During my 8 years of stay in Varanasi, I have been to its world famous, Vishwanath temple, infinite number of times. Every time a relative visited our house, my parents would take them along to the temple, and the sad part was, I had to go as well. As a kid, my heart would start cringing even at the thought of going there. I would always wonder why are people so much inclined … [Read more...]
A sorry letter to 140 kids who shouldn’t have died in Peshawar, Please forgive us!!!
‘I thought it would be just another boring day at school when I was packing my bag this morning.’ This is what one among those 145 souls must be wondering right now. How little, must those 8 year olds would have cared about ‘terrorism’, when they left their homes yesterday in blazers and scarves, trying to fight the chill of Peshawar? Were these kids a part of government’s … [Read more...]
‘Doing it like a girl’ is not an insult: A video thrashing the idea of women being the weaker sex
Gender stereotypes have been the crushing the bones of our society since ages and even today I don’t think we can look past it. Women are still being treated as the weaker sex. Whenever it comes to doing something important or taking crucial decisions, men are being preferred over women. Though our society claims to give same importance to both the sexes but does it actually … [Read more...]
To be ashamed of being called a Bihari Babua makes you a smaller person, to be a Bihari doesn’t
When someone addresses you by the word ‘bihari’, what is the first thought in your mind? 8 out of 10 people will take it as an insult, and I have a problem with that. I find it hard to digest that why a person who has spend half his life living in Bihar takes it as a derogatory comment the moment he moves out of the state. I understand that there are prejudices and … [Read more...]
Why is it okay for ‘Indian company’ Micromax to copy and get away with it and not Xiaomi?
The recent ban on Xiaomi mobile phones in India has raised many eyebrows on the way our judiciary is working. Ericsson had accused Xiaomi for using its SEP (Standard Essential Patents) without permission. It led to an ex parte order against the company, discontinuing the sales of Xiaomi handsets in India till February 5, 2015. This ban brings out a very interesting fact in … [Read more...]