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Recently, a couple in Chennai came out with an advertisementlooking for sperms of an ex-IITian for a baby. The advertisement went: “Ideal candidate(s) should be IIT students, healthy, no bad habits, tall and fair if possible, but will consider the right donor regardless of looks, etc. Compensation is Rs 20,000 cash. Call or email ASAP. Please help us start a family filled with love and prosperity. References will be required and checked.” The couple wanted the following traits: Tall Fair... Read more
What happens in the Home Ministry offices and corridors directly impacts the security and well being of the country. We have seen how Chidambaram and his wife have been defending the terrorists and smugglers while P. Chidambaram was the Home Minister or to be one. (Chidambaram, Tapuriah, Hassan Ali, and Taufiq Gaffar: A Surreal Picture!). Now a person in P. Chidambaram’s office has been arrested for accepting bribe in an “Extension of Visa” case. One would wonder, what kind of... Read more
India’s tribal people, even those who are at the risk of going extinct, are under threat from Tourists and Evangelists. Throughout history, mindless tourists – seeking exotic joy – and evangelists seeking numbers have devastated entire continents and washed them clear of rich and substantive cultures into a large Walmart of one monotheistic clan. The same combination of devastating camouflaging as altruists – Tourists and Evangelists – are now hitting the Andaman tribals. Tribals in Andaman are of a very... Read more
This year, 2012, is a significant year in many ways. There are enough doomsday-sayers, who believe that 2012 will be the end of the world. World, as per the great mystic and yogi Sadhguru is poised to see a surge in ability of people to touch their inner self. World is at a point where its touch with profound spiritual experience is to grow this year. Between the predictions for the end of the world and a new age of... Read more
Surely, this must be one heck of a humiliation for the Indian team, as they lose a Test match in just two-and-half days to Australia heading to a straight 3-nil loss. With two consecutive innings losses, the humiliation is complete. Somehow, the famed Indian batting line just capitulated in face of pace bowling from Hilfenhaus, an ex-Brickie labourer! It was not just that the batsmen went down easily, but the entire battery of the new and young bowlers from India... Read more
Of the many diseases in India, one has hurt the lives of many people. Many young lives have been put to such a waste because the kids couldn’t use their limbs properly – only because of lack of a vaccine that was easily available. Over the years of India’s independence, Indian Government has tried but not enough to do its bit to eradicate the disease. A lot of these programs were fractured by the corruption in the rank and file... Read more
The movie is billed to be a comedy drama directed by Rohit Dhawan, son of David Dhawan. It stars Akshay Kumar as Jerry or Jignesh, John Abraham as Nick Mathur, Deepika Padukone as Radhika Awasthi, Chitragandha Singh as Professor Tanya Sharma and as Suresh Awashi – Radhika’s father. Jerry takes care of his nephew, Veer (played by Veer Desai), since the kid’s parents died sometime back. It weaves in three broad plots – Recession, Custody of the Newphew and state... Read more
[audio:http://wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com/blogs/drishtikone/files/meri-tasvir-lekar-kya-karoge-kala-samundar.mp3|titles=Meri Tasveer Lekar Kya Karoge] What a delightfully humorous qawwali from Mohd. Rafi! Read more
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