12 Angry Men in India

“12 Angry Men? It’s a very good movie. It is about leadership, about social behavior.”
I have been hearing things like this for a long time. Initially, I didn’t pay heed. But as the noise grew, my curiosity followed. I tried searching for reviews.
What I could manage to get was an IMDB page, a Wikipedia [...]

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THE FLAME

I have noticed one thing. In life, at every point of time, I’ve had several complaints, about several things. But as time passed, my complaints started diluting and I moved on…
But there is one complaint that has been with me throughout the 21 years that my heart has been pumping blood – about my education, [...]

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Difference between American and Indian democracies

The difference between the democracies of America and India is that ‘in America you can kiss in public but not pee, whereas in India you can pee in public but not kiss!
Appeared in Contrapunto, The Times Of India, 16th May, 07.
This got me thinking.
There are many differences. But this is a stark reminder of the moral [...]

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Taj Mahal: A voted wonder of the world

THE ISSUE
News channels broke the most awaited recent news: Taj is ‘in’ the list of the ‘new’ 7 wonders of the world.
For those who don’t know, let me tell you that a man called Bernard Weber founded the organization which claims to have declared the ‘new’ 7 wonders of the world.
Apparently, The United Nations Educational, Scientific [...]

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