आप कैसे हिन्दू हैं?
Chapter: Food तामसिक भोजन न करने वाले? तामसिक भोजन करने वाले? कभी न मांस खाने वाले? रोज़ मांस खाने वाले? सिर्फ अंडा खाने वाले? मंगलवार को छोड़ मांस खाने वाले? अपने देव को बलि अर्पित करने वाले? विशिष्ठ आराधना वाले दिनों में मांस बनाने और खाने वाले? विशिष्ठ आराधना वाले दिनों में फलाहार करने वाले?…
I am back!
I lost 10 years! More than that, in fact! Years of what could have been my prime. To what did I waste these years? Alcohol! No shame in admitting. I figured if I am not going to be honest to myself, nothing and nobody could help me. So, the bottle going to get some rest…
Saint Teresa: A new chapter in the marketing strategy of the Church
Today i.e. September 4th is going to be a very important day for the Christian fold of our country. You just cannot fathom what the canonization of Mother Teresa will do to “Missionaries of Charity” in terms of getting importance, visibility, validity, growth & expansion, funds and whatnot! However, before talking about the Sainthood of…
Barkha, Arnab just called a spade a spade!
Dear Barkha Dutt, A compliment from Arnab Goswani is an insult to you. Fine! What about the compliment from Hafiz Saeed? I have seen you reacting to people’s (you’ve labeled them all #Trolls and #Bhakts) reaction on Hafiz Saeed’s appreciation but I don’t know what your first reaction was. You certainly didn’t write a…
Kashmir and its “Manufactured Martyrs”
I am a chronic procrastinator and that’s probably one of the reasons that I am writing about Burhan Wani so late. The other reason could be the fact that I wanted the clutter to settle down. A lot has been said about him and I wanted to avoid the heated arguments. Both left-wingers and right-wingers…
Open Letter to Aamir Khan
कोई भी देश परफेक्ट नहीं होता, उसे परफेक्ट बनाया जाता है! Hello Aamir! I hope you remember this line. You – Mr. Perfectionist – would definitely remember it. Being someone who is so passionate about the characters you portray, you chewed almost 100 paans every single day while shooting PK. I am sure you’d definitely…
स्वच्छ भारत अभियान गया कचरे की पेटी में!
पिछले कुछ दिनों से मेरे मन में यह विचार था की मैं किसी ऐसी बात पर लिखूं जिस से हर एक इंसान जुड़ा हुआ हो! कोई ऐसी बात जो हम सभी के आस-पास है और जो हमारी रोज़मर्रा की जिंदगी का न सिर्फ एक हिस्सा हो बल्कि जिसके बड़े और दूरगामी परिणाम हों। आज हमारे…
Biradari, Bahubali and Bihar: An Open Letter to Nitish Kumar
Hello CM Sahab! Coming from advertising background I wanted to start the letter by addressing you with “Dear Nitish” as in our work culture everyone is equal. The designation, position, office held, muscle power and even the age doesn’t make any difference whatsoever. However I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t do that because here in…
Who are you, Mr.? An Open Letter to Rahul Gandhi
Really, who are you? Member of Parliament. Vice President of INC. More importantly Rajeev Gandhi’s son and Indira Gandhi’s grandson ie A GANDHI! That’s you, Mr. Gandhi, no!? Unfortunately, that’s the most of you. To me, you start and end at this one thing – being a GANDHI! To make myself clearer, let me re-phrase…
नेताजी अगर दिल्ली आ जाते तो!
नमस्कार!! भाई मैं UP के एक ठीक-ठाक से शहर से हूँ। यहीं पैदा हुआ, पला-बढ़ा और graduation तक पढ़ा। उच्च शिक्षा और नौकरी-मज़दूरी का लालच हमको भी खींच ले गया दिल्ली। वैसे हम दिल्ली में रहने वालों के लिए दिल्ली, नॉएडा, ग़ाज़ियाबाद, गुडगाँव और फरीदाबाद – सब करीब-करीब दिल्ली ही है (बिजली-पानी की व्यवस्था एक बड़ा…
The AAP govt that isn’t: Open Letter to Ashutosh!
Hello Ashutosh! I do remember you presenting news and anchoring debates for a news channel. You joining the Aam Aadmi Party was a news too and I kinda remember that as well. However I got to know the real you when I started following @ashutosh083B (the twitter handle run by @sailorsmoon). This guy put forth…
I am not a snake-charmer. Don’t call me one!
Hello New York Times, I call myself “Aam Aadmi Partly” in the digital world. It literally means that I am a “common man – partially”. So it’s safe to assume that I do represent an average Indian – at least partially. I got to read an article written by Sonia Faleiro, published in NYT titled…
कश्मीर की आज़ादी
वो च्च्चा था, ये था भाई, वो बुड्ढी थी सबकी ताई। उस जन्नत के फ़िरदौस का कोई फूल था कोई था माली। हर सुख दुःख इनका साझा था, नून-चाय, वाज़वां साझा था। नन्द ऋषि – लाल देद की औलादों को, लड़ना – झगड़ना कहाँ आता था? कश्मीरियत के वारिसों का आखिर, खून भी तो साझा…
What if IIN comes to life?
IIN as a concept has been picked up by the Twitter Trolls intellectuals big time. There was a time when even I compiled a list of some known people, from various walks of life, who in all probability honed their skills from some or the other IIN institute. As the tweet got quite a good…
चुप ओये चेतन भक्त… Oops… भगत!!
Dear Mr. Bhagat, I am 30. Born to Hindu parents – so a Hindu by birth. I come from a not-so-known city of Uttar Pradesh. I work here in NCR with a digital advertising firm. I write mails in English, I talk to my friends, not-so-friendly colleagues, and bosses in English, day in day out.…
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