One of my favorite quotes about India is by the first century Greek Philosopher Apollonius Tyanaeus who said “In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing”. I am not sure if Appollonius [...]
The Chinese lady behind the counter looked at me asked “Do you want white rice or fried rice with your Kung Pao Chicken”? I replied that I wanted fried rice. She looked a little confused. She asked me again “You want Pork fried rice”? I again said yes. As I stood and watched her husband [...]
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has once again raised the issue of enacting laws to ban cow slaughter. According to the VHP the ban is needed because the farmers are forced to sell the cows to slaughter houses since they cannot afford to maintain these cows. The VHP also demanded that the government should create [...]
