Far from his dwelling let him remove urine and excreta. Source: Manu Dharmaśāstra a.k.a. Manusmṛti (Laws of Manu), Chapter 4, verse 151 Indian history since the 11th century AD is an inglorious account of Muslim invaders repeatedly pillaging the land, butchering the indigenous Hindu men, ravishing their wives and kidnapping their young daughters. Muhammad of […]
I keep reading articles in Indian newspapers about an obesity epidemic ravaging India. Plus, diabetes rates are said to have tripled, quadrupled or whatever the next higher number is. Like most folks, I too thought that fat Rakesh Gupta and obese Senthil Kumaran were fat because undisciplined, gluttonous Rakesh and Senthil eat more Tandoori Chicken, Paneer […]
What is shocking in India is this picture of someone practising open defecation and in the other hand having a mobile phone. – WHO Director of Public Health Maria Neira Of all the shitholes and hellholes in the world, nothing can match that stinking eyesore known as India. No other country comes even remotely close […]
Brahmins are one of nature’s most fascinating, most bizarre, most diabolical creatures. Obsessed with weird rituals, an abiding fondness for in-breeding, an unquenchable thirst for Cow-ca-Cola, a sneering contempt for eating meat and a diet limited to plant products, the scheming Brahmins are a tiny group geographically restricted to the barbarous land mass designated in […]
Fear of getting pregnant is the biggest joy killer any woman faces while spreading her legs for a quick toss in the hay. And our Sati Savitris a.k.a. Indian babes are no different from other women in their eagerness to spread their legs or fretting about unwanted pregnancies. Hey, it’s just hormones at play. Unlike […]
Since I found sleep hard to come by, I got off the bed and picked up an old issue of New Yorker (January 20, 2014). While leafing through the magazine, I hit upon an article on pediatric palliative care that had eluded my eyes during the first reading last month. Lives Less Ordinary by Harvard […]