could not get 12 stitches to his lip because numerous mediapersons blocked his way to the hospital. All day on Sunday, news channels ran headlines such as ”PM shames nation by playing basketball” and “Desh ka kya hoga agar uska pradhanmantri...

Before you go ahead and read my views/rants against various people, I want you to look at this news report about a lipstick competition event at IIT Roorkee’s cultural fest, (link) if you haven’t already, and form your own opinion. After this news came out, the Uttarakhand government launched an inquiry into it, and the five students were suspended. Well, rather...