Court to Decide Whether Guru Is Dead or Just “In Deep Meditation”
If you’re really good at deep meditation it can be hard to tell.
India
Mustache-Discrimination Case Reaches Indian Supreme Court
On Monday, February 11, justices of the Supreme Court of India heard argument in the case of a man who claims he was fired from his job at Indian Airlines because of his sizeable and “elaborate” handlebar mustache. Initial reports…
Indian Warrant for American Gigolo
A court in Jaipur, India, has ordered the arrest of Richard Gere for kissing actress Shilpa Shetty at an event in New Delhi that was intended to promote AIDS awareness. Mostly, it has ended up promoting the facts that India…
Snakes’-Rights Activists Put Indian Snake Charmers Out of Work
Snake charming was hard enough before the government cracked down.
Indian Rat Surveillance Department Comes Under Fire
The Hindustan Times, which I of course read religiously, reported Monday that the New Delhi city government agency that is responsible for catching rats apparently has not actually caught any rats at all in over ten years. Although (according to…