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A quick refresher of ancient Indian history, in case you forgot what you learnt in school

The earliest evidence of human activity in India is 75,000 years old, in Tamil Nadu. Historians are divided on whether the homo sapiens skeletons discovered were Iyengar, Iyer, Hindi-speaking barbarians from northern India, or unemployed prehistoric historians who committed suicide due to career frustrations. By 2600 BC, in Harappa, we see proof of the first [...]

Discover your true self – travel in India with lots of relatives

Most people will get a total of 88 weeks of paid vacation in their lifetimes. Neo just wasted 2 of them on a “vacation” with his extended family that has left him feeling more stressed out than if he had simply stayed at home and gone to work as usual. 3. Holidays are busier than [...]

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 [...]