Alka Dwivedi

A thought provoking blogpost by G Sampath at DNA: In our lives as empowered citizens of the world’s largest democracy, how many times have we whined about corruption? Five times? 15 times? As long as we can remember? And how many times have we done anything about it? Not too many, on the evidence of [...]

Image Source and Poem: Shivam Gupta I am guilty of meddling with the title of the movie, ‘Blame It On Rio’ and giving the title Blame it On Anna Hazare, but my sentiments and feelings are quite pure, not muddled. I was trying to write a post every day and narrate here what I did [...]

“Lovers, Lunatics and poets are made of same stuff.” — Bhagat Singh Today, March 23rd is the Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. When I read the above quote by Bhagat Singh, I thought he himself was made of that same stuff that’s why he was able to make supreme sacrifice for his [...]

The above ad aptly sums up India and Indians. Hope is the key to happiness. When I look at the conduct of those who are in public life I often feel despair, frustration. anger, helplessness and what not. BUt Supreme Court of India has today given us some H-O-P-E. All is not lost. We are [...]

Today I was in better shape. In the morning I didn’t have problem focusing on positive thoughts and feeling peaceful. I have not burn a CD yet. But I am selecting songs I like. Today I was watching news. I like watching news and reading newspapers whenever I find time. It is one of the [...]

Ratan Tata (Image Source: Business News) What Ratan Tata did for the Mumbai victims of 26/11…. a every Indian should know. i AM COPY PASTING THIS POST FROM Small Strokes… Why main stream media is not interested in publishing this? I leave it to figure it out yourself. Ratan Tata is the chairman of Indian [...]

When I picked up the Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran,  Among the maze of depressing news of Arushi Talwar, Indians being attacked / murdered in Australia, Rathore being booked in Ruchika’s case, I was pleasantly surprised to read a particular news from Taj Nagar, Haryana,  Dulhaniyan aayi, Khushiyan Laayee. But instead of the photograph of a [...]

N.D.Tiwari, ex-Governor of Andhra Pradesh has succeeded in doing the unthinkable. Read this: ND Tiwari beats Tiger Woods in Google  So what if we lag miles behind in producing a Tiger Woods in golf field. Indians can match Tiger Woods or John F Kennedy in “extra curricular” activities. Same is true here. N.D. Tiwari may [...]

  I have copy pasted the price list of Food served in Parliament’s canteen. So if you can get a pass, go and enjoy best quality food at tax payers money. Why can’t they issue passes for Aam Aadmi to dine in that canteen?   Item Price Item Price Tea Re. 1 Dal – one [...]

Sonia Furious As Congress Makes Mockery of Dalit Agenda On 2nd Occtober, Congressmen were celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday by spending nights at the house of a Dalit villagers in their constituencies. What these congressmen did? Read for yourself. Sriprakash Jaiswal, Kanpur MP and a minister of state, had fans running on generators as he slept [...]

  Mahatma Gandhi (Image Source: ajaygoel.in) How can the person standing in the above picture can be a model for a product costing around Rs. 12 lakhs?  How can this person compete with the iron pumping, gym totting, six pack abs flouting super cool dudes? Why can’t the Harvard or Wharton MBA ad gurus think [...]

I was just wondering what MNS supremo Mr. Raj Thackeray has to say about these incidents in Australia. He might say that Indians sorry Maharashtrians shouldn’t go to Australia or any other place in this world. They should stay in Maharashtra. Anyway Mr. Raj Thackeray, your silence is deafening.

  Photoshop of the day Image Source: The Daily Dish Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad afraid of the Power of Communication! Hats off to those who invested sleepless nights to invent this modern day communication tool called internet. The brutal regimes and their perpetrators trembles before this mighty tool. Visit this link http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=88660934117&h=F3jNG&u=uexbx&ref=mf to see what [...]

I was ecstatic while reading about $10 laptop at International Business Times. After all, this $10 laptop will spread the use of technology and internet to common man . We were going to challenge MIT who developed a laptop at the cost of $100. India showcases low-cost laptop to bridge digital divide The low-cost device, [...]

I read this screaming headline. Girls assaulted at Mangalore pub The activists of Sri Rama Sena entered the Amnesia Bar and Restaurant on Dr Shivaram Karanth Road on Saturday evening and threatened the women sitting inside. The men, who took objection to women drinking alcohol, pushed them outside, many women falling to the ground while [...]

I just realized that Dehradoon, Bangalore, Kozhikode and countless other towns are suburbs of Mumbai and each and every member of NSG, Army, Navy, ATS, Air Force and each and every MARCOS are Marathi and Marathi only. Actually they all reported to this lady Sharmila Thackeray, wife of Raj Thackeray and registered their hometown in [...]

Futrure Hope of India, Prince of Congress, Rahul Gandhi: He is our only hope, Congressmen told us repeatedly. Read here, what he was doing. The Prince partied hard, till 5 in the morning, on Sunday at the ‘sangeet’ for the forthcoming wedding of Samir Sharma, his childhood friend. They were at a sprawling farmhouse at [...]

Kerala CM Achuthanandan: He broke in into the house of Major Sandeep Unnikrishanan to offer his condolences. What a way to empathize with a father. Later on what he said about this whole incident? “If it had not been (Major) Sandeep’s house, not even a dog would have glanced that way,” he said when turned [...]

See if you want to be the champion of a cause don’t try to look good. Your cause will suffer. Applying make up is a crime if you are carrying out a march. You don’t represent India. That what BJP’s Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi thinks. “Some women wearing lipstick and powder have taken to [...]

Mr. Raj Thackeray was in news. It was obvious he doesn’t like lock ups or jails. But what is surprising is his lawyer’s name who was in the limelight most the time, Mr. Akhilesh Chube. What a North Indian sounding name! Or probably when one’s *ss is truly in danger of being grilled, North, South, [...]