Conspiracy Theories, Russell’s teapot, and Breast Tax


Conspiracy theories. They always get frowned upon. They receive instant and hostile condemnations from established academies, intellectuals and scholars. These Theories recognized as wild imaginations of individuals or groups, who probably promote every silly epiphany as a serious hypothesis. Why should any entity spend their valuable time and resource to validate a wild thought, probably … Continue reading Conspiracy Theories, Russell’s teapot, and Breast Tax

Bollywood and its exploitation business


A Thumb rule for any movie director, even liberal, is to go very conservative when kids are involved. Several things can go horribly wrong, and I am not talking about acting. Sometimes the messages movies send out will have a long-lasting impact that is irreversible. Let me give you one example from the days where … Continue reading Bollywood and its exploitation business

India unInc vs India Inc


We, humans, have an irritating tendency to stress on relative differences to an argument to appreciate something they like. For Example – Did you know the exciting fact that the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel apparently can hold 6 Blue Wales inside it. Also, status is as tall as 2 Airbuses placed vertically (?!?), and … Continue reading India unInc vs India Inc

On Cultural Misappropriation


This is a question to all my Indian readers, What is your take on the growing menace of "cultural appropriation"? Confused? Let me put it another way. Would you be offended if someone "not connected" to India wears a bindi? Say, Katie Perry? Or our own Amy Jackson? Can they wear Saree? How about Mehendi? … Continue reading On Cultural Misappropriation

Don’t let a school stand in your way of education


We thank our teachers in September. September also has days for engineers, daughters etc. So basically a month filled with thankless roles in our life. Apparently, it also has translation day, language day and so on. Overall, it's a dull month. Thank God, it is over now.  BTW What's the relation of sin with cos? … Continue reading Don’t let a school stand in your way of education