Tag Archives: India
Run India, Run for Your Life.
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Ajay Goyal.
Tempers often run high in India. People throw tantrums over non issues – all the time. Where else on this earth young men burn buses and then immolate themselves because their favourite 74 year old film star dies a natural death. There is more emotion in real India than in most ridiculous Latin American soap [...]
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To Commonwealth Games With Disgust and Determination
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Ajay Goyal.
By Ajay Goyal
Most rich residents of Delhi will escape to Thailand during Commonwealth Games. 71 countries have been invited to a city that is uninhabitable. Other Delhi residents will have to hide in their homes because there will be no public transport and no way of getting anywhere. Overzealous security will create traffic chaos. Offices [...]
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Sunny Days Are Here Again
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Ajay Goyal.
Every Indian politician, broker, entrepreneur and industrialist is going solar.
Government of India announced a Solar Mission named after first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 2009. At the heart of Indian solar mission – as with Europe – is the price at which Indian public sector will buy electricity. It is 3 to 5 times the [...]
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Let us all Say in Census: I am a Dalit
Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Ajay Goyal.
India is set do a national census and for the first time in its independent history on caste basis. Every Indian has to find and reveal his or her cast. I fear this will set the stage for a generation of conflict in India.
Just as the some segments of middle India were beginning to move [...]
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Indian Cities as Hell Holes: HT
Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by Ajay Goyal.
Hindustan Times has published a story predicting Indian cities will be dry, stinking hell holes by 2030. It is a dire and stark warning with one oversight. Many Indian cities already have hellish conditions. Water taps run dry in spring. There is no respite of any kind from scorching heat. Cars and buses puff toxic [...]
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Indian Antipathy to Poverty Porn
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Ajay Goyal.
An Indian foreign ministry official recently accused British documentary maker Kevin McCloud of indulging in “poverty porn” in his factual film about life in Mumbai slum of Dharavi ( read News item ). These are harsh words. But they represent the seething anger in some Indian quarters – diplomatic corridors as well as cocktail and [...]
