On International Mother Language Day, a note by a Sylheti from Shillong
At a time when an anglicised creole is the new lingua franca and I am identified and counted as a Bengali, I remain a Sylheti, from Shillong.Continue Reading →
PNB Scam: Kitnay aadmi thay?
Another attempt at reimagining iconic Bollywood scenes as a critique of contemporary issues in a comic book format.
The Deewaar of Aadhaar
The 'deewaar' of Aadhaar has people on both sides of the wall (and also many sitting on it)
Did you know? The lion in the Make In India logo is, in fact, made in Africa
Had raised this question a year-and-a-half ago, when the logo was first unveiled (also a couple of times since). There was quite a brouhaha over the news that the Make…Continue Reading →
Caught again! Flipkart offers fake discount during Big Billion Days sale
Update (December 23, 2015): Instead of fixing the error, Flipkart is taking this to a whole new level. The same…
Maggi noodles missing from Nestle’s 100 years in India video; Maggi explains why
(Post updated to include response from Maggi India) Nestlé is gradually attempting to make amends after the big Maggi noodles…
Audio of Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 Chicago speech going viral on WhatsApp is fake
Was wondering about sudden spike in interest in a 2012 post on Swami Vivekananda’s 1893 Chicago address. Soon a forwarded message on a WhatsApp group forwarded me the simple answer.…Continue Reading →
When the Government of India officially invited the world to come and kill our tigers for fun
There are fewer than 2,000 tigers in India and it is not only because of poachers or environmental factors. When…
How to stop the irritating data uage notifications on Idea Cellular
I have been a long-time (but not-so-satisfied) Idea Cellular customer. My last gripe against Idea was about the data usage…
Is the Gillette Guard as revolutionary a razor as the AP story makes it appear to be?
I love innovation and inexpensive innovations more so. So this headline ‘Cheap razor made after P&G watches Indians shave‘ obviously got me clicking and half way through the story it…Continue Reading →
Google’s website on civil rights movement practises discrimination
You just cannot miss the irony trying to access Google’s website on the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King,…
Narendra Modi (and others) got it wrong. Rupee wasn’t equal to the dollar in 1947
This ‘fact’ like so many others had been flooding my timeline for long and when the wannabe-PM Narendra Modi also…