Monday, January 23, 2012

The Rushdie Fiasco

If the Indian and Rajasthan Government publicly admitted that it cannot provide security to Salman Rushdie, assuming here that the threats were real, it has failed in its duty to enforce the law. Keeping this in mind, does the government have the moral authority to enforce the ban on Satanic Verses, and punish the four authors who have read excerpts from it at the Jaipur Literary Festival?

Friday, January 13, 2012

Sunset In The City

DSCF7317 - Sunset In The City by sigill
DSCF7317 - Sunset In The City, a photo by sigill on Flickr.
One day on the way back from office, I saw the sun set behind the fly-over. On weekdays, I usually don't carry my camera, as I have a massive laptop bag to carry.
The same weekend, I came back to the spot, and clicked this shot as the sun was setting.
This shot creates the stark contrast between the ugliness of concrete Delhi against the beautiful sunshine. What is ironic is that the spread-out uniform orange colouration of the sky is the result of the evening delhi smoke.