Khap Blog Posts

There are days when I wonder what these wretched Haryanvi khaps would do to keep themselves busy, if it weren’t for the non-stop flow of diktats against jeans/mobiles/booze/DJs. Here’s the latest.  Chow mein is not being blamed this time...

Opening the morning papers or going on Twitter is an ordeal these days, ever since the ugly events of 16 December finally pried open the Pandora’s Box of what is happeninf here in India.  There are horror stories from all over the country, nor...

I told you yesterday that one Mr. Yadav had recommended breaking the legs of rapists. It would appear that the rapists need not worry themselves unduly on that score. Which “strict measures”, then, are the khaps in favour of ? An idea wo...

In the midst of all the bilge that the khap panchayats (local community based councils) have been spewing forth, and about which I have blogged on many occasions, this comes as a bit of a shock. No, not the forbidding girls to use mobiles -  that...

The khap panchayats in Haryana are at it again. (A panchayat is a council of village elders, essentially.  And khap is concerned with caste issues) There has been a spate of horrific rapes in Haryana in the last few days. (Haryana is just over the b...

I have decided to start a new section of my blog called “Mother India zindabad” which means, roughly, “Long live Mother India.” Before you think I am getting too mushy, this is not going to be what it seems. Every day here in...