I was reading VK Narayanan’s post advocating the criminalization of drugs last week. The post was a rebuttal of Jug Suraiya’s argument for legalization of drugs. It was an interesting exercise in analytical deconstruction insofar as it did NOT yield itself to such a deconstruction. It reminds me of Richard Bach’s quote from ‘Running from …
Having lived in the US for over three and a half years, having seen the politics here, the blatant lies, the discrimination, the complete lack of moral responsibility or compass that the administration and the public choose to brandish, I have always savored the hard earned yearly trips back to India in December. I have …
I wrote an article on Rediff about the importance of networking in context with studying abroad (in the US). What I had to say holds true for pretty much everyone. So here is a more general version of the article that appeared in Rediff. Networking is the act of expanding one’s social sphere …
A couple of days ago, I was at Bennigans Restaurant placing a ‘to-go’ order. I got talking with the guy behind the bar counter (who was taking ‘to-go’ orders). And did he have horror stories or what! From what he had to tell me, based what I heard from others, and my own research: it …
