I moved into a new apartment this week, and my mother’s obsession with perfection, which i seem to have acquired, drove her to make quite a few changes around the the place. Around 4:00 in the evening, yestarday, I overheard a conversation that intrigued me enough to write of it. It was a boy who worked in the housekeeping department, barely seventeen, he had been summonned, to do what he did for a living, he was a cleaner, a Pocha-wala if you will, and the most interesting one yet.

He worked, cleaning washrooms at a banquets place by day, and went to a “Night College” by night. And much like a student’s rendition of the ‘Rocky’ series, this rather scrawny Rocky Balboa, had defeated his demons and triumphed over his opponents to be one of the best of his time. A staggering 98% in his HSC Board examinations, is what he managed with nothing but pure, unadulterated desire. I struggle to...

I came across this petition on change.org and i was, well, baffled.

And so i sent them a “report abuse” message.

Firstly, The pronoun used to describe india is female, when it could very easily be neutral, which would be less discriminative towards a specific gender. Secondly, Legalising same sex marriage is giving people the rights that they already possess under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which India, as a country representing itself at the United Nations, has signed.

Article 16 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states:
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The...