One of their own.

Please read this article by Shekar Gupta of Indian Express from Dec 2000.
Reading all the reports related to the Ruchika Girhotra case makes me all the more cynical about justice system in our country.
Her whole family was blackmailed and tortured by the cops who were hand in hand with that pig Rathore. How they made [...]

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White weekend and interview

Did you all have a nice weekend? Mine looked like this:

So we stayed put indoors with warm food and watched movies. Today we had to brave the cold weather and slippery roads to get to work. Sigh!
On a different note, I was interviewed by speakbindaas.com. Please hop over here to read it.

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Handbag updates, sneak peek at vacation pics and 201 posts

I am back people! Did anyone miss me? (Please say yes or you will break my heart!)
Well, first the handbag updates. I DID take my handbag along, but left it in the hotel room everyday when we went out to do things that tourists do. I had the husband carry my drivers’ license and cellphone [...]

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Marathi Manoos hangs their head in shame.

I am sure all of you are aware of the ugly microphone uprooting scene in Matralay in Bombay. Abu Azmi, a newly elected Samajwadi Party legislator was taking his oath of office in Hindi, MNS legislators protested then proceeded to attack him and one even slapped him, all in front of live tv cameras. They also damaged [...]

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I hate exams and how I invited the bail to maar me

So yesterday I passed a beeeeeg exam that I HAD to pass if I had to have any dignity left because everyone at work knew I was taking it. This exam was the last step in my company getting certified at a particular level, which means more contracts and more work and more moolah. And [...]

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Let it out.

I saw this post at IHM’s today and I knew I had to post. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and even though it is almost coming to a close, I have to have my 2 cents on the issue. I have seen domestic violence from quarters close enough to understand the plight of the [...]

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The comeback post.

So I have been away for sometime and really missed blogging. I tried to catch up with all your blogs but could not and now I am backed-up with all the blog-hopping that I have to do to catch myself up with happenings around the blog samaj!
Why was I away? Initially it was because there were only [...]

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I will be back.

I want to take a break for a few days to get my head right and set things that need to be set in order. I will be back as soon as I am done! Till then, don’t forget this blog!

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What has the world come to?

Ok so I can identify Maxwell and Newton in pictures, and I have done homework on Friday evenings and still read and relax on Friday nights, does that qualify me as a nerd? So I am online for more than 8 hours everyday and have a preference for Texas Instruments calculators over Casio, does that [...]

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California Dreaming

We first heard this song in a Korean movie(yeah sometimes we watch foriegn language stuff with subtitiles) and were hooked. I am not a BIG song person but I like the lyrics. This post by Chandni reminded me of this song(the only common thing about the two songs is California). Although it is too early [...]

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