Harassment on the streets of Mumbai
I am a guy who has grown up in Mumbai. The first video is more likely to be authentic. In the first video, I believe, the girl acted more naturally, if we discount the fact that she seemed uncomfortable in her shoes. There definitely were stares, but not much. In the second video, I am not convinced that the girl was acting in a natural way. She seemed to change her pace when they were around people and also was very conscious. Sometimes the pace was too slow. Such behaviour gets some attention, whether it be a guy or girl. Unfortunately in such situations, girls get more attention than guys. What makes the video a bit suspicious is the first group of guys ogling at her even when she had crossed some distance. Mumbai is a place where guys will also be economical in ogling. Having said that I believe it is nobody's business if a girl is loitering around or changing pace or doing anything. They should just mind their own business.–Sudesh Sawant
Trivialising sexual harassment
Thank you for this video. The earlier one literally trivialised the rampant sexual harassment in Mumbai. Mumbai is not safe, the other video had some choppy editing and was so obviously farce but it gave people an agency to shut down women's complaints. Thank you so much for this, you guys rule <3.–Raeesa Bukhary
Tarun Tejpal asked to drop out of Times of India fest
It is a horrible way to treat a rapist – who himself used tyranny of power against a junior colleague. It is really shameful of Times of India, making a hero out of a villain.–Meenakshi Sharma
Aussie general warns YouTube users in Hindi to stay away from Australia
This article is kind of misleading, because it seems to imply that Australian customs has somehow taken a special interest in Indian aliens. This is misguided because all of Australian Customs' videos have been translated into a host of other languages, like Rohingya, Sinhalese, Urdu, and they are not really targeted specifically at India. This video was found by you presumably on reddit and you decided to run it without the proper context, which is that all of Australian Customs' videos are in multiple languages, either overlaid with audio, or with subtitles.–Aroon Deep
Modi's and Rajnath's confusing science and mythology
Why do you disbelieve the strength of ancient Indian science? And put your trust in western science?–K Joseph Samuel
Are there non-resident Hindus?
I a former radio editor of BBC Hindi and have spent more than three decades here. I read your stories with great interest and admire the quality and depth.
The idea that you are not an Indian unless you live in India betrays ignorance and prejudice. I wonder why intelligent people like Ramchandra Guaha and Rajdeep Sardesai and Aijaz Ashraf use this argument. I have a burgeoning collection of anti-NRI writings that show ignorance, jealousy and even contempt to the NRIs, which is acknowledged all over the world as one of the most successful and accomplished diaspora communities.
Ashraf has a first to his name. For the first time someone has called people like us as non-resident Hindus. You may have your squabbling Hindu and Muslims there in India, but let us remain non-resident Indians.
A lot of anti-NRI anger flows from the fact that we support Modi. But we also supported popular PMs like Rajiv and Indira when they visited us. Manmohan Singh visited UK more than once but never bothered to meet any community groups. Had Manmohan Singh organised an NRI meet in NY, he would have also got a full house. Engagement is a two-way process. The NRIs were welcoming an Indian Prime Minister, whichever party he came from. The problem in India is that a large class of people is still not prepared to accept Modi as the Prime Minister of India.
In India there has been a class of writers and intellectuals who have been stakeholders in India's corrupt institutions. They have thrived under state patronage of corrupt politicians and family owned parties. And now their patronage is under scrutiny, they feel threatened. So as a matter of strategy the Left continues to malign those who stand against it as undemocratic, intolerant and even as fascists. There is nothing liberal about the Left in India.
We all have a right to oppose, nobody has a right to hate. Hate breeds hate.–Vijay Rana
Circular cities are more expensive
Seriously? Not only does the study written about sound thoroughly non-comprehensive, the article itself serves to seek cheap publicity by raking up a Delhi-Mumbai catfight that finds no other reference through the entirety of the content.
Simply put, it is absurd to derive economic rationales simply from the shape of urban sprawls as determined by overlapped maps. Socio-political and economic factors have been given no space in the study. These, anyone can easily ascertain, are key to determining urban economics and demographic patterns.
If the article would have had the courage (or brains) to actually compare Delhi with Mumbai, it would have found out that Greater Mumbai clearly has a lower road density, higher per km transportation costs, greater population densities and higher slum dwelling populations. In the case of Bangalore and Kolkata, Bangalore's compact size is offset by Kolkata's comparable renting standards, lower road density, greater population density and higher slum dwelling populations again.
If these parameters alone make a "better" city as the author claims, then his logic stands hopelessly defeated. Realistically speaking, rents in Indian cities are inching toward a greater equalization, and this is not because of the shape of the urban sprawl, but shifting socio-economic dynamics.–Prayash Giria
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I am a guy who has grown up in Mumbai. The first video is more likely to be authentic. In the first video, I believe, the girl acted more naturally, if we discount the fact that she seemed uncomfortable in her shoes. There definitely were stares, but not much. In the second video, I am not convinced that the girl was acting in a natural way. She seemed to change her pace when they were around people and also was very conscious. Sometimes the pace was too slow. Such behaviour gets some attention, whether it be a guy or girl. Unfortunately in such situations, girls get more attention than guys. What makes the video a bit suspicious is the first group of guys ogling at her even when she had crossed some distance. Mumbai is a place where guys will also be economical in ogling. Having said that I believe it is nobody's business if a girl is loitering around or changing pace or doing anything. They should just mind their own business.–Sudesh Sawant
Trivialising sexual harassment
Thank you for this video. The earlier one literally trivialised the rampant sexual harassment in Mumbai. Mumbai is not safe, the other video had some choppy editing and was so obviously farce but it gave people an agency to shut down women's complaints. Thank you so much for this, you guys rule <3.–Raeesa Bukhary
Tarun Tejpal asked to drop out of Times of India fest
It is a horrible way to treat a rapist – who himself used tyranny of power against a junior colleague. It is really shameful of Times of India, making a hero out of a villain.–Meenakshi Sharma
Aussie general warns YouTube users in Hindi to stay away from Australia
This article is kind of misleading, because it seems to imply that Australian customs has somehow taken a special interest in Indian aliens. This is misguided because all of Australian Customs' videos have been translated into a host of other languages, like Rohingya, Sinhalese, Urdu, and they are not really targeted specifically at India. This video was found by you presumably on reddit and you decided to run it without the proper context, which is that all of Australian Customs' videos are in multiple languages, either overlaid with audio, or with subtitles.–Aroon Deep
Modi's and Rajnath's confusing science and mythology
Why do you disbelieve the strength of ancient Indian science? And put your trust in western science?–K Joseph Samuel
Are there non-resident Hindus?
I a former radio editor of BBC Hindi and have spent more than three decades here. I read your stories with great interest and admire the quality and depth.
The idea that you are not an Indian unless you live in India betrays ignorance and prejudice. I wonder why intelligent people like Ramchandra Guaha and Rajdeep Sardesai and Aijaz Ashraf use this argument. I have a burgeoning collection of anti-NRI writings that show ignorance, jealousy and even contempt to the NRIs, which is acknowledged all over the world as one of the most successful and accomplished diaspora communities.
Ashraf has a first to his name. For the first time someone has called people like us as non-resident Hindus. You may have your squabbling Hindu and Muslims there in India, but let us remain non-resident Indians.
A lot of anti-NRI anger flows from the fact that we support Modi. But we also supported popular PMs like Rajiv and Indira when they visited us. Manmohan Singh visited UK more than once but never bothered to meet any community groups. Had Manmohan Singh organised an NRI meet in NY, he would have also got a full house. Engagement is a two-way process. The NRIs were welcoming an Indian Prime Minister, whichever party he came from. The problem in India is that a large class of people is still not prepared to accept Modi as the Prime Minister of India.
In India there has been a class of writers and intellectuals who have been stakeholders in India's corrupt institutions. They have thrived under state patronage of corrupt politicians and family owned parties. And now their patronage is under scrutiny, they feel threatened. So as a matter of strategy the Left continues to malign those who stand against it as undemocratic, intolerant and even as fascists. There is nothing liberal about the Left in India.
We all have a right to oppose, nobody has a right to hate. Hate breeds hate.–Vijay Rana
Circular cities are more expensive
Seriously? Not only does the study written about sound thoroughly non-comprehensive, the article itself serves to seek cheap publicity by raking up a Delhi-Mumbai catfight that finds no other reference through the entirety of the content.
Simply put, it is absurd to derive economic rationales simply from the shape of urban sprawls as determined by overlapped maps. Socio-political and economic factors have been given no space in the study. These, anyone can easily ascertain, are key to determining urban economics and demographic patterns.
If the article would have had the courage (or brains) to actually compare Delhi with Mumbai, it would have found out that Greater Mumbai clearly has a lower road density, higher per km transportation costs, greater population densities and higher slum dwelling populations. In the case of Bangalore and Kolkata, Bangalore's compact size is offset by Kolkata's comparable renting standards, lower road density, greater population density and higher slum dwelling populations again.
If these parameters alone make a "better" city as the author claims, then his logic stands hopelessly defeated. Realistically speaking, rents in Indian cities are inching toward a greater equalization, and this is not because of the shape of the urban sprawl, but shifting socio-economic dynamics.–Prayash Giria