Desis love simple solutions

Yes, I have come to that realization. The examples of this are all around you. Change the name of the city, corporation and viola it is going to do better.

So, what if there is no pedestrain crossing, cross the road where ever you want, whenever you want. Hey, it is a free country.

"The darn government is so corrupt I have decided not to pay my taxes."

Last time I was in India my mom shoved a copy of newspaper article under my nose. It was an article about some guy or kid who had come up with a way to fuel your vehicle with water. Mom feels it is going to change the world, catapult India to the top of the world. The reality is it is far from being a commercial product. And, in a country where a large majority do not have access to clean water for their essential needs where are you going to get clean water to run your vehicle engines. And, in the meantime what is being done about those darn trucks and buses that belch thick black smoke?

Why Molly hates Holi...

Molly (as in Bobben ‘n’ Molly, the Malayalam cartoon) is a good Mallu name. So, why would she hate Holi – because it is a North Indian festival? Holi is a spring festival - symbolizes the renewal of life in spring. In South India where winter is no biggie nobody but some North Indian transplants celebrate Holi. And, when they do it is often at the expense of others – it becomes a way to molest, assault (or, if you prefer the Indian term – eve tease) women.

Humanity is not just made up of Islamists

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bush arrives to Indian protests

So, where were these jokers when September 11th happened? If I recall their idiotic leader Imam Bukhari of Jama Masjid was shaking his fingers at the Indian Government for offering support to the U.S on the war on terror? Did they protest against that? Or, the Bali or Madrid bombings? Or, even the IA hijacking? And, isn't it funny that a set of cartoons sets these cartoon characters on rampage destroying public and private property. Doesn't that affect humanity?

The irony of the cartoon  controversy is that these jokers are staging protests, beating and killing fellow Muslims in Islamic countries.

P.S. – I don’t buy the European argument that those cartoons are covered under freedom of expression. Whoever did that was culturally insensitive and stupid.