IPL - caught at silly point!
The IPL typically represents media frenzy, glamour and excessive of vices that supersede the sporting domain of the event; the event is taking cricket lovers for a ride as the glitterati topple the sporting paradigm of the game of cricket. IPL is packaged in a way that even those population segments that might not be hardcore cricket fans are glued to their television sets allured by the clamour of celebrities, glamour and the hysteria that goes with it.
From Aashiqui 2 and 25 years of QSQT to Amitabh Bachchan and 100 years of Bollywood!
Uff! How vividly I remember that summer day - during the start of our summer vacations in class eleventh - when I went to watch this iconic film called QSQT. First day, first show. At the Paras cinema hall in South Delhi.
Who says corruption is punished in elections? And why is the BJP committing suicide?
Normally, it is difficult for me to be cynical like media pundits generally are. But after looking at election results in so many states since 2010, the one sad conclusion that I can draw is that the corruption card is being overstated and over-hyped.
Our neighbours are waging wars through TV and radio; and we are acting as sitting ducks!
Strange as it may seem, despite India's image of an amiable and polite nation, the country is surrounded by a league of adversaries with their noose always sharp to bait the hinterland and disturb the peace-cord of the nation.
How the cause of humanity never appeals to Americans, while war mongering comes naturally!
I had been quite upset over the completely politically motivated Oscar award for the Best Picture to a rank ordinary, non thrilling, slow paced, average film called Argo, specially in the year when Lincoln was released, and Django Unchained - with its heart in a similar place and with film making par excellence - was released!
Why innovation alone can save Indian brands
The opening of the first Starbucks outlet in South Mumbai in October last year triggered quite some frenzy among Mumbaikars, with long queues of venti-mocha-frap verve translating into a major rock concert hysteria. And it was all for a coffee shop! Imagine the burst of marketing energy from Starbucks to take advantage of this excitement.
The Modi versus Rahul battle reminds me of the Dhirubhai versus Nusli Wadia battle!
To me, this latest Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi battle is definitely looking more like a circus with every passing day. And in this circus, a number of Congress and BJP spokespersons are looking like jokers; as are a lot of media personalities who are salivating at the prospect of an American Presidential style election - which this surely isn't.
China is all preparing for cyber war. India is still asleep!
The People's Republic of China may have initially missed out on industrial revolution that made the western nations what they are today and constrained China to an emerging economy in spite of its mercurial economic growth for the last three-and-a-half decades.
Chavez is dead! Long live Chavez
The former US president George W. Bush called Hugo Chavez of Venezuela a "devil” and allegedly backed his opposition in the subsequent elections, to the point that there were rumours, confirmed by Chavez, that the Americans had hatched a plot to kill him.
Are you still a moron advertising in newspapers?
The Economist, in an unbelievably futuristic cover story titled Who killed the newspaper, way back in 2006, had written that the last American will throw the last piece of newspaper into the dustbin by the year 2050!
Invest in R&D; else, the Rs 2.03 lac crore allocation to defence means more corruption!
With the 2014 general election staring us in the face, the Finance Minister, Mr. P Chidambaram, presented a budget that resembles a financial bulwark for the masses – but where defence, like others, has been a casualty in the bargain.
As we dole out intellectually dead budgets, Cuba shows how commitment for the downtrodden can make a country great!
With another forgettable budget being presented in India, let me show how real commitment for the downtrodden can alter a country’s economic landscape!
Right to dignity is far more important than freedom of speech and Google must stop acting innocent!
"Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective. Their potent allies in this pursuit include Google and Yahoo.”
The cowardly and inhumane hanging of Afzal Guru by the government and the pain of being an Indian Muslim
Kasab was a terrorist from across the border - a man who was seen killing innocent Indians, by millions, almost live on TV! He had to be hanged and announcing it in advance could have created international cross-border tension.
Why the public-private partnership model has failed in India
Indian policymakers had been daydreaming all along that the public-private partnership (PPP) model could solve all the infrastructural deficiencies of India - a clear case of vision that had turned into wishful thinking.