We've got a national case of hitchyourwagonitis, a condition that causes people to believe that unless they shut down their brains and self-respect and concentrate on propping upsome ascendant star by smacking down dissent, they'll never get ahead, says Mitali Saran
I'm still rooting for you, because you may yet be able to do something good for Delhi. But you and your party will have to get a reality check and some discipline, says Mitali Saran.
Section 377 is a colonial relic of a law that makes it criminal to have "carnal intercourse against the order of nature," says Mitali Saran
You know how, given the right lighting and the right positioning, you can project huge dramatic shadows onto a screen with nothing more than a couple of wiggling fingers? The India show we take around the world, and around India at election time, is a bit like that.
The Madras high court's judgment on June 17, which decided an alimony dispute between an unmarried couple who have two children, took over the cerebral cortex of Twitter and other social media spaces a few days ago.
Every Republic Day is an opportunity for us to contemplate, amid the frankly show-offy roar of our newest fighter aircraft, some of the foundational beliefs of this country. Like that Republic Day must be a dry day.
Unless you're happy with standing room only, you must learn to stand by your choices and ignore all the blackmail thrown at you says Mitali Saran.
Mitali Saran believes that a little yelling in the streets can help the government to prioritise the work it does or facilitates on the ground
Freedom of expression cannot be constrained when it comes to books and encouraged when it comes to violence, says Mitali Saran
Turns out that "sapinda" ('spinda' being, I assume, the pronunciation of whichever Punjabi wrote the form) is a blood relationship of a certain order: five generations of ascent on the paternal side, three on the maternal side. Turns out they were asking, on that government form, whether ours was an incestuous relationship, as defined by a very complicated set of Hindu social rules.
It's not so hard when you share the work. Happy 2009.
While water is getting a scarce commodity, Mitali Saran cites examples of countries where bathing is not a necessity, unlike in India. But with the water tables going down and the demand for water skyrocketing, non-bathing can very well become the order of the day in India too. She talks of the water scarcity in Delhi and Gurgaon, with the canal to Gurgaon being breached by villagers desperate for water. Neighbouring states too are not ready to release Delhi's share of water.
With that technological marvel called the Nokia 2210, I can reach people, and people can reach me, at any time, even when I'm driving. Recently, I was pulled over by a traffic policeman for doing just that.
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