If there is presence of something today, then there has to be a past and this past is known as HISTORY. For example, if you have a metal idol in your hand, the matter was definitely in the form of an ore in some part of its journey. As for a country, well, knowledge about a State comes after reading about its History and to claim to change the same is dangerous and would ensure a dark future. BJP’s controversial lawmaker, Sangeet Som, who apparently paved way for the Muzaffarnagar riots, is back with yet another bizarre comment that he would change History. You may not like the idea that the Mughals ruled India for a long time but you can’t rub it off from History. After all, if your kid asks you who made the Taj Mahal, would you say that the Bharatiya Janata Party laid its foundation stone? His foolishness was also out in the open when he said that the one who built the Taj Mahal had imprisoned his father. Ehh wait a minute, Shah Jahan imprisoned Jahangir? Really? But t...
I had long thought that I will abstain myself from scribbling my thoughts on this topic but a deep-rooted hatred urged me to finally voice my concerns. I have always had more number of female friends than male ones and probably for this reason I am closer, than many of my friends, to the problems that a woman faces. A girlfriend or two of mine keep telling me that I am their girlfriend with whom they can share anything. And this is wherefrom my source of agony often arises. Often my female friends confide in me things which ultimately have to be kept hushed up for no reason. Many of you know that I have joined a job just a year ago. So have my friends in different companies. Of late, a few of my female friends are complaining of workplace harassment. And this is irking me no ends with the only way for me to vent out being writing. Decent, indecent, direct, indirect, verbal, physical, mental etc are a few of the many ways my friends are facing problems. And I believe m...