Subhasis Chattopadhyay - Instablogs
Sep 9 2008
Argentina has a new President. And wonder of wonders, the President is a woman. The men are apprehensive whether she might be one of those weaklings who toe the line of her husband, the ex-President Nestor Kirchner. May be the men are also worried...
Sep 9 2008
Is it wrong to proclaim one’s Faith? How is it never wrong to wear a Cross on the neck as a mark of being Christian? How is it that atheists write of their faiths in Nothing and yet never make news? Then why is it that the International Herald...
Sep 9 2008
Though women are cattle for some men, these latter are constantly disturbed and agitated by mere cows. So when I hear of Iraqi terrorists insisting on killing Christian women if they do not cover their faces in Basra University, I wonder about whom to...
Sep 8 2008
While the world debates whether China will be the world’s next super-power, Chinese sweatshops keep on churning out cheap goods for the world to consume. According to the International Herald Tribune, Wal Mart is one of the biggest offenders in...
Sep 8 2008
If a man can betray his own country then he can and will definitely betray the nation which bought him out. And when traitors talk of humanity and fair play, one wonders where all this humanity was when they sold out their own people. The ethnic...
Sep 8 2008
The US South, it is said, is a region altogether different from the rest of the country. Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are caught in a time trap. Like Amish country, nothing has really changed there. Of course, the quality of life has become...
Sep 8 2008
In some countries children use guns for fun-shootings. If a few classmates die, one can even get famous. In other countries children wielding guns are so common that when Times Online reports that, hardly anyone cares to mention any names. If you are...
Sep 7 2008
If women suicide bombers expect respect from their male counterparts, they are sorely mistaken. It appears that women are being inducted into terrorist ranks to mock the masculinity of Muslim men. Professor Mohammad Hafiz, an expert on Islamic...
Sep 7 2008
I repeat, The Count your master’s known munificence Is ample warrant that no just pretence Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed At starting is my object. My Last Duchess These lines tell us...
Jul 10 2008
Kancha Ilaiah created a sensation with his book Why I Am Not A Hindu. There he critiques the Hindu caste system and consequently rejects Hinduism. Prof Ilaiah does such a good job at castigating Hinduism that he, as it were, throws the baby along with...
Continue reading this article ...