April 2014
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(brown) Silicon Superman crushed by racism
Commenting on the removal of Gurbaksh Chahal from the RadiumOne board after a domestic violence case, the poster questions the police and prosecutors’ conduct and contrasts the daily danger women…
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“When she awoke, her brother was gone”
A comment, with a long Associated Press extract, on two child refugees separated from their parents at sea; the poster asks when the history of children displaced by the partitions…
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Beautiful people have it the worst
The author mockingly sympathises with the actress Nargis Fakhri after her treatment on a chat show, joking that being beautiful and tall is a heavy cross, and that she has…
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Dharmics United vs. The Yavanas
The author argues that Daljit Singh Kohli’s move to the BJP reflects Congress’s sinking fortunes, warns that community polarisation is uniting Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists against Muslims, and hopes…
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Zack’s Thought Experiment of the Day
A thought experiment asking how a journalist’s word ‘settlements’ for Arab Israeli neighbourhoods would read if applied to black inner-city areas, followed by an extract from a photo essay on…
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On Bard’s (450) birthday, Romeo debarred
A wry comment on a Pennsylvania student suspended after asking Miss America Nina Davuluri to his prom, with a news extract; the poster hopes young love is met with kindness…
