Male Rape Affects Me less than Female Rape – Why?

In the scene in Pulp Fiction where Marsellus gets raped, I would have felt a lot worse if it was a woman. When it comes to male rape, for me the physical pain and loss of control is a lot more important than the sexual aspect. When a woman is raped however, the feeling is totally different. There, the sexual aspect is the most important. Why do I have these double standards?

Not Racism – Expats are Not Immigrants

Some people accuse us of using the word “expat” only for white people, while we called others “immigrants”. Even though this is generally true, this is not racism. It just so happens that white people tend to live in richer countries. It may look like color based discrimination, but it’s not.

Yes, Paris Got More Attention than Beirut. Get Over It.

It’s not a bad thing that the world grieves for Paris and not Beirut or Baghdad. We view the Middle East as a giant mess up where such things happen too often to get worked up over it. Paris on the other hand, is viewed as “safe”. Terrorist attacks there get much more attention. That’s not a bad thing.

Should the Hindu Right Migrate to a New Country?

Normally when you don’t like the nature of a country, you leave it and settle elsewhere. I would never live in an officially Muslim nation, and I wouldn’t waste my time trying to change its basic nature. Similarly, the right in India seems to want a “Hindu nation”. Since the character of India is so fundamentally different from what they want, doesn’t it make sense for them to demand their own land outside India somewhere?

Book Review: The Vlad Taltos Series by Steven Brust

Continuing my tradition of reading only first person narratives, the Vlad Taltos series is awesome. Out of 14 books in the series, I found only two a bit weak. There is another spin off series called “The Khaavren Romances”, but since they’re set in a different age, I didn’t feel particularly keen to try them … Read more

Dadri vs Prashant Poojary – Why They’re not the Same

Not everything generates the same outrage. Hindus on the Right feel that the murder of Prashant Poojary is being ignored, while the lynching in Dadri is receiving too much attention due to religious pandering. However, the real reason is simple. The circumstances of the murder in Dadri make the common man feel unsafe. The murder of Poojary however, does not. Here’s why.