Archive for the 'Society' Category

Chinese degrees to be treated at par with India’s

Indian students in China can breathe easy now. India and China will be treating each other’s degrees as equivalent. The deal would facilitate cross-border mobility of students for advanced studies and job purposes.

China sees massive rise in teen/adolescent plastic surgery

Plastic surgery was mostly the domain of middle aged people desperately fighting age, or appeasing vanity.

Top ten vacation spots in Canada

DWS brings you the top vacation spots in Canada

Cut the crap

If citizens of modern countries can keep their countries clean, why can’t we?

Madhavan-Vidya Balan Airtel ad – most irritating IPL ad this season!

I have nothing against TV ads – le’s be clear. They are required, they bring in much needed moolah, and some of them are really creative, some make you think, some make you laugh. And there are some which make you want to kick the TV, pull the actors out of the TV set and [...]

Dwarka Flyover – killer flyover in Delhi blame game

I am not a native of Delhi – landed here only a couple of years back. On my first trip to Dwarka, I did not have any idea how to get there. I had to go to Mahavir Enclave, a dusty crowded place next to Dwarka. The instructions were, while you are on the flyover, [...]

Funny T-shirts for Malayalee abroad

Been thinking about this for a while. Why not create some funny malayali t-shirts and try to sell it online? If it works, great and I make a lot of fellow mallus happy. We all get to wear mallu t-shirts! What can be better than that? On the other hand, if nobody wants to buy [...]

Bomb blast at Mehrauli’s Jahaj Mahal flower market

Update: News sites are now reporting that 2 people were killed, and 18 injured in the blast. This just in. There has been a bomb blast at Jahaj Mahal flower market in New Delhi. According to reports, 5 people have died and 50 injured. The injured have been rushed to Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS in [...]

In defence of Delhi drivers – all car accidents are not the drivers’ fault!

As if one has to re-state this. You would think everyone would agree. But the current state of media reporting of car or motorcycle accidents, and the attitude of society, and possibly the judgements compel me to write about this. I am not a Delhiite – but I have been here for two years, and [...]

E-cigarettes are now available in India

The Electronic Cigarette or E-Cigarette that has been developed in China by Hon Lik of Ruyan is gaining in popularity in India among smokers who want to give a shot to quitting without getting rid of their nicotine fix.