Check out this photo and the caption. Mathrubhumi May 28, 2008 If you have a press tag then you can shoot any horrible scene and print it on the front page for millions to see. But if you are a normal person, then the same media calls you heartless. Now thats called corporate media double standards.

Recently my readers have become very active and are interacting through the blog very enthusiastically. I sometimes feel like the blog is owned by the readers rather than me because most of the comments are longer than the post itself. Also many readers are posting a lot more quality content also. So I decide to create a section, The Readers Opinion in which Ill initiate a topic of discussion and the readers can contribute...

In our history text books we give a lot of importance to the freedom struggle and the patriots who fought against the British. And many a times most of the descriptions are emotional in nature. Does this present a problem ? Should history and emotions be mixed ? History should be taught like mathematics. Provide simple facts are figures to the students. If there is a something thats is a controversy then let it remain a controversy....

I hope the Santhosh Madhavan Episode has cast the death spell of Swamis in Kerala. Atleast it will prevent new Swamis from entering the lucrative faith market. Lets forgive the big shots, the established ones. They are too connected, and too wealthy to face an investigation. The Babas and the Mathas are virtual Kings and Queens. Now the entire media attention is on the Swamis. But there is another kind of faith sellers, the ones...

The entire Santosh Madhavan Episode is a big cover up. The main stream media, the police and the government is trying to cover up something big, really really big using the god man Santhosh as the bait. And who is that bait for ? No doubt, us, the public, the age old donkeys. Just take a look at the events that happened and the focus of our media and the government. Interpol wanted someone who was into arms smuggling, Someone from...

Real estate mafia is one word that we have been hearing recently from a lot of sources, especially from the leftist politicians. Im wondering Why we are calling them a mafia ? Real estate people buy and sell land. Land is a scarce resource and its demand is ever increasing. When something is in demand, its natural for the prices to increase. The profit in real estate is the margin you get when a transaction happens. In share trading...