Cross Connections

For over ten days now, all of India is talking about money. A nation where over 32 per cent people live below the poverty line, and where s...

Narendra Modi is officially the new Prime Minister of India. L.K.Advani, who had expressed reservations about his candidature in public,...

Everything is not about cynicism. We have a tendency to applaud only acceptable forms of protest. Now that 54 per cent have voted, Mumbai s...

Okay. Get angry. How dare our ‘public servants’ behave like feudals. Why should the taxpayer’s money be wasted on giving them the red car...

Have we exhausted all options that political parties are fighting over who spoke about sanitary facilities first? If this is a necessity, t...

There was a knock on the door. A young man stood there assuring me, “Don’t worry, I am not selling anything”. Great. So, why was he here? ...

Time to roll out the red carpet? I am not alluding to Dr. Manmohan Singh’s faith by addressing him as ‘Sardarji’ here. Sardar ...

Nothing much needs to be said here. But, for money they will divide their own gods. And, do note that it is about being king of Mumbai – M...

Any Kannada books? Infosys Chairperson N R Narayana Murthy can afford the luxury of emotions, among other luxuries. The Karnataka governm...

Sir: I have received a notice from your office that has been sent to some local police stations and thence to the relevant buildings regar...

When Sting talked about legalisation of drugs, the poor guy had to sound like a nice guy. So he said that the money the US spends on reformi...

Making Haiti Survival, Sacrament and the Marketplace by Farzana Versey Countercurrents, January 25, 2010 “I survived by drinking Coca-Cola. ...

Mahatma Gandhi is an all-purpose sales guy. Mont Blanc pens know that and decided to have an imprint of his image on their limited edition f...

In recent times, Rahul Gandhi has made a few small strides in appealing to public sentiment for things other than the cuteness factor. Now...

Arrogance and Austerity The Great Indian Rope Trick by Farzana Versey Counterpunch, September 18-20, 2009 The soles of his feet were crac...