India is a land that is both modern and ancient and manages to marry the two concepts without batting an eyelash. There is no existential crisis between the most modern parts of India and the most ancient of practices. Science institutes regularly pray for a good year of research without any contradiction between science and …
Tag Archive: India
Apr 29 2013
Age of Kali – A Thug in Velvet – The Indian Man
Around a decade ago there was a watershed in Indian culture. We saw a concept come about in India and abroad. It was called the New Indian Male. The very idea of the New Indian Male was a gentleman. He wore clothes that fit and wasn’t picked out by his mother. He understood fashion. He …
Apr 20 2013
Age of Kali – The Embers Relight
When I first wrote about the Delhi Rape case in January, I was preparing for an exam to get my temporary registration to move on to the big subjects as a medical student. I was extremely busy but even then took a day off to go stand on the front lines of protests around me …
Apr 15 2013
Age of Kali – Offended!
Last night I posted a piece on “offence”. Basically? A bunch of people got “offended” by the facebook status of one person reposting the statement of another and were sufficiently offended to start a riot. The police responded with typical aplomb and injured people and then promptly arrested everyone including the people who exercised free …
Apr 15 2013
Inflammatory Comments
An angry mob wounded four people after it attacked a shop in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The reason? The shopkeeper posted a facebook message that was deemed “insulting” to religion.
Apr 04 2013
The Price of a Big Heart
I got approached by two patients today, they lay on the floor of the hospital. This is not a new thing. People sit on the floor all the time. There isn’t enough seats sometimes and the Indian habit of the lotus position lends itself to sitting on the floor. The young woman pulls herself up …
Mar 30 2013
I Get Mail – Sex for the Gods
This was watched and reviewed at the Bengaluru/Bangalore Meeting of Freethinkers and it got me thinking and one of it’s members asked me if I could have look at it. It’s about the Devdasi or the sacred prostitutes of India. I am not against it, it’s not incorrect but it has a few misconceptions that …
Mar 27 2013
Thieves of Potential
Let’s call him V. V is 12 years old and came to see me today. And V is a classic example of “chronic starvation“. V’s got two sisters and a brother who are at school. They will be coming in tomorrow for an assessment too. V’s so chronically starved that he is 20% of the …
Mar 24 2013
A Voice for Me: Not You Too India!
In the light of the Delhi rapes you may have noticed a couple of the MRA websites have rushed to defend the “so called Rights” of men in India. I does need to be repeated. Anyone who has read my blog is aware of the various “major” rapes that grip the news headlines out here. …
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