Yak Pad 2.0

Siddharam Mhetre, Minister of State for Home and guardian of Indian morality has called the cheerleaders of IPL ‘absolutely obscene’. He also suggested that they use ‘animated’ characters in the place of cheerleaders. Why didn’t anyone think of it? Didn’t you all know that you are going to offend a few cartoons in this country when you brought those More...

It is not often that an actor like Raghuvaran comes by and captures the imagination of a generation of movie fans. He was a breath of fresh air: in a landscape that was dominated by stereotypes and in a time when exaggeration was the norm. He didn’t have the wannabe-flamboyance of Kamal Hassan or the in-your-face antics of Rajinikanth. More...

This case is just another example of how children of the newly rich across the National Capital Region are picking up wrong habits. That’s an excerpt from NDTV’s coverage of the Gurgaon School Shootout.

“The way they are running polls and interviews, romanticising the prisoner, is ridiculous. Why isn’t Bollywood shedding tears for the victims of the bomb blasts?”– Ujwal Nikam, Public Prosecutor, 1993 Mumbai Blasts case. I don’t get it. What were these morons thinking? That melodrama will win over the judiciary? I am ashamed that the dearth of real-life heroes should More...

I am happy Dr. Haneef is back home and a bit amused too that people are lining up with job offers for the traumatized doctor. Well, sigh, I am glad this story ended on a happy note. Welcome back doc. Maybe you should listen to your wife and stay back, instead of going back down under to prove a More...