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Devyani and Sangeeta
A note on the dismissal of charges against diplomat Devyani Khobragade, urging India to give offshore domestic workers government status or end the arrangement, and hoping Sangeeta gets a fulfilling…
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Kashmir: the avalanche season
A news extract reporting avalanches, lightning and floods in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 16 people in three days, with no comment from the poster.
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New York City blast, fire, madness
A short note on the East 116th Street explosion and fire in New York, wishing BP readers safe and recalling train trips to the city.
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The Tusker named Ganesha
A note on a Purulia tusker that smashed a house but carefully cleared the debris on hearing a baby cry, with the poster fearing wildlife losses.
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Dementia
A note on a Nature Medicine study using a blood lipid test to predict Alzheimer’s with 90 per cent accuracy, with the poster asking what that figure really means.
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Sweet as Sunny
A sardonic note on a US student’s turn to pornography and Bollywood interest in her, taking the story as a sign of the times and asking readers to sign a…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments
