Srikar Kandalam

blogs from Hyderabad

Rio 2016 - A yet another Indian Perspective
A lot of things were different about this year's Olympics. For one, the concerns that surrounded the host city Rio, which is grappling with economic inequalities and crime. I think I remember there was a statement by their Police that visitors are on their own as their salaries haven't been paid for...
Posted on 30 August 2016 | 11:25 pm
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What is your God?
A sizeable number of readers would be going, "I think there's a grammatical mistake in the question". Really? Read it again. I did ask "What is your God". And there's a good reason why I think that question needs to be raised. I am pained, appalled, proud, unhappy, mystified and mortified at the thi...
Posted on 2 May 2016 | 12:17 pm
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Untouchability still exists, painfully so
Something unreal just happened today. I was in the elevator going down when a couple of ladies, a mom and her daughter I presume, got in. There was our apartment cleaning guy in the elevator already with a bucket full of dirty water, a rag, a mop - the works. The elder lady of the [...]...
Posted on 7 March 2016 | 3:23 pm
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