If you hadn’t already heard, I was at the Kumbh Mela for 3 days. What is the Kumbh Mela? It’s arguably the biggest religious event in the Hindu calendar occurring every 12 years and it’s a ridiculously oversized event. This year 30 million people converged on the town of Allahabad. I was planning to cut …
Category Archive: India
Feb 03 2013
Trashy, Glamorous and Insightful – Shobha De
She was (in)famous for writing proper trashy romance lit and pseudo-erotica. Less 50 Shades of grey and more throbbing manhoods… But there was one thing I loved Shoba De for growing up (despite not having read her books) was how much scandal she caused. And let us be honest here. Her books were terrible. But …
Feb 03 2013
Not the Ducks! – India.com and Cancer Quackery
There exists a massive problem in India and that is the notion of western medicine. There is medicine and there is quackery. Vaccination is an eastern form of medicine but it is still used because it works. Medicine is EVERYTHING that works and is proven to work scientifically. Everything that doesn’t work is quackery. Flogging …
Jan 11 2013
Age of Kali – Form III
Okay, a nerd reference to Star Wars but for those who don’t wish to be embedded into a massive chunk of Star Wars lore, Form III is a defensive style of fighting with a lightsaber said to make you nearly impossible to hit. An elegant defence in a less civilised age. If you haven’t already …
Jan 09 2013
Dick Move Pakistan… Dick Move…
Yesterday marked a sad day in the India-Pakistan relationship. Pakistani soldiers crossed the border and staged an ambush on Indian troops killing 8. It is believed that it was a revenge attack for an exchange of fire that killed 1 person last week. Similarities to the Kargil War abound and India is for want of …
Dec 30 2012
And India Cried
“It’s because India is crying.” – A Random Protester I was supposed to go down to two different protests, one a general one and the other a more quiet affair, the turn outs were low for two reasons. The weather was frankly atrocious making movement hard and people less likely to want to protest and …
Dec 29 2012
It’s no longer just Rape… It’s also Murder
Reports are coming in as we speak… It has been announced that the 23 year old woman who was raped and molested with a foreign object damaging much of her internal organs has died in Singapore. Words cannot express how much rage I feel and how embarrassed I am to be Indian, however… I have …
Dec 25 2012
Age of Kali – Dear India, The Rape Riots are a Message
Bwizamani Singh died on Christmas Eve. His only fault was his choice of career and what he was doing on that day. While most of us back home were preparing to tuck into turkeys and hams, Singh was covering the ongoing riots in Delhi against the rape of a 23 year old woman. He was …
Dec 20 2012
Age of Kali – Rape Stories
There has been a lot of bad press about atheists discussing rape. Apparently we call rape a little like the boy who cried wolf. I think it’s bullshit but meh… I don’t care, they are entitled to an opinion. I am Going to do it anyway. The naysayers can go fuck themselves. And yes… Content …
Dec 19 2012
The Way I Write Isn’t Fast
I haven’t covered the news of the horrific and public rape of a student in India because I haven’t had time yet to be happy with what I have written. I am not ignoring it, I just will publish it when I am happy with the end result. New things are happening with that story …
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