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There have been repeated reports of attacks on Indian students ( 4 in the last month) in Australia in the past days. The attacks are outrageous and seem to be motivated by racism. In a particular case where a student lies on life support in a grave condition, their house…

This one got the Man Booker Prize and hence the expectation is that it must be good, different perhaps. Different, it surely is ! It is the story of Balram Halwai who comes from a very poor family and his struggles through life as he is unable to be educated…

You know just like good spellings, grammar and mental arithmetic calculation; it seems that normally accepted social etiquette is slowly being foregone. Of late, I have noticed that some people find it perfectly alright to burp loudly and that too without eating anything without so much as a blink of…

It was Gautam’s first day at school and only a couple of hours at that. I was a little nervous because he has not even been to play school before this and the sight of a crying child is distressing for any parent. Anyway, I went to drop him to…

What a way the Indian electorate have delivered their verdict ! Very heartening, indeed ! It seems that finally the people of UP and Bihar are overlooking the caste considerations and delivering on hope of development and good governance. In UP, Congress made a comeback solely due to Rahul Gandhi’s…

Today morning, Gurdev and I were reading in the newspapers the sad story of the people of Swat. Almost 6 lakhs have fled their homes in the face of continuous shelling by the Pakistani army trying to flush out the Taliban. The ceasefire is all but gone and the innocent…

After reading the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini which really was a very good book, I was looking forward to reading his second one. The first one had rave reviews and I must say that it delivered to the expectations. I got my hand on this one when my sister…

This is the only team in the IPL which stands out for NOT being a team. Their morale is at an all time low, as can be seen from the way they interact with each other. With so many controversies dogging the team from SRK’s interference to Buchanan’s decision of…

Since the elections are still going on and the opportunists that the politicians are, they don’t want to rule out alignment with any party. For the sake of power they would be willing to align with a dog too. Mr. Rahul Gandhi – the poster boy of Indian politics, is…