Category: Politically Incorrect

  • New brag-rat on the block

    Once upon a time, in mythology, there were beautiful damsels, enchantress who diverted the heroes from their chosen path. The Indian mythology called them Apsara’s they were delegated by the Lord of the immortals, to deal with spiritual quest of people or if anything threatened the throne of Indra the Lord of the immortals. Instead…

  • From Pune

    Originally posted on Amit Paranjape's Blog: 12 July 1961 – this fateful day will remain forever etched in Pune’s history. A day that changed the history and geography of this great city. Call it a bad coincidence – but two events that happened almost exactly 200 years apart have played a critical role in Pune’s…

  • Resident of the Rashtrapati Bhavan

    Making of a president, 2012 Last week it was an interesting interaction with Retd. Major General Vinod Saigal of the Indian army. A well-known author and commentator on South Asian Politics. Was in town for the release of his latest book revitalising the Indian democracy. He really made us think in terms of our political…

  • From Pune

    Originally posted on recipes : Thalipeet is a northern Karnataka, Maharashtra breakfast dish. This works somewhere along the lines of sandwiches, and chaats where the cook can go berserk with imagination. Ingredients: ½ kg.        Raagi flour(millet) 2              onions 4-5           green chillies finely chopped. 1-2 tbsp    coconut scraping. 1 fist full of bay leaves…

  • Crown Prince??

    Isn’t India supposed to be a sovereign democratic republic where people choose their representatives? Well the media and congress seem to take it for granted we are dynastic, after Indira the crown prince Rajiv, after him the widowed queen mother Sonia waiting in the wings the heir apparent. Salman Khurshid’s inundations in his politically correct…

  • cost of cold drinks

    Krish Fernandes It’s summer and time for beverage retailers to do somebrisk business. With the sun beating down harshly andtemperatures rising, the urge to quench one’s thirstfrequently is met with an aerated drink or two. Whilethis brings some relief from the heat, it hits the pocketbadly as consumers find retailers are quenching theirthirst for greed…