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Vivek Mehra
  • Sep 21, 2016
  • 3 min

Photocopy shop wins case against publishers

This is the headline in most newspaper articles. No, this piece is not with me wearing a publisher’s hat. It is me wearing an author’s hat. For the moment let’s park the issue of how this judgment affects publishers, this is about authors and especially for aspiring ones. The judgment has expanded the interpretation of Section 52(1)(h)(i) of the Indian Copyright Act 1957. To understand what has happened, it is important to read this section. The Section reads “Certain acts no

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Vivek Mehra
  • Jun 14, 2013
  • 12 min

The cynical Indian ex-pat (or why I hate the superiority complex stricken…)

I am not sure if the title of this blog actually conveys this but I am angry! On my way to Atlanta from Frankfurt, I chanced upon a Person of Indian Origin (PIO)(read US citizen who was born in India). He was in a controlled conversation coffee in hand, with the air hostess when I walked up. I wanted an I-94 form, the ‘holy document’ without which one couldn’t get into the US. If you left without surrendering it, you were in bigger trouble! But that has nothing to do with thi

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Vivek Mehra
  • Jun 11, 2013
  • 6 min

A pilgrimage of a different kind

I recently visited Amritsar. It was 23 years since I last visited it. The time gap is important for many reasons. This is the city where my great-grandfather (paternal) settled when he moved from Lahore. This is the city in which my maternal grandfather lived all his life and before him, his father did. This is the city where both my parents were born. I spent many summer holidays in my maternal grandfather’s place. The only time I contracted Jaundice (1974), was in this city

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Vivek Mehra
  • May 30, 2013
  • 3 min

A forgotten brother finds me

My previous post elicited many responses directly to my Inbox. Thank you all for understanding. This time I have a different part of my life to share and this one continues to make me happy. About a year ago, I received a phone call. The mobile number was unknown to me. I answered the call and a male voice asked me, “Hi, are you Vivek Mehra who studied in St Joseph Boys High School, Bangalore?” “Yes, I am.” I replied. “Bhaiya, I am S…” I couldn’t believe who it was and strang

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Vivek Mehra
  • May 16, 2013
  • 6 min

The other side of doing good…

I debated a lot before sitting down to pen this post. Would anybody understand the reason for writing this? I have carried this story in my heart for close to 25 years. There is nothing personal that I can gain by telling this. But for everyone who feels they have been let down and hence they need to change their outlook in life, I would say, don’t. We are the person we are, we are not a bundle of reactive emotions governed by what people did to us. And I know as humans this

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