4th Dimension

Things I never expected in Vadodara include uncivilized public behaviour. But the recent drink and drive case of Rakshit Chaurasiya is intriguing to me. he shouted "Another Round" , "Nikita" and "Om Namah Shivay" after killing and injuring innocents. Which is not unknown to us. It has become a very common scenario where a late-night street in a bustling city, a luxury car speeds past, a loud thud, a body on the ground. The driver? Gone. The headlines the next morning scream outrage, but within weeks, the case disappears into legal oblivion. It’s a script we’ve seen play out time and again, especially in recent years, where young, affluent men behind expensive wheels seem to treat traffic laws as mere suggestions. But has it always been this way? Have hit-and-run cases always plagued India, or is this a new, ugly side-effect of rising wealth, urbanisation, and the lack of consequences? Let’s take a journey through the decades, from post-independence India’s...

We Indians love a controversy. And this time, it wasn’t over politics, cricket, or Bollywood—it was over a joke. A joke so inappropriate that it sent the internet into full meltdown mode. At the center of it all? India’s Got Latent, a dark-humor, satirical version of India’s Got Talent, hosted by Samay Raina. The show was known for its edgy jokes, sarcastic commentary, and unfiltered humor—not like our average family-friendly entertainment. Everything was going fine until Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBiceps) asked that question which broke the internet. Even for a show that thrives on dark humor, this one was a nuclear-level misfire. Within days, the clip went viral, and outrage poured in. Politicians jumped in, lawyers filed complaints, news channels found their new prime-time topic, and Ranveer found himself the target of an FIR. In fact, this wasn’t the first time India saw moral policing disguised as law enforcement. Back in 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the First Amendment, limitin...