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Today I was very dejected. I felt very sad indeed! Where is the world heading to? When people openly practice bigotry! When people are hell bent on destroying other people who do not share their beliefs. When people turn a deaf ear to the cries of women who are raped and forcefully converted to a different belief system. Recently the BJP led central government announced the CAB (Citizenship Amendment Bill) which passed both houses of the parliament and has now become a law. According to this act people who were once part of pre Independence India (Or people who share a common cultural bond with India) from Pakistan,Afghanistan and Bangladesh and who are facing religious persecution and who have stayed in India for more than 4 years, will be given Citizenship. Since this bill speaks about religiously persecuted minorities, it naturally mentions Hindus,Christians,Parsis, Jains etc. It does not mention the religious majority of these countries. However there has been a heavy influx o...

I woke up to the noise of laughter in the next cubicle. Groggily I took out my phone and looked at the time. It was 10 AM! Oh my god! I had drifted off to sleep yet again! Ever since the office location had shifted, I had to reach the office early to beat the traffic and leave early. Sleep had now become a precious commodity and I wasn't getting enough of it. Involuntarily I unlocked the phone and checked my whatsapp messages. And there were a couple of messages in my High School group. After swiping the screen a little I noticed a message requesting people not to buy goods from a certain popular sports goods store. I clicked on the images associated with the message. There was a close up shot of a hockey bat. On the bat was written in bold letters "Made in Pakistan". The message added further that we as responsible citizens should stop terror funding by not buying from the said sports goods store. Almost immediately, I saw a friend who is living in Sydney had replied ...

Today I sat next to a colleague who despises Modi. Although the actual reason of why he dislikes Modi has never been revealed to me, I have several theories. Primary among them is the fact that he is 'secular' (India Style Secular :- Where you hate one religion to the exclusion of all else!). However that is irrelevant. What is relevant is that he does not like Modi. And by Modi I mean our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi. Not Lalit Modi or Nirav Modi. Speaking of Nirav Modi, while my colleagues and I sat in the office cafeteria sipping coffee, the TV in the cafeteria was showing some breaking news...on NDTV! And the breaking news was about the arrest of jeweller turned thief Nirav Modi. My colleague, the one who hates our PM (Let us call him A) said "this is just an election gimmick! Vijay Mallya has not only cheated banks, but he also cheated his employees!" Then turning to me he said "You tell me, of the two who is the greater vi...