Category Archives: world around me

Here begins the mis-management

It is funny when a before and after kind of advertisement appears in the newspaper. And most of these are for slimming clinics, or places that promise to make you beautiful. This one before and after I will talk about, is not one of the above. It is from an article in Gurgaon Plus, a… Read More »

Have we stopped evolving?

Evolution is defined by Wikipedia as “the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation.” So are we changing as we proceed from generation to generation? And are we changing for better, or for worse? I read this report on the CNN website about a sect that allows the practice of… Read More »

Democracy in Pakistan…a dream or a nightmare?

On a very eventful Monday for India’s neighbor Pakistan, its exiled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned from London and after a lot of drama, was deported. Mr Sharif is back in Jeddah, and Mushy has some peace to himself. At least, he can get sleep tonight. Over the world, the media won’t. And it wouldn’t… Read More »

Hug Me…Sanjay…..

And so it has happened. A government has proved that people very low down in the hierarchy are no better than bugs. Bugs who can be squished anytime, for as little reason as possible. “A constable who hugged Dutt, convicted under the Arms Act in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has been suspended while the eight… Read More »

Justice…or is it?

The last of the sentences in the ’91 Mumbai Bomb blast case are out, and with this the curtains are drawn on an investigation that has lasted for over 10 years. Today’s sentencing was the one probably most awaited. A sentence on which 100 crore Rs. were hanging in mid-air. And it did come, and… Read More »