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The Story of India Today!A young girl gets pulled out of her car and beaten up, another gets raped in the middle of the road during peak hours, an Executive Engineer is beaten to death by a rude MLA, 27/67 MLA’s of Delhi have criminal records …and we continue to tolerate all this, saying we Indians are tolerant. So, who are we kidding? We are not tolerant, but impotent and selfish. We are the least tolerant, on the contrary, we, specialize in intolerance. We kill people in our rage – be it road rage, or the BMW rage, or the bar rage that killed Jessical Lal, or the murder of …
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Articles
The Story of India Today!
A young girl gets pulled out of her car and beaten up, another gets raped in the middle of the ...
Humour in Uniform : The Gorkha Tales
The day I was commissioned in the Gorkha Regiment, I knew I have been put with the most dynamic yet ...
Beyond Barriers…
“ I like chicken tikka and you?” “Me too.” “I like Shahrukh Khan, and you?” “I like him too, but I find Ranbir ...
Gracefully Giving Way To The Future…
"Why is it so profoundly satisfying to lose one's identity to one's sons?", I asked Soumya one sunny afternoon as ...
IPL – The Business of Cricket!
The fact that the Indian Premier League (IPL) started with great fan fare in 2008 was an evidence of how ...
Interviews
How Neeraj Missed IIT, But Kissed Russia! TM: What was the most difficult part of writing your book, and getting it published? Did you ever feel like giving up?
NC: The most difficult part in writing Zero Percentile was when suddenly all my ideas dried up. That’s the moment when you shut down your laptop and want to stop writing altogether. And then, when you finish the book and start looking for a publisher, you realise that writing was just a small part of that big charade which you had unknowingly started. Writing is entirely in your control.
Affairs
Gone in 30 Seconds! It was a quiet Wednesday morning in Mumbai, on the 13th of January. And all I will remember of that day will be a 31 sec video that ran on a loop on YouTube, showing a girl holding her mobile and looking out of her terrace in disbelief as the city beneath her had suddenly disappeared under a thick cloud of dust. A voice kept breaking down in the background, “the world is coming to an end”. She didn’t realize how true her words were, that their world had actually come crashing down.
Movie Review
Old Dogs- A Review! What happens when you have two seasoned actors of Hollywood – Robin Williams and John Travolta – getting together in one movie? You would think that even with a very ordinary script, the movie would be high on entertainment, and your money would be well spent.
Well, not really. This movie is a disappointment; the director, Walt Becker, has just wasted two great and very professional actors. The story is weak, and the only saving grace in the movie are a few funny moments…
Caption This
Caption This – XXVIII! he Winner for Caption This-XXVIII is Aniruddha for his Caption : “Now, Mud Pack for Cars!”. Congratulations! If you missed out this time, or you think you could have done better, don’t despair, you still have your chance.Take a good look at the picture for this fortnight, and give it a caption that you think apt. If your caption is the best, you win, and your name will be announced (with a link to your site, if you have one) on the front page of The MAG. Additionally, you also stand to win a “The MAG” T-shirt. So, what are you waiting for, put on your thinking cap and Caption This!
