Generally Speaking

Friday, 9 September 2016

My Journey to the Rest Room

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When I was very young, toilets were called toilets, whether at airports, railway stations or in homes. Then they came to be know as Lavatori...
Thursday, 8 September 2016

De-innovating to innovate. (Or, when is a no feature a new feature?)

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It is a religion for the technogeeks, tech editors and reviewers to fawn at whatever Apple throws at them. Now here is another Apple phone, ...
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Monday, 15 August 2016

Shobha De, You loser!

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Shobha De, You mocked the Indian athletes in the Rio Olympics thus: "Why do with bother with the Olympics? Goal of team India at the Ol...
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Saturday, 4 June 2016

I really want to help you, but ...

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O Dear, I understand your problem and I really wish I could do something for you. After all, I am here to serve the people of India. Am I no...
Sunday, 29 May 2016

वंशीधर के वंशज (The Salt Inspector lives .. ..)

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Munshi Premchand wrote how regulation and taxation of the commonplace salt led to black market, illegal trade and corrupt officialdom. The o...
Wednesday, 16 March 2016

MAN AND CHILD (Aged 22 and 29 respectively)

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Here is a man. Capt. Pawan Kumar of the Indian Army. Martyred at the age of 22 in the service of the nation. When he turned 22, he had alrea...
Sunday, 13 March 2016

गाल-सटाऊ चुंबन

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उमुआँ .. उमुआँ .. ..  आपने अक्सर पार्टियों में ऐसी आवाज़ सुनी होगी। अरे ये मैं क्या कह रहा हूँ? आपने कहाँ सुनी होगी? आप तो हिंदी पढ़ रहे हैं? ...
Monday, 29 February 2016

DOES THE FARMER REALLY KNOW?

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Creation, or non-creation of jobs, has been discussed as a yardstick of success or failure of a government. It is indeed a meaningful measur...
Thursday, 25 February 2016

BLOATWARE IS BACK

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With the advent of Android and iOS there was a hope, howsoever slim and shortlived it proved later, that software writers were back to being...
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Wednesday, 17 February 2016

KANHAIYA KUMAR (Why target a single person?)

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Numerous TV debates have harped on this point. Why single out one student, when a whole lot of others were shouting seditious-slogans? Why o...
Saturday, 13 February 2016

THE RADIO WAVES A HELLO FROM THE PAST

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One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I have not listened to the Vividh Bharti for decades now. Such has been the invasion of the te...
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Monday, 8 February 2016

PATANJALI STORES - Bhag MNC Bhag!

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Visited the Patanjali Store just out of curiosity after having heard good things about it from many persons. "Total delight" is th...
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