Category: Politically Incorrect

  • 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…

  • Obituary to Aarushi

    Four years since Aarushi died, no justice for her. The system failed. The cops played Inky-Pinkie-porky She did in death what she could not do in life, become a national muse, many a coffee table talk, media mania. The child is gone, but unfortunately to rest in peace does not seem to be her lot.…

  • We the people..

    a. Raja gets release on bail. After supposedly meticulous ferreting by CBI for three long years, Kannimolzh, A. Raja and some others were found guilty and taken to custody. Making history, the man gets released almost unconditionally, free to intimidate witness or liquidate them, if that has not already been done by UPA. His release…