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Diwali – the festival of noise, excess sugar and electricity consumption
It’s close to 2am as I write this blog post. Everyone else in the house is sleeping. But the room next to mine–the prayer room–is well-lit with ‘X-mas’ lights, candles (diyas) and a megawatt standing lamp. The room is brighter Read More …
In These Waiting Rooms of History – The DREAM of U
i wait for you in this caged room we’ve never met and yet [you feel familiar i feel like i’ve known you before] shadows mill past me moving slowly, drudging and digging futures ploughed within these timeless walls you see Read More …
Desi on the Moon – Check the Report Card on Poverty
India is on the Moon. Will this solve the problem of illiteracy, dowry marriages, poverty, floods, communalism and caste tensions? Probably not. But the country is still proud of its ‘achievement’ And, of course, who can deny there is always Read More …
San Francisco May Become First City in the United States to Decriminalize Prostitution
And Michael Foucault wishes from his grave that he could have lived 25 years more had it not been for his misadventures in Iran. (Hey, I love Foucault) The jibe was in reference to his opposition to the repression of Read More …
Newsflash – The World Does Not Revolve Around the United States
The global financial collapse perpetuated by the United States might have affected European economies and developing markets in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who are net capital importers, but they aren’t losing sleep over the future leadership of this country. Source: Read More …