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Jaipur’s Day of Shame

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 28, 20134 mins

Yesterday was the 4th edition of the Ambuja Jaipur Marathon. My friends from Delhi (Strang and Rakhi) were eagerly looking forward to running the half marathon in Jaipur for the first time. Little did…

The danger to women lurks within us

Vishy KurugantiDecember 28, 20121 mins

In a Dec 27, 2012 editorial in The Hindu, Praveen Swami shares several statistics on how other countries have combated rape. Lest we take too much comfort from some of the statistics, he reminds us…

Crime does not pay – a rebooting manifesto

Vishy KurugantiDecember 27, 20124 mins

It’s been over a week since a hapless young medical student was brutally gang-raped and mercilessly beaten to within a micro-inch of her life. In this glorious nation’s capital.. inside a moving…

Remembering 1984 Sikh Riots in Bokaro: The Police?

Vishy KurugantiNovember 22, 20121 mins

India’s famous top cop Julio Ribeiro wrote this Bal Thackeray opinion piece in DNA yesterday. Good revealing stuff about his interactions with the SS chief. The following paragraph stood out in bold…

Who is Corrupt? Essay by Sourabh Thakur

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 08, 20114 mins

Aam aadmi confused.. (Pic: courtesy milligazette.com) [Editor’s Note: This post was making the rounds on Facebook during the frenzied days of the Anna Hazare movement. Other folks had made this point…

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