Don’t Glock in school

This story is so unreal, that it can’t possibly be false. A student was slapped with a three day suspension by his school, because the pen he was using happened to contain the logo G which stands for the Glock company, a gun manufacturer.
This is not really about guns or extreme political correctness or even [...]

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Soumya Bhattacharya on racism

Soumya Bhattacharya in a Cricinfo article says that Indians are racist.
I broadly agree with the contention, however I find his examples rather weak. There are several issues that interplay here and it is disappointing to see them mussed up haphazardly - an aesthetic preference for lighter skin tones cannot, for instance, be equated with a moral belief in white supremacy. 
He also mandates, with the [...]

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