Jaipur’s Day of ShameVishy KurugantiJanuary 28, 20134 minsYesterday was the 4th edition of the Ambuja Jaipur Marathon. My friends from Delhi (Strang and Rakhi) were eagerly looking forward to running the half marathon in Jaipur for the first time. Little did…
The danger to women lurks within usVishy KurugantiDecember 28, 20121 minsIn a Dec 27, 2012 editorial in The Hindu, Praveen Swami shares several statistics on how other countries have combated rape. Lest we take too much comfort from some of the statistics, he reminds us…
Crime does not pay – a rebooting manifestoVishy KurugantiDecember 27, 20124 minsIt’s been over a week since a hapless young medical student was brutally gang-raped and mercilessly beaten to within a micro-inch of her life. In this glorious nation’s capital.. inside a moving…
Remembering 1984 Sikh Riots in Bokaro: The Police?Vishy KurugantiNovember 22, 20121 minsIndia’s famous top cop Julio Ribeiro wrote this Bal Thackeray opinion piece in DNA yesterday. Good revealing stuff about his interactions with the SS chief. The following paragraph stood out in bold…
Who is Corrupt? Essay by Sourabh ThakurVishy KurugantiSeptember 08, 20114 minsAam aadmi confused.. (Pic: courtesy milligazette.com) [Editor’s Note: This post was making the rounds on Facebook during the frenzied days of the Anna Hazare movement. Other folks had made this point…