Parents kill a teenage girl with acid ——————————————————- A mother and father in Pakistan occupied Kashmir killed their 15 year old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man, police said on thursday How brutal can you get? Killing a girl with acid? The news was so revulsive that…
Psy’s music was wafting through the speakers in my car. My newly installed sub woofer was thundering and I was enjoying my quiet drive in the city till i laid my eyes on the auto rickshaw in front of me. A typical sharing auto It was a big auto rickshaw with the main seat designed…
Echoing my earlier thoughts on this blog – Is it only me or is everyone feeling this way? I am feeling suffocated with the spate of rapes being reported everyday in the newspapers and TV channels. Has there been a sudden spurt in rapes or is it that, there is an increase in the reporting…
Devyani Khobragade gets full diplomatic immunity and on her way to India Again the big question – what does it mean? did America drop charges? did they tender an apology? These were the demands of all Indians and the Govt. But if she is indicted by the court on criminal charges but only allowed to…
“Jesus Christ”, I exclaimed!!! as soon as I read the ordeal of the Indian dentist who was denied abortion in Ireland quoting catholic rules. Jesus Christ, as we all know was a man who was so compasionate, kind and caring for his people that he bore the cross for their sins and ultimately gave up…
It is justice at last for victims in cases such as that of ‘Nirbhaya’, where the perpetrators of the crime have gotten off very lightly because of their age being less than 18 years. The Nirbhaya case especially sparked of a spirited debate to reduce the age to be tried as an adult. The standard…