What it takes to be a secular in INDIA?

This phenomenon has continuously intrigued me since I have become politically cognizant. Who defines who is secular and who is communal in India? At least for the present I understand that anybody talking for 'a particular minority group' is labeled secular and anybody talking about 'the majority group' is right away branded communal.

I never understood , why in India the majority is forced to think that it is a second class group of people in the country. Politicians go out of way to appease the minority groups, at the cost of majority group and this never let the rift between majority and minority bridge.I doubt this prevails any where in the world.

Any opinions on this?

Indian media and its cliches and paradoxes

Since the advent of 24/7 news channels in India, the electronic media space has become over crowded. The over crowding has led to a deteriorated quality of news reporting which is full of rhetorics, cliches and sensational stuff.

To begin with English news channels, although their reporting is of decent quality, but the rush to outdo other channels leads to low quality of news. Many reports,even the ghastly ones come with the 'EXCLUSIVE on this channel' tag, which is really sad to see. The repeated playing of the same news clip is very bothersome and the over emphasis on cricket is also nerve wrecking. Apart from these, the keenness to highlight trivial issues like 'SRK takes on ICC' or 'Big B takes on SRK' seems like just TRP getters.

For the regional language news channels, I can't comment on languages other than Hindi. 'Khali' has been ruling the roost these days on Hindi news channels. The summary of soaps shown in news channels is one of its kind in the world. These news channel even don't hesitate to propagate superstitions by various propaganda.Probably their reporting is a wholesome entertainment :)

Sometimes it's sad to see the affairs of news channels in India. News channels could initiate a meaningful dialog on so many issues.I don't deny the need to generate TRP for survival, but the basic idea of news reporting should not be hijacked.

Amusing placements of Google Ads...

Lately I have observed, on most of the websites there are Google sponsored ads.Quite amazingly if you look into the ads, sometimes there are very funny instances.

For e.g.



Look into the attached screen shot, it's CNN-IBN's website and you can see two ads( encircled with red arrows pointing towards them) of NDTV. Do Mr Raghav Bahl/Rajdeep Sardesai know about this?

Another funny instance which I remember, was ads relating to 'Airlines' on Indian Railways website, although it's no more there.

Please look for such ads when you are visiting any website, to tickle your funny bones.