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Molesting a child is the most reprehensible crime a person can commit. The saddest aspect of this crime is that it is often committed by...

There are a lot many more out there and it is cause enough to worry. Anybody born in the 70s would have grown up hearing that India’s...

The year was 1992, and three young women were asked one question – “What is the first thing you would do if you were the head of your...

In 1947, as India awoke to freedom and self-governance, the world sat back and waited. Everybody waited, smug in the knowledge that India...

Hollywood loves its celestial event movies. Be it Lara Croft or Armegeddon, rare celestial events are for ever threatening life as we...

Hyderabad now has a greenfield airport. It is a box of glass and metal that sits at the outermost reaches of the city it serves. While...

So Tiger Woods cheated on his wife. Question, how does that matter to anybody except the Woods? Question, why does it deserve to make a...

The right to protest and make one’s voice heard is a fundamental right and ties very closely with the right to be free and the freedom of...

Over the last two weeks our TV sets have brought home news and images of racist violence against Indians in Australia. Our noise brigade,...

Cricket seems to be hellbent on shooting itself in the foot. Instead of making itself more competitive, the old men upstairs seem to...

Moments of crisis hold a very special place in history because they are the moments when man steps up to the plate to bat with the...

This is a blog I promise to keep updated every year and fail misearbly. This year will hopefully be better. You will find the movies I...

Nominated for multiple Oscars, A. R. Rahman approaches the edge of the cliff he has been rushing towards for the better part of the last...

India is a country of divisions and groups. Here you can be a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian or any of the other hundred religions to be...

Hillary Clinton (Photo credit: daveblume) The most powerful country finally has a viable woman presidential candidate. Although there...

Smoking is injurious to health, a fact known to everybody. Over the past decade, this information has trickled down to every level of...

Five years ago I made a blog entry title Malayali Names. At the time of writing that article I mistakenly thought that I had heard them...

Adam Craig Gilchrist (Photo credit: Luton Anderson) This is one of the most abused phrases I know of. It accompanies every death and...

Image via CrunchBase Why does everybody like to pick on Microsoft? I wonder! Hmmm! Like many of my other posts this one too has its roots...

American Idol, Britain’s Got Talent, Sa Re Ga Ma, the list is endless. In every country around the world the hunt is on for talent that...