Street harassment and rash driving. Two of Delhi’s most well-known evils. Both out of control. They came together yesterday to kill Pearl Gupta, a 17-year old first-year-student of Aditi Mahavidyalaya. This is what happened according to Parul, her friend who was walking with her when it happened: “Barely 20 metres from the college gate, a [...]
Have to say this about the Malayalees on the Net – much, much classier than the non-Netted Malayalees! I am a prime example, of course. People like Venugopal… smart and witty, yes. Cool, no. Not worthy to untie my sandals, so to speak. The best I have found so far is Anjali, blogging as Silverine. [...]
I am not surprised by these two news items at all: Delhi cops suspended Delhi Police commissioner Y S Dadwal on Wednesday suspended the three cops who had allegedly refused to come to the aid of girl students, after they were molested by aspiring policemen at North Campus on Saturday night. A separate FIR in [...]
I met Lionnel at Not Just Jazz by the Bay, Mumbai last month. He was performing there that night. It was like, what, some two or three years after going to any kind of rock show? Maybe more. Watching Lionnel perform – just how do they get on stage and do all that? Somehow [...]
You know, her fall from grace and general carelessness with underwear is kind of sad. But when performance on-stage suffers, it is no good reacting by trying to go on binge-drinking. Hope poor Britney Spears does not get any worse. After all, people my age grew up with her, though we found the songs definitely [...]
All that in the morning papers. In the case of the unfortunate eve teaser who had the bad luck to try and grope a 24-year old Karate coach in a Blueline bus, I can’t help feeling thrilled. Tough babes are da sexy! The jerks tried their stuff in the bus, and the young Karate coach [...]
Yes, really. The comments on news websites (even after moderation) are so ridiculous sometimes. Especially when the topic is even slightly sensitive. Rediff message boards are a perfect example of this. Take any story that has some religious angle, and you will find a great brawl. The horrible English is OK, we weren’t born into [...]
I was in Mumbai recently, during the hard rainy season. Met Bijoy of BSMotoring (he’s a classmate from Kerala) and while we were discussing Formula One racing, he explained that he likes Fernando Alonso, the reigning world champion. Seems the hot-headed spaniard has a way of attacking corners that shows he is not afraid to [...]
Been a resident of Mumbai for 12 years, and almost one year in Delhi now. All metros have a problem of drinking and driving, and accidents caused by it. You hear a lot less about it in Mumbai generally, but when you do, it is on the lines of half a dozen people sleeping on [...]
You say anything about Blank Noise Project, and you instantly get hit with a deluge of abuse. Not the fault of those behind it, definitely. It is an either-you-are-with- us, or you-are-with- the-terrorists mentality. Of some of their readers. Goes to show that small-mindedness is not the exclusive preserve of men, so maybe I should [...]