Blogs and our cops

The police blogs that are in place in Karnataka – Udupi, Dakshin Karnataka and Chitradurga , though it hasn’t been active for over a year now, – prove that there are, in our police force, some doers who blog as well...More...

Putting fun in your blog

Provocation for this piece is to inform and educate oldies on how you put fun in your blog. A couple of TouTube video clips blogger Nandya posted on his blog illustrates my point...More...

Whispers in New Delhi's corridors of power

Keeps you posted on impending postings & transfers of IAS/IPS officials; it carries rumors on who’s under suspension, who are tipped to go on deputation to the Centre, from where; and whose name is up for reversion to the parent state...Whispers publishes political tidbits, corporate changes and other water-cooler gossip...More...

You're never too old to blog

Elderly folk generally stay away from the computer, saying they can't get a hang of it and that it is too late to try. And lack of awareness of potentials of the web, even among younger middle-class parents, accounts for a low PC density. . . Most people over 65 have faith in the printed word. . .More. . .

Arguing India

Her group blog, in its statement of purpose, raises provocative questions: Is India a democracy (at all)? Is she booming (in real terms)? Does the caste system still exist? Come on, Ananya; the real argument is over the quota system, which, some would argue, represents a radical role reversal of castes in political terms. . .More. . .

Nettige Hogi

Ask for directions, the locals often joke, and the response you will get is, “Nettige hogi”: “go straight”. . . these directions are, at best, wishful thinking. . . . have lived half my life in Bangalore and the other half observing it from various points West. It's fifteen years since I was last in Bangalore. It's so long, in fact, that even the city has found the time to change its name. . . More. . .

Autobiography of an ordinary man

“Why should only the rich and famous be allowed to write autobiographies?” He reckons he is unlikely to be rich or famous anytime soon, anyways, and, by inference, he could not write his bio. So Mr Shenoy chose to blog it, his autobiography...More...