December 2012
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The horrific crime touched a raw nerve with millions of young Indian women who are frequently groped, taunted and harassed.
Literary Wars
With uncharacteristic belligerence, the playwright-actor Girish Karnad exposes the clay feet of two global icons in literature — Nobel laureates Rabindranath Tagore and V.S.Naipaul. Is his outburst justified.
Ek Tha Tiger
Parsing the raging controversy unleashed by Girish Karnad’s broadsides against V.S. Naipaul and the revered Gurudev.
NRI Dreams and Parental Nightmares
Overseas Indian oftentimes leave behind aging parents, many of who suffer the pangs of loneliness and abandonment.
The Dumbos of Bollywood
Is Bollywood dumb, lazy or plain indifferent to physical or psychological differences and uses them as a convenient soft target for laughs or tears?
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Happy everafter in holy matrimony, maybe. But sexy starlets divorce their fans when they hitch up.
Why America is Losing the Race for Talent
"Brain drain is a European phenomenon. It’s an Indian phenomenon. It’s a Chinese phenomenon. It’s not an American thing. We don’t have brain drain in America."
Divided States of America
American politics has assumed many of the unhealthy characteristics of its Indian counterpart, such as communal vote banks divided along religious and caste lines — reflected by Southern evangelist and white voters on the Republican side, arrayed against minority and women voters on the Democratic side.
Go Figure December 2012
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