Archive for January, 2008

Mumbai Vs. Shanghai

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

I don’t think that Manmohan Singh’s dream of turning Mumbai into another Shanghai will ever come true. How is going to convince 15 million Chinese to move to Mumbai?

The Rape Of A Book

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

I am an ordinary man. I have ordinary feelings. I have felt rage, envy, hatred - I can see why people become thieves and murderers. The one thing I have never been able to understand is the psychology of rape. Until now.

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120 Days Of Web 2.0

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Now I’ve really done it. I have started Facebooking like crazy. First this blog (the simple passions), then Facebook (the complex passions). What’s next? A page on MySpace.com (the criminal passions) and then trying to get 38,000 people to be my “friends” (the murderous passions)?

I have no shame. No self control. Marquis de Sade would be proud.