Month: January, 2009

Weekend Vedic warriors defend the caste system

Image via Wikipedia Neo calls them “Weekend Vedic Warriors”. During the week, these warriors are just like Neo and you, enjoying all the benefits of liberty, capitalism – and freedom from the religion of the next-door nutcase. But on weekends, these otherwise normal men (yes they are always men) suddenly turn into fearless Vedic warriors [...]

Mangalore Pub Blorgasm

A “blorgasm” is what you get when weeks of pent-up writers block in the Indian blogosphere gets released due to a story like the Mangalore pub attack. Hundreds of blogs take part in the blorgy (yes, Neo is brilliant at coining new words). Every blogger puts out nearly identical posts condemning the attack, and hundreds [...]

Why Chyetanya Kunte needs to apologize!

So the ever-incestuous Indian “blogosphere” is feeling all sorry for itself over NDTV forcing Chyetanya Kunte to retract and apologize for one of his posts. But lets be clear now. Neo thinks Mr. Kunte needs to apologize for the right reasons: 1. Mr. Kunte thinks Barkha Dutt’s work is “journalism”. Anyone who thinks that standing [...]

How to get your sentiments hurt without watching Slumdog

You don’t even need to watch Slumdog Millionaire to decide if you’re going to be offended by it. The fine folks at hindujagruti.org have already watched it and have decided on your behalf that you will be offended by the child dressed up like Rama. It is important that you support the ban without watching [...]