Society

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Society

How to Deal with MMS Scandals and the Consequent Suicidal Situations

Last week a girl from Almora [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/MMS-not-XII-result-drove-girl-to-suicide/articleshow/52544341.cms] committed suicide over an MMS. It was believed that she had done so because of her board exam results, but subsequent information says that it was because of an MMS of her with a

Desh Kapoor

04 Jun 16 4 min read

Politics

As an Indian, What is There to Rejoice about Bihar Results?

Bihar elections are done and gone and BJP’s NDA has lost heavily. While the combine of Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Congress won a 2/3rds. In this combine RJD came out the winner with 80 seats. Congress also gained 23 seats. Interestingly, it was JD(U), Nitish’s

Desh Kapoor

08 Nov 15 4 min read

Politics

Why Indian Secularism is a Euphemism for Hinduphobia

Last week, on October 26th, a bunch of upstarts from Hanuman Sena got together and organized a Pork festival [http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Pork-Fest-Organisers-Booked/2015/10/26/article3097402.ece] at the Malabar Christian College. Police swooped in and arrested 50 Sena activists including the state president, vice-president and

Desh Kapoor

31 Oct 15 4 min read

Society

Why Karwa Chauth? – Touching the field beyond right and wrong-doing

Whenever anyone has broken the boundaries that come with the limitations of mind and body, what s/he does is in the realm of miracles for the normal people who are defined by those limitations. When Roger Bannister ran the under 4 minute mile for the first time, defying his

Desh Kapoor

30 Oct 15 4 min read

Society

Autorickshaws: Amazing Rides and Engaging Drivers

Auto-rickshaws are a common sight in many many developing countries. For those who are from India, they know that a “rick” is a life-saver. There are many names for a rickshaw – three-wheeler, samosa, tempo, tuk-tuk, trishaw, autorick, or even bajaj (after the company which makes the most popular version in

Desh Kapoor

25 Oct 15 5 min read

Society

The Phony Cacophony of Our Hashtag Morality

Political correctness is shrill these days. The faux morality on display is created by media. Media, which wants attention, even when there is not enough merit, plays up sides and two positions. This or That. There are no greys and there are no go-betweens. There is no such thing as

Desh Kapoor

24 Oct 15 2 min read

Politics

How Cow Slaughter has been Used to humiliate the Hindus!

Beef is synonymous with Islam in India now. In fact, when a friend of mine married a Muslim guy and was converted to Islam, the first thing she was given to eat – despite the fact that she disliked meat – was beef. This is a critical step in conversions of Hindus

Desh Kapoor

19 Oct 15 5 min read

Politics

Writer’s Protest: Trouble is That Victims of Intellectual Fascism are Now Speaking Up!

When in 2014, the media pundits were making predictions on India’s General elections, hardly anyone gave Modi’s BJP more than 220 seats. Yet, the part won 282. Where did the media fail and why? On the social media, in the broader mainstream media and in the intellectual narrative

Desh Kapoor

18 Oct 15 8 min read

Politics

Return of Sahitya Akademi and Incestuous Networks of Indian Intellectuals

If I create a world with two categories and I am in one of them by my own definition, then where will the “others” fall? In the dark alley. As the ignoramuses. This is what has happened to the narrative and debate on important cultural and social topics in India.

Desh Kapoor

13 Oct 15 10 min read

Politics

“Porn-Ban” or Child Porn Ban? Shameful Outrage of Morally Defunct Indians!

A couple goes into a mall with their 6 year old son and as the son is roaming in the store they are buying clothes from, he disappears. They frantically search… and search.. and search. But the kid is gone. Yes, GONE! Vanished into thin air. As the police look

Desh Kapoor

05 Aug 15 5 min read

Society

History of Lipstick: Prostitution, Sexuality and its Popular Acceptance

Lipsticks of all colors are commonplace these days. No one cares when someone wears it on her. But not so long ago there was a time when wearing of lipstick signaled the wearer was a prostitute! In fact, in 1770, British law was proposed in the Parliament that would annul

Desh Kapoor

14 Jul 15 3 min read

Inspiration

9 Pioneering Ways Parsis have Shaped Modern India

Parsi in the Persian language literally means – Persian. But wait, isn’t the language Persian Farsi? Sure it is, but it wasn’t so to begin with. This distorted name of the language Farsi is the gift of the Arabs. The Arabic language lacks the P / G / Zh / Ch sounds,

Desh Kapoor

03 Jun 15 8 min read

Society

Piecing together a 435,000 years old Murder Mystery…

Murder is as old to human kind as human being is. Different cultures have had different views on murder. There was once a time and some cultures where murder was more easily tolerated [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kr3P4bolLOAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false] and one could

Desh Kapoor

28 May 15 4 min read

Politics

Anarchy via Paranoia Culture: Aam Aadmi Party becomes Bhasmasur demon

A psychological disorder called Paranoid Psychological Disorder is prevalent in some people. This tendency to be perennially paranoid is boosted by the tendency to hold ones own self correct. A Self Referential tendency. In an individual this has been defined as: > Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental disorder [http:

Desh Kapoor

12 Mar 15 3 min read

Politics

Rahul Gandhi’s Escapade and His Mysterious Video

Who doesn’t love a cute kid who can never get it right? About a month back, this kid suddenly became the talk of the town. Ever since he was born, he led the life of a prince, who could do whatever he wished, whenever he wished. And then suddenly,

Desh Kapoor

10 Mar 15 5 min read

Relationships

Do Robotic Pet Dogs Have Souls?

Hideko Mori (L) and her sister Yasuko watch their robot pet AIBO playing at Hideko’s home in Tokyo ©Toshifumi Kitamura (AFP) {Courtesy: Daily Mail]Japanese these days are keeping Robotic pet dogs. These pets stay with them and also become part of their lives. These are no ordinary pets.

Desh Kapoor

27 Feb 15 5 min read

Society

Western Universalism: A subtle but deep-seated threat to multi-culture World!

We had a Project Charter for our project which was the central document for what we had to do. Very soon the client was pushing his way through. While I, a team lead at that time, was trying to explain that Project Charter being the “benchmark”, my Project Manager took

Desh Kapoor

20 Feb 15 3 min read

Emotions

The Sixth National Shame: Pakistan and its loss to India in 2015 World Cup

Never has the fate of an inconsequential sports game so remarkably captivated the hearts and minds of close to 1.5 billion people ever before! India and Pakistan met in their first group match of the 2015 One Day Cricket World Cup. The match was billed as the “Mother of

Desh Kapoor

16 Feb 15 4 min read

Philosophy

6 Powerful Life Lessons from Near Death Experiences

It would be great to know if there is life beyond the end of the physical life. In most cases, it is a “one way ticket”, so there is no real way to find out. Some however have been lucky to be “sent back” to physicality after they experienced the

Desh Kapoor

13 Feb 15 6 min read

Humor

Urinary Pisspositions: Why are we missing the mark?

You are driving on a long interstate trip and you suddenly get all twisted because of the pressure in the stomach. You need to go! Meanwhile your wife has had a lot of coke and needs to relieve herself as well. Exit after exit you are looking for a decent

Desh Kapoor

03 Feb 15 6 min read

Society

Swiss Café Mortel (Death Cafe): Let’s talk Death

Opposite of life, Indian Sages have said, is not death. But “not living”. If you know who or what “you” are, death will be a continuation of life, albeit in a different dimension. Osho once said : > Life and death are one — one phenomenon, one energy. Life is the manifestation of

Desh Kapoor

29 Jan 15 4 min read

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