This was a casually taken photo in Karnataka in January this year. I am really happy with the shadows that got caught in the frame.

CAG and the powers to adjudicate on basic human rights

The CAG has now observed that in Punjab jails, prisoners are being denied the basic rights to celebrate festivals (Times of India, March 20, 2013).

I do not think that the framers of the Indian Constitution wanted to give such judicial powers to the CAG.

Please, Mr. CAG, Sir, stick to the Constitutional duties of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Let the Executive and Judiciary do their respective jobs.

'Horse meat & cholesterol' by K.J.S.Chatrath

"Horse meat can be best bet in cholesterol fight" says an item* in the Times of India .........Boaaah...

(* http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-18/science/37813382_1_horse-meat-bad-cholesterol-fatty-acid)

Ides of March- March 15

According to Plutarch,a seer had warned that harm would come to Julius Caesar no later than the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey, where he would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "The ides of March have come," meaning to say that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to which the seer replied "Aye, Caesar; but not gone."[14] This meeting is famously dramatised in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned by the soothsayer to "beware the Ides of March." (Source: Wikipedia)

"Hand of God"

"Hand of God" brings Argentina pope, Maradona says

Religion & top postions in India

'A tweet from Pakistan: Sikh Army chief, Anglo-Indian Air force Chief, Hindu Navy Chief, Christian Defence Minister, Muslim Foreign Minister, Sikh Prime Minister... ...Maybe, tokenism, but from here it looks and feels great' (Source: Jantar-Mantar by Anita Katyal, The Tribune, Chandigarh, November 5, 2012)

'Ganjing & Kebabing' in Lucknow by K.J.S.Chatrath

I am almost ashamed to admit that I have never been to Lucknow....So to wipe out this embarrassment, I am off to Lucknow - for taking lots of photographs of the city that is synonymous with culture and 'tehzeeb'....and to do a little bit of 'Ganjing' and 'Kebabing'...