Designer's Chatter

Topic

society

A collection of 9 issues

Thoughts on Homosexuality

There was a time when I met a gay person, my first thought would be, “Oh my god! He does it with another man!” The second would be will he make an attempt on me. Upbringing and society had not equipped me to interact with gay/homosexual/alternate-sex people normally.

Freedom of Privacy

UNPUBLISHED I don't think we have freedom of privacy any more. From the nosy neighbour, to the gatekeeper, to the electrician, all the way up to the governments (both native and foreign), even one is trying to know every thing about us. They don't just want

Campa Cola society vs slums: The demolition doublespeak

On 7 February this year, Durgappa, a three-month old child, died of hunger and cold after the shanty he lived in at Jai Ambe Nagar in Mankhurd, Mumbai was demolished. The police officer in charge had responded saying that the boy’s father Nagesh Kadumanchi, who was left with just

You've Got To Be Carefully Taught

You've got to be taught to hate and fear, You've got to be taught from year to year, It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear, You've got to be carefully taught. You've got to be taught to

Area Man Denied Gym Membership

Area Man Denied Gym Membership, originally uploaded by hpk. According to latest reports area man Jamil Ahmed (name changed) was denied membership to the local gym (name with held). Jamil accused that he was asked to produce recommendations from a respected member of the society before he would be allowed

Let's destory Khajuraho temples!

Let’s petition the Supreme Court of Aryavrat and demand the destruction of Khajuraho temples and ban on Kama sutra. We the Hindoo are embarrassed by these embarrassing atrocities. We the Hindoo have these anomalies face palmed on us whenever we try to harp on the asexuality, purity, better redness

Conversion in India

There is a great debate happening on "Rare Book Society of India" group on facebook. Some one has come up with a book detailing how western powers are financing identity politics in the garb of humanitarian work for dalits and Dravidian folks in India. All this to undermine

Stand By Me Around The World

Great songs unite. Christmas Mubaraq & Happy New Year! Stand By Me. I hope, in the coming year we become better human beings, especially better Indians. I hope we would give up the temptation of superiority/persecution in the name of race, cast, creed, language, religion, region, numbers et. al.

Doomed to be corrupt...?

Photo by Mace2000 on Flickr So the other day I was talking to a friend and the topic of corruption came. My friend is of the opinion that population is the major reason behind corruption and that’s why corruption is so less in western countries. Probably that’s true.