The Monday morning headlines on a national news channel read, “The opposition ministers show their dissent to the government; give up on brushing their teeth.” On seeing the full video coverage, it was learned that the BJP ministry, which has been using Colgate brand of toothpaste since the inception of the party, decided to do away with brushing in the wake of the recent coal-gate scam.

A candlelight dinner on a pleasant summer evening; romantic, isn’t it? Well, that’s exactly what the Government of India thought when it officially enforced such dinners throughout the northern half of the country on the night of 29th July.
Technically termed as electricity blackout, the candlelight dinners,according to the government officials were “improvised” to promote family bonding and cultural values.

I had over a two hour journey ahead of me on the bus and anxiety crept up on me as I realised I had forgotten to bring a book. I found my way into a second hand book shop and went to the English Literature section where I always picked up some unusual gems. I wasn’t disappointed.

A few months ago when Anna Hazare had launched his stir against corruption, he asked me to join him and go for showing support to the movement.

I was around 5 feet tall at that time so treading the path taken by tiny tots or beings with feet as little was not a very intelligent decision on my part, I admit.

You may have seen that people who read a lot are emotional about their books and libraries. It is not because book is a precious item financially or even an asset by the popular parlance, but because of the emotional bond that these people have with their books. Now why do they have this bond, let us see?

He sat in his armchair which was torn at edges and the fabric – faded. Inspite of no ‘aesthetic’ pleasure and value, it had been preserved by detective Wilson for years now as a part of his family’s heritage, passed onto him by his grandfather.

Now the question of surprise is why suddenly these movements came into being at the same time? One reason can be one, protests give the heads up to another. Other could be that the height of atrocities reached a level where public had no other option than to become outrageous and bring revolution.

It is an irony that, with so many incidents happening in her capital city, India still doesn’t have the right laws to deal with rapists. Most of them get away easily after committing the horrendous crime. Most of the cases aren’t even reported. Delhi Police does a fantabulous job, of limiting the number of rape cases, in the city, by refusing to report them at all.

So, one fine day, he decided to show how thankful he is, by slapping the Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, considering him as a symbol of responsibility for the mess.