Category Archives: India

Mr. Bachchan, Tirupati and Indian Charity

Is anyone else disgusted by the recent news item mentioning that Mr. Amitabh Bachchan will be donating jewelry worth Rs. 1 Crore to the Tirupati Temple thanking the lord for his quick recovery? Now what Mr. Bachchan does with his money is his own business – but I am entitled to my opinion because it [...]

Is India ready to be a great world power?

Is India ready to be a great world power? Is she ready to stake her claim to world leadership in its true sense and not in the pseudo-self-congratulatory manner of the era of Nehru and later Indira Gandhi in the form of non-aligned movement (blind leading the blind)? Going by events in the past half [...]

Devon Avenue, Chicago

Amrit’s post on the Writing Cave asking if we hate ourselves going by the amount of filth lying around in Indian cities compelled me to dust-off (no pun intended) my own mail on something similar from my previous defunct blog and re-post it here. Have you ever been to Devon Avenue, Chicago? No? Well, don’t [...]