Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

May 14, 2012

Think, feel, live like a woman

More than three weeks after the December 16 gangrape in Delhi, the nation continues to be outraged over incidents of sexual assault against women. Even those who have never heard anything about either feminism or gender justice are aghast by the utter insensitivity betrayed by some individuals.

Do you feel at home?

The exodus of Northeast students and others from various parts of the country to their native region is unprecedented. India had never witnessed this kind of a panic migration. True, our brethren from the Northeast are being paranoid. But their paranoia speaks volumes about the level of confidence the northeasterners have in our governments, state and Central, when it comes to providing security.

Electors & the elected

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment and he betrays you instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion”.
Edmund Burke, speech at Bristol 1774