Even our press is not that free?

Frankly, I thought we are more better than worse. However that is not really the case if this index is anything to go by. India is at No. 105!!!

Who dares to be anti-reservation?

At least people of the so called “lower castes” can’t speak against reservation of this kind. An excerpt from the report:
“A six-year old Dalit girl was set on fire by a man in Mathura because the girl and her mother chose to walk through a path reserved only for upper caste villagers”
I have no hard [...]

Yet another (un)Islamic law!!

I have no personal enmity against Islam (or any religion for that matter). But time and again, one can see such hilarious events taking place. Its so difficult; so many constraints one needs to live with!

Loophole in Islamic laws

No pun intended, but the following is an interesting loophole in the Islamic (fundamentalist?) laws that at least will not discourage prostitution.
“there’s a loophole in Islamic law called sigheh, or temporary marriage. According to Shiite interpretation, a man and a woman may enter an impermanent partnership with a preset expiration date. There’s no legally required [...]

Dogs are better than Men

If this story is anything to go by, then dogs are really better than men (or mankind)!

Hindu rate of growth

Hopefully I do not hurt anyone’s feelings below just because of my curiosity for something weird.
What I fail to understand is as to why a slow growth rate in economy (1-2%) is being termed as the “Hindu rate of growth“. Was not the engine of the Indian economy, during the pre-liberalisation (before 1991) days maneuvered [...]

Ahhh…the stock market!!

I have been buying and selling stocks for nearly 2 years now. My initial transactions were mostly (and only) tip based. I made money in selling some and made it all even by losing in the others. Whenever I made a profit, I patted (imaginative) myself for my stock skills and when there was [...]