Ravish Kumar Official आप जो भीड़ देखते हैं वो कुछ उदंड लोगों की भीड़ नहीं है, बल्कि वह उस राजनीतिक दल का हिस्सा है जिसकी सरकार है। उसके समर्थन में गोदी मीडिया है, पुलिस है, सरकार है। ऐसी भीड़ ने हिंसा की कितनी ही घटना को अंजाम दिया लेकिन उसका कुछ नहीं हुआ। उस भीड़… Read More यह कैसा भारत है जिसमें कुणाल ने माफ़ी मांगने से इंकार कर दिया
NB: Actually the political hoodlums are bigger jokers than Kunal Kamra. Now they have secured a much wider audience for his jokes. Most of their muscle lies between their ears. Kunal Kamra Comedy Special By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an… Read More A comedian told a joke about a politician. Now he’s under police investigation
NB: Brilliant satire. Lets have some more of it in our country. Resurrect Harishankar Parsai why do you look like you just felt the ghosts of administrations past seep into your spine?… A lot of important men have sat here… Left their mark. Some history remembers. Some history stays in the fabric. Source: Fearandloathing The… Read More Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge
Sai Mukhesh You do not have to know me. My diary entries read: 15th August 2031 Today, I have been irate. Then, my cousin asked me if I would ever live a post-irate life. The word ‘post’ has been buzzing in my ear for reasons I will never understand. And I grow more irate. I… Read More Three Days in the Life of a Post-truthian
Marina Hyde: Donald Trump just appointed ‘never Trump guy’ as his running mate Encouraging scenes from the Republican national convention (RNC), where US politicians and the wider world are being told to dial down their rhetoric by a crowd of people rhythmically raising their right fists and screaming “Fight, fight!” It’s just a hunch, but… Read More History’s most iconic ear injury (sorry, van Gogh) + one low information joker
Eran Yashiv Wikipedia entry, April 2048. Israel is a religious Jewish republic with a secular minority on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Its regime is currently theocratic and authoritarian. Israel’s history as a state is relatively brief (100 years), though it is part of the long history of the Jewish people. Its official language… Read More Israel’s Future: A Jewish Theocracy That Resembles Iran
First posted August 29, 2013 History of the Middle Finger Well, now, here’s something I never knew before… Isn’t history more fun when you know something about it? Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it… Read More The history of the middle finger & importance of the horse’s ass
NB: I had posted this in November 2022, and am reposting it today because of its prophetic quality. Apologies to those who have already read it. DS First posted January 31, 2015 यह चिट्ठी महात्मा मोहनदास करमचंद गाँधी को पहुंचे. महात्माजी, मैं न संसद-सदस्य हूँ, न विधायक, न मंत्री, न नेता. इनमें से कोई कलंक… Read More हरिशंकर परसाई: महात्मा गाँधी को चिट्ठी पहुँचे (1977)
Avay Shukla This last week has established that plumbing the depths of the ridiculous and the bizarre is not only our national pastime, it is also now the leitmotif of our society and ruling regime. The other day I decided I needed a “kurta”, not one of those fancy and expensive Myntra creations, but something… Read More Of Shankaracharyas and Cameracharyas
First posted September 13, 2013 Von Clausewitz said that war is the logical extension of diplomacy; Monsieur Verdoux feels that murder is the logical extension of business. It’s all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions, a hero. Numbers sanctify… “By his very existence, Verdoux renders society guilty.” Approaching eternity, the convicted killer subtly reverts… Read More When Charles Chaplin Became the Enemy
After the truth-shower 