Amitabh Satyam

Congress kept us at the bottom and declared that too a favour. . They compared us with poor Pakistan and Ghana, and declared themselves successful. A 1% telephone ownership was big. They made us target low, and instilled a deep inferiority complex. . BJP/Vajpayee and BJP/Modi always looked at the top and aspired to equal […]

Indian laws love punishment without any investigation: the torture begins the moment a person of lower standing disagrees with a person of higher standing. . Our society has decided that is women, SC/ST and, in some cases, non-Hindus are privileged – just like the Mughals/British, and just a word from them is adequate to start […]

Higher fuel price is good because it generates large funds for building productive assets. . Increased prices should also help change habits. Cars in India are more about luxury than a need, and taking buses is considered a sign of poverty. . High prices affect the rich more, so this is an added tax without […]

Latur earthquake in 1993 happened when was the President of the Federation of Indian Associations in the US. . We had decided to donate – we did a concert and collected a few thousand dollars, but there was a great desire to donate in-kind as well. One of the volunteers ran a campaign to collect […]

Two genders made by nature coexisted comfortably forever, till about a few hundred years ago when men and women started identifying themselves differently. These identities started hardening over time and today they appear to be a different species in many situations. Sometimes laugh-out-loud, at times, deeply poignant, and at other times, provoking and questioning, The End […]