Blogs by MH

Death bringers to the Death Bringer

by MH on in News and current affairs
Our politicians hailed it as a strong message to Pakistan, the Maharashtra Chief Minister called for an early execution, Special Public Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam gave it the two thumbs up. There were fire crackers in the streets of South Bombay and sweets distrusted in its offices. Hang men are now com...

Chetan Bhagat have we learnt nothing from Gandhi?

by MH on in News and current affairs
I began to write this about three weeks ago. A lot has changed since then. Terror has shaken our relatively sleepy city from its sense of security. “And yes, we need peace more because we have a good thing going in India and we have more to lose” says Bhagat and in a way that sums up what he is tryi...

TOI Article: Prostitution equals Corruption

by MH on in News and current affairs
The Times of India, on 14th December 09, carried a piece titled ‘Legalise Prostitution? Then Why Not Graft?’ by Dhananjay Mahapatra based on a recent observation by two Supreme Court Judges asking the Government if the worlds oldest profession could not be controlled, then why not legalise it. The a...

Let Me Correspond!

by MH on in News and current affairs
Something has been troubling for a while. The print media has vast readership in India. The daily with the highest circulation has a readership of 1.33 crores. The ability to affect public opinion is of course then immense. Newspapers sometimes carry articles which are unjustifiably uninformed or ex...