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Online Gaming and Indian Law In a recent survey, it was found that around 40% of Indian adults have gambled at least once on online platforms. It is not a secret that Indians are fond of gambling activities like card games and sports betting. While online gambling activities are significantly growing in India over the…

There has been a spate of heart-attack-related deaths, especially post Covid pandemic times. While many young have fallen prey to death due to heart attacks, the aged population is also at risk of heart attacks. It is always good to listen to your heart and take care of it. If you already have heart issues,…

Are politicians in our country Elite class citizens? The answer to this could be YES, as one of the petitions filed by the 14 opposition parties in the Supreme Court (SC) seems to give this indication. But yesterday the SC made this observation and said “ Politicians can not claim higher immunity” while hearing the…

Nowadays it has become very difficult to know whether the news that you are reading/seeing in the media is true or fake. Many times it is political parties who put fake news in the media against their opponents. The general public is fooled by these types of posts in print and other media. So many…

Friends, to date I have failed to understand why the Congress party has always been an anti-Hindu political party after the independence. Our first  Prime Minister always had a soft corner for the Muslim community, and there is much news on the media saying that in fact, the Nehru family’s ancestors were Muslims. If you…

In my last weekend blog, I had written about strong female roles in the Bollywood films of the 21st century. Here is the concluding part of that blog. 7 Usha, played by Ratna Pathak Shah in Lipstick Under My Burkha 2016 She is a 55-year-old widow living in Bhopal, the revered matriarch of her locality….

There have been lots of posts and discussions in the media about the disqualification of elected representatives. Recently Rahul Gandhi of Congress was disqualified as MP when he was convicted in a defamation case for 2 years by a court in Surat. He was disqualified as MP immediately on the next day, even though he…

In the earlier days, we Indians never looked beyond Yoga and meditation to keep our body and mind healthy. But today, the world has become a global village, and we can also look for alternative life practices to help our overall well-being. TAI CHI is slowly becoming popular in India, and not without reason. Let…

For the last few days, there is one piece of news that is getting maximum attention from the media and social media is Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the membership of Lok Sabha. This happened because he was convicted by a Surat court in a defamation case, and he was given a sentence of two years…

In this weekend’s blog, I am back with Hindi films.  Bollywood is mainly a male-dominated industry, and most of the films have male-dominated characters, and generally, women are treated as props or objects of desire to be reduced to lesser fleshed-out roles. However, there have been times when portrayals by female actors in leading/side roles…