DiL-ViL blogspot

Its time for DiL-ViL to move, this time, from the city of the London Eye to the Big Apple, ie New

Following my earlier post on 'Racism, castes and shame,' I received an interesting comment

Back from a two- week vacation spent mostly in village. Other than the obvious benefits of rest,

These days, UK is commemorating the bicentenary of the 1807 Abolition of Slave Trade Act. Newspapers

(Source: Channel4) Yesterday happened to be the last day (ashtami, अष्टमी) of winter Navaratri.

After yesterday's post - my first attempt in blogging in hindi, ie devanagari script - I received

आज पता चला कि अब ब्लॉगर में हिंदी लिखी जा सकती है, यानी ब्लॉगर हिंदी transliteration (अनुवाद /

Over the past week, I came across a couple of interesting sites with studies on how social values

While walking along the Thames yesterday, this Greenpeace protest banner ('Tony loves WMD')

Lucknow pension authorities have delivered an impressive performance once again. While UK pension

Made an exciting discovery today, that of Lucknow in London! Actually, it is Lucknow Street, in the

An email forwarded to us carried these photos of models. After I had cycled through feelings of

Connor McCreaddie, an 8 year old, has made a big splash because of his weight. In December, he

Yesterday I received an annual report from Lester B. Pearson College, which is only one of my old

Consider the case of Novartis' patent lawsuit against the Indian government. Here is a simple

On February 18th, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav, the who-knows-whether-and-for-how-long Chief Minister of