Entries from January 2007

January 31, 2007

Dreaming with Open Eyes

What a way to start a day? Though for one who is addicted to reading or listening to news first thing in the morning it happens quite often. First the headlines: Tata wins CORUS bid, everybody is elated. Same Indian patriotic feeling, we can beat the world. India has arrived. The next news communal tension [...]

January 30, 2007

India Poised, and Disparity

There are memories; good and bad. Some of them are etched so sharply in your mind that you carry them to your grave. Recently, something happened which is nothing new for an Indian Metro but it send shivers down my spine. Delhi is cold these days and it is party season here. I was out [...]

January 27, 2007

Jade Goody granted Tourist Visa

After all that ruckus in the last fortnight about Jade Goody and her racist remarks come the reconcilatory news. She has been granted tourist visa to visit and and see for herself that all Indians don’t live in slums and have proper names. Somebody who saw this show in the UK mentioned  Jade calling Shilpa [...]