By Bikram Vohra
Imagine this scenario. It is not hard to do. A typical middle class Indian home in Delhi. Father walks into son’s room, sees apple of his eye glued to his studies and shouts, “You foolish boy, stop wasting your time, why aren’t you singing and dancing, the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa selection is on in one week.” continue reading…
By Bikram Vohra
I have no beef with Shashi Tharoor’s comments about his saga in cattle class. No self-respecting cow would be seen dead in the back of one of our airlines. The treatment is pathetic and there is no one who has travelled by air who is offended by Shashi’s statement.
By Bikram Vohra
Rahul and I have had a subliminal sharing experience. After I read about his trip by train I was so moved by guilt at travelling only by air that I promptly took a Business Class Air India flight to India (which is about a level less than a cattle car seat on a low budget airline) and then dropped my pretentious lifestyle by booking a train ticket to Dehra Dun. continue reading…
This article on the demise of the Editor first appeared in Impact (http://impactonnet.com)
by Bikram Vohra
Editorial integrity, as we once knew it, died long back and no one really noticed. Like those doves they shoot and mark with crimson to denote peace or swords rusting in their own glory. Much the same way, senior journalists sold their souls to the highest bidder and turned Faustian. It all began when editors per se betrayed the cause. Like Mark Anthony leaving the battle of Actium to chase Cleopatra, these fourth estate mandarins dumped their staffs and galloped off after filthy lucre. Admirable was the fact that they could gallop with bended knees. continue reading…
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