Seattle, after 188 days of miserable weather, is sunny and warm and I’ve been immersed in Indian elections on Indian Channels. Being a US citizen, and having been away for a very long time, my interest in India may sound academic or voyeuristic, but its neither. It’s affection, it’s love. So even if I am [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Hindu’
May 17, 2009
Congratulations Rahul Gandhi
The courage to go alone in UP, the 100,000 kilometers of campaigning, the “mitti kha loonga” speech, the ballsy brainy admission that the Congress Party needs to connect with India at grassroots level and is an organization needing a face lift are hallmarks of a leader – and instead of retaliating with vitriol to the [...]
May 11, 2009
Infomercial Gurus
Somethings defy commonsense – India’s obsession with Gurus is one of those. Superstition in this day and age being the other.
Bombay Stock Exchange listed Aastha Broadcasting Network (AABR.BO) calls itself “India’s No. 1 socio-spiritual-cultural television channel”. I found yesterday that it charges 5,000 Pounds (they do not bill in dollars) per month for the 30 [...]
December 7, 2008
Mumbai – Stupid is Indian Stupid
That the Mumbai Police Chief hasn’t been fired despite being perhaps the most inept cop leading perhaps the most inept cops on earth, and all those marchers, and journalists and celebrities haven’t demanded his ouster is stupider than stupid.
Before the terrorists there were Bhais especially the Big Dawood Bhai and that there’s a nexus between [...]
January 12, 2008
Where do you pray?
We would like to post a list of Indian Temples in India in our small Seattle temple. That way we all will feel closer to India as well as learn more about myths and miracles associated with dieties and their temples.
Would you please send us a list of your favourite local temple along with the [...]
January 3, 2008
Happy 2008, Good Bye Benazir
So its 2008.
Hope it’s a very happy one for ya’ll – even those who’re not reading this.
Benazir’s assassination made me really angry with Muslim militants, and I have a big, huge problem with those who oppose freedom of expression, modern education and equal rights for women, so I wish that all those suicidal, murderous types [...]
December 8, 2007
Hindu Irony or Hypocrisy
In a land of paradoxes none are more paradoxical than Hindus and Hindu politics.
Narendra Modi is fighting an election in Gujarat as a BJP candidate and as a Hindu stalwart, a fighter for Hindu interests.
A bit farther down in Punjab the same party BJP is a coalition partner in a government that has silently allowed [...]
