In the case of Indian Government asking the social network sites to ban and delete “offensive content”, things took a strange turn. When the case came in front of the Delhi High Court, the judge had a strange take. “Like China, we will block all such websites,” Justice Suresh Kait told the counsel for Facebook and Google India. If one really thinks about it, the judges remark is a gross violation of our judicial system. Why? Here are the reasons... Read more
[audio:http://wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com/blogs/drishtikone/files/Aaj-Jane-Ki-Zid-Na-Karo-Asha-Bhosle.mp3|titles=Aaj Jane Ki Zid Na Karo by Asha Bhosle] This is one of my all time favorite ghazals. Asha Bhosle has really sung it well. Read more
[audio:http://wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com/blogs/drishtikone/files/Tadap-Tadap-Ke-Full-Song-HQ-W_-Lyrics-English-Translation-Hum-Dil-De-Chuke-Sanam.mp3|titles=Tadap Tadap Keis Dil Se] This is one of the top favorites from the Sanjay Leela Bhansali movies. KK rendered it with great pathos and passion. From the movie “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” Read more
A teacher who has some worthwhile knowledge to share with the world seeks to touch as many people as she can so she can enrich lives around her. An advertiser selling something like Coke – which is harmful to health and is an absolute non-value add – tries to get to as many people as he can to get more buyers. A fanatic who seeks to create an ideological Army for his conquests, also seeks people to convert them to... Read more
What a stupid flip-flop by BJP! First they induct Bahujan Samaj Party leader Babu Singh Kushwaha – someone who has been exposed by the BJP National Secretary and Chairman of its Scam Expose Committee Kirit Somaiya. And then goes ahead and suspends the dude! Can they please get their act together and decide who they like and who they don’t? Read more
This is the obvious question that everyone is asking these days. Will 2012 be the end of the financial and economic world as we know it? With Euro going, Europe will no longer be the same again. The economies around the world will face the ripple effect of that event, far more, probably, than the 2008 meltdown. As per some people, the comparison is not a good one. Why? Politically US and Europe are different (Imogen Lloyd Webber: Euro Collapse)... Read more
Since last few months, I have been analyzing the platform I was using for Drishtikone.com with a view to see how it can be made simpler and also more user friendly. All these years, I have been a hard core proponent of Drupal as a great CMS. It is. But it had certain issues that were impacting my ability to do things. For example: There is a new Drupal version every year. And the upgrade is not as easy as... Read more
IBM's future predictions via its 5 in 5 (<a href="http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2011/12/the-next-5-in-5-our-forecast-of-five-innovations-that-will-alter-the-landscape-within-five-years.html" t Read more
A reply in Rajya Sabha by Information and Broadcasting Minister of State, CM Jatua is very enlightening. Read more
Indian history is a virtual lie. And, as it remains in the hands of Communist HIstorians, the depth of lie increases by the day. Read more
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