On the way back from office today, we were delayed by a roadblock. Due to the cars in the front turning back, we gradually reached the reason for the delay – an accident. A car had overturned, probably due to the rain and an occupant was trapped inside it.
Within minutes, there was a senior police [...]

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From what I hear, the Gujjars are at it again.
I don’t understand this really. If a community are dumb enough to almost literally hold a nation to ransom over a change in their reservation status, for facilities that are archaic and of no real use, what value to they really add? The answer to that [...]

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I’m not sure what Mr. Arjun Singh was thinking when he championed all this brouhaha on caste based reservations.
Alright, we know India has a history of caste based discrimination. However, the current reality is that with advances in technology, economy and education caste based reservations simply have no place. Yes, we could create a pool [...]

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An ex-colleague came home a while back. We hadn’t met for a few years and in the meantime, he had gotten hitched and we were meeting his wife and daughter for the first time.
His wife was quite friendly and a nice person to spend time with, perhaps a bit on the quiet side, but then [...]

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Sometimes you wonder what kind of misfits see terror as a way to further their goals or be accepted - this time they’ve hit Jaipur, a city which has largely remained a non-target for such activities.
But that isn’t the main topic of this post.
I saw a photograph where an injured person was being pulled away [...]

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Its finally out in the open - the sordid mess that is Delhi’s only international airport.
Whenever I’ve been there, travelling myself or dropping someone off, the first thing to hit you is the unorganised, undisguised chaos that we call an airport. Complete lack of trolleys, system or procedures, it is a national shame. When returning [...]

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I love reading Dilbert comic strips. For those of you who missed the first part - I LOVE READING DILBERT COMIC STRIPS.
So There.
Some people (read Norman Solomon) seem to be taking Dilbert a bit too seriously. Ok, so most of us identify with one strip or another at some time or another. Yes, it targets [...]

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That driving licenses aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, is common knowledge and applicable to most parts of India. Reading the paper today about an enforcement drive by the Delhi Police, I found mention of at least two people who illustrate this point very well.
The first was a ‘Dr. Sunita’. Engaged in an honorable [...]

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