Today’s Highlight
Indians Abroad
The attacks on Indians abroad are painted as racist, though there could be more to it as noted in “Are Indians Abroad Clannish?”               
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Dalit-chasing!
Bob has his satirical take on the crazy chasing of low-castes in “A Dalit Room..!”
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Today’s Highlight
Walk-outs by MPs
The decline of Parliament is best reflected in the mindless walk-outs as noted in “Are MPs Walk-out Robots?”               
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Dalit-chasing!
Bob has his satirical take on the crazy chasing of low-castes in “A Dalit Room..!” 
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Today’s Highlight
 Hunted Husain
India’s best known painter is in forced exile and is being offered Qatar nationality, as noted in “Should Ace Artist Be In Exile?”               
 
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Dalit-chasing!
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“…Gadkari does a Rahul, has lunch in a Dalit’s house..” Rediff News, 17th Feb
“Pretty expensive room!” I told the hotel manager as I walked into the spanking new five-star hotel they’d constructed near the airport and pointed to the tariff card.
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Today’s Highlight
 Stone-throwers               
The emergence of stone-throwing as a lucrative business is noted in  “Heading for Stone-throwers Inc?”
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Railway Budget
Bob writes on the new railway budget in “Mamata and her Budget..!” 
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Not many of us realize the preparations that go into the presentation of a Railway Budget, luckily I was party to the rehearsal that took place with Mamata’s trainer before the railway minister addressed Parliament.
“No, no madam minister, you don’t have to enter Parliament shouting slogans, and screaming, no posters, no placards, no demonstrations, it’s More….

Today’s Highlight
 Girlie Hygiene                
Keen on ensuring hygiene among girls, the government is out to dole out free or subsidized sanitary napkins which might eventually lead up to more as noted in “Heading for Toilet-paper Nirvana?”
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Hurting Art
Bob decries the trend to hurt human sentiments by caricaturing religious figures in “Jesus, Mohammad and Saraswati..!” 
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“…Painting is silent poetry..” Plutarch (46-120 A.D)
Pictures of Jesus Christ with a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in the other have triggered violence in Punjab and Meghalaya, report all the papers this morning.
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Today’s Highlight
 Grounds for Divorce                
There is no subjective, pre-ordained definition of cruelty or desertion as a ground for divorce as noted in “Are grounds for divorce shifting?”
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Clash of Cultures
Bob writes on a topical subject of Indians being bashed in Australia and on how to cope with it in “A Clash of Cultures..!” 
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Suddenly Indians are being thrashed and bashed and killed all over, not just Australia but in America as well, I strolled over to where an Australian diplomat was standing, to ask him precautions Indians needed to take before going abroad: “I would suggest a learning of Indian defense methods mate,” said the Australian diplomat as More….