By nandan on April 27, 2009
The SIM card I use for my mobile is an Airtel, which is the biggest service provider of India. I had received a call from them a few months ago which was about choosing a caller tune for my mobile. The computer played some songs first and then said to press the button 3 if [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged Airtel
By nandan on April 22, 2009
My cousin is going to get married soon, maybe in December this year. My relative who has a permanent job in a bank is too much interested in getting people married. He knows several families who want to get their daughters and sons married. He asked my uncle to get his son married with one [...]
Posted in Women in pain | Tagged dowry, hindu weddings, indian wedding, Varanasi
By nandan on April 17, 2009
It was voting day on the 16th in Benares. Everybody was supposed to have a voter ID card which is issued by Election Commission of India but again this year Election Commission of India was not able to provide the voter ID card to everyone; actually I also did not get it. Three days before [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged elections 2009 India, Varanasi elections 2009
By nandan on April 13, 2009
The politics is at its top in India nowadays. All the political parties have released their manifesto for the coming election. Samajwadi Party also released its manifesto yesterday in Lucknow. The chief of Samajwadi Party, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav , said yesterday that if they win the election and come in power then they will ban computers, [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged election 2009 India, samajwadi party menifesto 2009
By nandan on April 8, 2009
I know that a lot of people have decided that they will not vote this year in the elections because they are completely fedup with the government. In fact, I was also one of them but I recently came to know about something interesting. Even if I do not want to vote, I can still [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged India election 2009
By nandan on April 8, 2009
There was a bollywood movie song “love ke liye sala kuch bhi karega” which means “will do anything for love”. I think our politicians love this song and have implemented the idea in their lives but not for love, for vote. They agree to do anything for vote, just anything. Yesterday P. Chidambram,the home minister [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged jarnail singh, journalist throw shoe at home minster
By nandan on April 8, 2009
Elections are coming and the Election Commission of India is working hard on getting voter ID card to all the voters. It’s a new system in India that all the voters should have a voter id card otherwise they will not be able to vote. The government always says that they will block any person [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged election india, voter id card
By nandan on April 5, 2009
The election for central government is coming soon and the political world is so hot nowadays. Benares has always been a very important place for Indians but this year Benares is something special because of the big names from different parties going to participate in the election. Benares has become a center of attraction for [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged elections 2009, india elections, Varanasi
By nandan on April 3, 2009
An student from University of Montana, USA had contacted me to volunteer for my organization and for housing at my guest house. I also wanted to start something for sex workers in Benares. I asked him if he would like to help me organizing some kind of program for sex workers. He seemed so much [...]
Posted in HIV and AIDS | Tagged AIDS education India, HIV, sex education India
By nandan on April 1, 2009
I applied for my passport a few days ago. I was supposed to fill out a form and submit it at the passport office in Varanasi. I went to the office and presented all of my documents to the officer. I thought to look over the documents again before giving it to the officer and [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged corruption in india, indian passport, Indian police