Male Warrior Syndrome: Religion, Persecution and Wars

Male Warrior

Are men more prone to violence? The fact is that men commit 90% of the world’s homicides and have started all the wars. In an interesting article in the latest issue of “Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society”, three authors – Melissa McDonald, Carlos Navarrete and Mark Van Vugt have discussed the interesting concept of [...]

Telenor gives Chief 2G Scam Company – Unitech – a run for its money

Telenor is one of the companies whose licenses got cancelled by the Supreme Court, after the Government dragged its feet on the 2G scam. Well, Telenor – the Norwegian company that was impacted isn’t happy and is ready to play tough ball with the Indian system.  The company will take all its assets to a [...]

When two NRI young men lived on Rs 26 a day in India to experience the Poverty line

Tushar Vashisht and Mathew Cherian

Two guys, Tushar Vashisht and Mathew Cherian - one an Investment Banker who studied at University of Pennsylvania and other from MIT – came to India to work at the UID project. Recently, there was a big debate (see Sushma Swaraj’s speech in the Indian Parliament below) about how the Government had announced that anyone living [...]

Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati – the Unknown Hand in 2G scam

Goolam Vahanvati

Goolam Vahanvati is the first Muslim Attorney General of India.  And if, what is being said is true of him, he might be the most corrupt. If A. Raja the Telecom Minister is the one who has been behind the bars because of being made the “poster boy” of the 2G scam, then P. Chidambaram [...]

Supreme Court to Govt: You have ONLY 4 months to decide on prosecution for Corruption Charges

India's Supreme Court

A democracy has special checks and balances. One of the checks is the way one of the three branches of the Government – Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary – can make sure that the country is not been taken apart by the other two working in connivance. In India’s case, Executive and Legislative branches are in [...]

Audacity of the Corrupt: Mulayam’s question to Anna

Mulayam Singh Yadav: "Who are you to Question us?"

The entire movement of Team Anna was built on the sentiment of commen men and women wearing “I Am Anna” on their head. That meant what Anna was asking of the political class, every Indian who supported him, also wanted to ask. So to treat Anna’s ask in his campaign as just the talk of [...]

Mayawati Govt. spent Rs 4900 crores, but has no records!

Mayawati’s Government is in serious trouble over a rural health program, where Rs 4900 crores has gone missing and there is nothing to back it all up! Where have Rs4,900 crore of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds gone in Uttar Pradesh? The state government says it spent the amount to strengthen rural health services [...]

Plan to Fly Air India? You will love this one!

Maharaja Welcomes YOU... in ishtyle!

Do you feel that your Air India flight landing is a bit bumpy? Or the pilot doesn’t seem quite sure when he comes out for his “bio-break” whether he has been pushing the right buttons? You know that look, right? Or worse, he is coming out with the manual with the confused look asking YOU [...]

Chidambaram office employee arrested for extending visas falsely

P. Chidambaram

What happens in the Home Ministry offices and corridors directly impacts the security and well being of the country. We have seen how Chidambaram and his wife have been defending the terrorists and smugglers while P. Chidambaram was the Home Minister or to be one. (Chidambaram, Tapuriah, Hassan Ali, and Taufiq Gaffar: A Surreal Picture!). [...]

Quantum of Corruption Money Earned by Public Officials

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In a new book called “Corruption in India: The DNA and RNA”, authors Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari have estimated that India’s public servants loot Rs.92,122 crore ($18.42 billion),