When videos surfaced showing groups of men harassing women in Bihars Samastipur and Jamui, the words that police are checking the authenticity of the video caught my attention. Immediately, I imagined a police
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Halfway through a dip in the sea, I once swallowed a mouthful of seawater and announced that the sea was against me.A friend swimming beside me said, The sea has never heard of you, Bob. Keep swimming.He had a
Moajungshi MenonIndia proudly calls itself the world's largest democracy. Every election, millions of citizens exercise the most powerful right available to them, which is the right to choose their government.
When I heard that the bank strike had been called off, I wondered what would have happened if it had gone ahead.I havent visited my bank in months. But, it visits me several times a day, usually to announce tha
Yesterday, as my car passed a liquor shop near Fort in Bombay, a notice in bold letters caught my eye: ONLY THOSE ABOVE 25 MAY BUY LIQUOR.I laughed. At eighteen, a youngster may help change the government. But
Who lives in that room? I asked my friend.Nobody, he said.Then why do you keep talking to him?My friend looked puzzled. But throughout lunch, he had spoken of a man who had hurt him years ago. He remembered the
Sir, our newspaper has never been fuller, said the editor proudly.The owner looked pleased. What have we put on the front page?A full page advertisement for luxury apartments.And the second?A car advertisement.
They have put something in the school food.The message reached a mother while her son was still in class. It showed a photograph of a child in hospital and claimed that the school cook had deliberately poisoned
Sir, are you singing?The question came from a man standing beside me at an imaginary government function. He had a programme in one hand and a notebook in the other.I am listening, I whispered.You have to sing,
There is an epidemic spreading through our country.Young people are taking their own lives after examination failures, disciplinary action, broken relationships, workplace pressure and other setbacks.Each death
Mathew RongmeiDimapur I wish to draw the attention of the authorities and the public to the recently approved electricity tariff for Nagaland. Electricity is a basic necessity for every household, and any
A ruling party spokesman has suggested that Rahul Gandhi should consider becoming a stand up comedian.I am sure it was meant as an insult.But it may have accidentally become the finest compliment the party has
A young student at IIT Bombay reportedly carried his mobile phone into an examination hall, photographed the question paper and uploaded it to an artificial intelligence platform for answers.The professor notic
She stood at the traffic light holding a bunch of roses.They looked tired, and so did she.A large car stopped beside her. Inside sat a famous film star wearing dark glasses large enough to hide both her eyes an
A constitution replaces a king.But oh, how we love a king. We tell the country to light diyas on his birthday, and praise him high and low. And then we say we are a democracy, wave little flags, hold elections
India is getting five billion dollars, said my neighbour excitedly.I nearly dropped my teacup.From whom? I asked. And more importantly, when do we divide it?It is not for you, he said gruffly. The American comp
Mumbai is a crowded city.We crowd into trains, buses, lifts, markets, offices, restaurants and occasionally into spaces where even oxygen has to stand sideways.Our housing societies are no different. Cars compe
I just read a piece of news that the Gujarat Police have uncovered a network involving more than five hundred thousand fake Gmail accounts.Great job, Gujarat Police!Half a million fake accounts is no small achi
It was the cutest bear that ambled past that afternoon, in the same place where I always sat with my morning coffee at my daughters holiday home in the Poconos mountains.She screamed while I simply watched.What
A few days ago marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the crashing down of the twin towers of New Yorks World Trade Center.I remember walking up to the viewing gallery with my father twelve years before they fe
