tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019011786684219332024-02-07T09:34:03.029+05:30PsychedelyYou'll probably go crazy reading this; but if I ever become a psychiatrist, that's just business for me.Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-53442039424064338692014-10-14T00:22:00.001+05:302014-10-14T00:25:34.944+05:30How to cite: A simple guide for JHC that will do for most things but not all of them
This is a very basic guide to citation for academic paper,
or for anything that asks for a source. I’ll also be covering where to find
papers.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. 1. <!--[endif]-->Make Google Scholar your friend
Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.in/)
is a search engine specifically for academic papers. If you’re looking for,
say, studies on Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-6383128915721092922013-08-20T16:58:00.001+05:302013-08-20T16:58:27.784+05:30The other Narendra
Narendra Dabholkar, Maharashtra's most prolific anti-corruption crusader, was shot down today. We don't know who did it yet.
I remember watching Dabholkar a few years ago on some news channel, battling alone with about a dozen TV astrologers. It was the most frustrating thing I've ever watched, and for Dabholkar to keep refuting senseless "arguments" over and over again must have been Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-90197811011587517352012-11-04T17:06:00.001+05:302012-11-04T17:06:57.420+05:30Bloodthirst
It is somewhat terrifying that an entire country rises up to demand the killing of a man. No matter how unworthy of life that man may be, no matter how diabolical his deeds, no matter how much better the world might be without him, I find it hard to believe that Gandhi's India wants a hanging so badly. What happened to our ideals? What happened to thinking and taking decisions independent of Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-87602810456343531002011-09-24T12:56:00.000+05:302011-09-25T15:02:35.844+05:30To everyone who does not like History
Maybe I am some sort of mutant, but whenever someone says
Why study History?
History is useless;
One more year and I'll be rid of History;
or even
Social studies sucks;
Civics is so boring;
Economics boggles the mind;
I am very tempted to commit the dual offences of assault and battery, with a superior expression on my face.
I must admit that until two years ago I didn't have a definite Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-76457008627458438942011-09-23T11:27:00.000+05:302011-09-25T15:03:01.713+05:30So you thought I had writer's block?
I didn't. While all of you have been languishing for want of a blog post from me, and wondering if I was alive, I have been secretly writing for The NRI. And I got published! Click on the underlined text for the post: Coaching class mania
And yes, I do have delusions of grandeur.
For all of you who don't click on random underlined links without sufficient reason, here's the teaser: As Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-51886234224732810352011-09-11T18:02:00.003+05:302011-09-11T18:02:59.526+05:30What Sonia Gandhi should say about the Lokpal - by Shakespeare
Poor Sonia Gandhi. She's barely recovering and people, including politicians of every hue, can't wait to hear what she has to say about the Lokpal. Now to ensure that her speech doesn't end up being a dud like Rahul Gandhi's, she needs help from no less a man than Shakespeare.
Facebookers, protestors, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury the Congress, not praise it.
The noble Anna
Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-45551145748265449222011-08-22T12:16:00.001+05:302011-08-22T12:16:40.782+05:30Lokpal: A superflous and dangerous institution
What the Lokpal is:More bureaucracy. It isn't as if there are no constitutional provisions against corruption. You can always lodge a complaint with the police. To those cynical people who believe the police have no power whatsoever, there's the CBI. For those anarchists who don't trust the CBI either, I don't see why you would be ready to put all your trust in the Lokpal. Either you haveJaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-2872612030638244382011-08-01T09:40:00.000+05:302011-08-02T22:54:02.664+05:30India Today - 2
1.) What will increase Hina Rabbani Khar's prestige?
Being renamed to Hina Rabbani Colaba.
2.) Why isn't Yeddyurappa resigning?
He still hasn't finished reading the almost 30,000-page Lokayukta report against him. How slow of him. And then they wonder why court cases drag on in India.
3.) When will Sachin make his hundredth hundred?
Hopefully before Chetan Bhagat stops making lists, Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-57865802660979927132011-07-11T21:35:00.004+05:302011-07-11T21:35:01.421+05:30Don't rename it, please.
It all started like this. We were in a History class, studying the Maratha period.
History teacher: What is Churchgate called?
Us: Churchgate.
History teacher: You got that one wrong. It's called Ahilyabai Holkar Chowk.
For one thing, that solved a mystery. I had wondered in vain why my BEST bus tickets always said Ahilyabai Holkar Chowk instead of Churchgate. It never struck me that Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-21544697699471546312011-06-17T20:43:00.001+05:302011-07-08T17:00:26.185+05:30It's Jaai
I have a love-hate relationship with A. R. Rahman. I love him because he made people forget a very popular nickname of mine: Jai Mata Di. I hate him because he gave me another: Jai Ho. (Pretend you know nothing about rap.)
The worst part is that I cannot legitimately blame anyone. My lawyer will simply look all crestfallen and tell me, in a nearly inaudible whisper, that my name is indeed Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-5510448759355067312011-06-12T11:29:00.001+05:302011-07-08T17:01:00.850+05:30What makes your life interesting?
Maybe it is because colleges are reopening shortly and I have done nothing at all of any consequence during the holidays, but I'm thinking a lot about whether my time on earth has been, will be, worth anything.
When one thinks about what makes one's life interesting, one usually remembers one particular habit, achievement, memory or person. What if that habit, achievement, memory or person Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-43746165464073981832011-06-08T12:40:00.001+05:302011-07-08T17:01:33.405+05:30How to get admission into the college of your choice
Or do anything at all, really. Five foolproof methods:
1.) Get caught by customs officials: Try to carry super-expensive shoes or sackfuls of jewellery out of the airport. Get investigated by customs officials and praise them for good measure. Get printed. Now you are famous enough to bag a management seat.
2.) Watch an India versus West Indies match: You'll immediately be catapulted intoJaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-27624127148243981312011-06-05T11:24:00.001+05:302011-07-08T17:04:33.669+05:30All that Baba-ness
Don't you see a similarity between Baba Ramdev advocating good morals and Chetan Bhagat writing an article on how to improve your English? I can, however, tolerate bad English much better than I can tolerate someone becoming rich in the name of spirituality.
As for accepting the support of Khap panchayats, that alone ought to discredit the Baba. The Khap panchayats directly order the Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-81164607965079611522011-06-03T11:45:00.005+05:302011-07-08T17:07:25.167+05:30It's raining, it's raining...
It's June, and the monsoons are almost here. In a few days the rain will drown every other sound. You will look out of your balcony and find the world mysterious and shrouded; only masked, though, because everything is still the same, people are going to work and going for movies.
There will be rain songs on the radio on the first day but you will eventually tire of them. Artists and poets Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-91821585489287883162011-05-24T19:07:00.000+05:302011-05-24T19:07:15.365+05:30Predicti-wood1.) My name is Kahn, and I am not a sex-offender.
2.) Obama, to Pakistan's sovereignty: Frankly, m'dear, I don't give a damn.
3.) Indian intelligence, or lack thereof: Terrorists se darr nahin lagta saab, RTI se lagta hai.
Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-10966410313030522002011-05-20T16:54:00.002+05:302011-05-20T17:06:04.600+05:30Ode to Awesome
I was reading a blog post today and I was awed by it. Now what would I comment? "Awesome," right? Wrong. Awesome sounds entirely wrong...and it makes me sound like a bimbo. Or like a ten year old boy from Delhi who's just discovered that talking in English is "cool." No wait, "cool" is outdated. He disovered that talking in English is awesome.
My predicament about commenting reminded me of thisJaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-16357462485242132232011-05-17T12:07:00.000+05:302011-05-17T12:07:59.701+05:30Taslima Nasreen and Poribartan
Taslima Nasreen seems to be cashing in on West Bengal's good publicity, and she doesn't care how. When the election results were declared, she tweeted quite ecstatically: Three cheers for Mamata! Three cheers for women of strength! (No, how can you say she's referring to herself as well?)
And also: Hope is walking hand-in-hand with a dream.
And for Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: How come Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-10972325287534263062011-05-15T15:21:00.003+05:302011-05-16T12:49:04.860+05:30Wodehouse in Bengal
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fleming as Bertie and Jeeves
After one of Jeeves's sensational pick-me-ups, I could begin to think clearly.
"Where was I last night, Jeeves?"
"At Mr. Pirbright's residence, sir. Mr. Pirbright had announced a celebration to acknowledge the termination of the Marxist stronghold in the Indian state of West Bengal, sir."
I confess I was at sea.
"West Bengal, Jeeves?"
Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-47109107809848799442011-05-14T13:03:00.000+05:302011-05-14T13:03:03.801+05:30Help a Child to Study
If you're reading (and understanding) this, you've received the benefit of education. Everyone else isn't so lucky, even if they are smarter than most of us. Unable to pay for higher eduation, they miss out on career opportunities, not to mention that all their brilliance and talent goes to waste. Help a Child to Study is an NGO based in Mumbai that makes it possile for underprivileged childrenJaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-13218053299272489222011-05-10T19:42:00.001+05:302011-05-10T19:49:31.085+05:30Just not Tinkle
Tinkle--The Defective Detectives
"Summer vacation are on!" --I affirm, tearfully, that this sentence appeared in Tinkle, that children's magazine I believed was the apostle of correct grammar. Tinkle, a symbol that could denote my childhood!
Uncle Pai (Anant Pai)
We miss you, Uncle Pai. Your magazine is simply not the erudite and fun companion it once was. I resent the presence of Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-40436776745392597442011-05-06T17:09:00.000+05:302011-05-06T17:09:44.700+05:30My tryst with fiction
Here it is: I actually completed a piece of fiction that I’d started. It was supposed to be a story, but it turned out to be more of an experiment in very subtle magical realism than anything else. I posted the thing on Facebook, ready to brave all sorts of comments. This is what I got:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Better than Stephenie MeyerJaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-162414418216010692011-05-03T15:19:00.001+05:302011-05-08T18:06:23.623+05:30Major IrritationsI had this post about spelling and grammar mistakes on signboards and posters, and I'd mentioned it was fun collecting them. This wasn't. The majority of the pictures here are from newspapers, and cost-cutting methods seem to have resulted in absolutely useless people called proofreaders being sacked. It's a sad, sad world.
It makes sense, although probably not in the way they intended.
Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-23860964217026073822011-04-29T21:36:00.000+05:302011-04-29T21:36:04.640+05:30A very thin line
I was reading the college prospectus today, and in the list of college societies, I came across "The Sindhi Circle" (or something similar). Now why was I suddenly on the verge of anger? Why did I want to scream, "Blasphemy!"? Then there was the Gujarati Association, the Hindi Parishad, the Marathi Vangmaya Samiti and so on.
I shouldn't have felt like screaming. Is it the world we live in, is Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-39013096383798813562011-04-25T10:47:00.005+05:302011-07-08T16:58:52.249+05:30Do you agree?
There seems to be a dearth of issues on which to gauge public opinion. The TOI poll today asks if readers agree that Aarushi Talwar's parents are the only people who could have killed her. I'm not sure many respondents will have investigated the case or even read the CBI chargesheet. Does being a newspaper reader alone qualify you to pass judgement on such a case? You could argue Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401901178668421933.post-33300290571106391712011-04-18T13:22:00.001+05:302011-04-19T17:27:28.630+05:30For Advancing is Perfection
I change my stance about India. Newspapers inform me that all is not lost yet. I don't know if I trust newspapers anymore.
1.) A veil of a time: Women in rural Haryana (which is incidentally plagued by Khap panchayats) empower themselves through self-help groups, manage lakhs of rupees, hand out loans at 1% interest, educate their children, demolish liquor vends and best and most difficult of Jaai Viprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11772095442860205855noreply@blogger.com4