We talked of Mamata Bannerjee in the last post. How Aakar Patel, equated her with Modi in terms of what she does and says. Well, here is some example of her behavior. This socially and behaviorally illiterate female was at Kolkata Book Fair on Wednesday. And while coming out she shouts at her guards. On Wednesday evening, while coming out from the Kolkata Book Fair, Ms Banerjee shouted at her guards, “Apnakay chapkano uchit” which in English means, “you should... Read more
To know the bias and the shallowness of the mainstream media, this is a good comparison. Rahul Gandhi is a nincompoop with a silver spoon and his speech that day – where he brought up the “Power is Poison” statement – was scripted and made up. It was easy to know. On the other hand, Modi spoke from his own experience and work he has done. Who is a leader and who is not is pretty obvious when you see... Read more
A man in Massachusetts, US, is paying his teenaged daughter $200 to keep her off social networking website Facebook. Paul Baier, who is the vice president of an energy firm in Boston, posted on his blog the picture of a Facebook Deactivation Agreement his daughter Rachel signed to stay off the site in exchange for $200. What’s surprising is that this idea of staying away from the popular social networking website was Rachel’s. The father told The Daily Dot that... Read more
A talk about silence? — seems to be difficult, doesn’t it? Let us have a look how Osho manages. — “The moon reflected in the water is not the real moon, but still it has tremendous beauty; and if the waters of your mind are silent, then the moon reflected in those waters is exactly the same.” Read more
This is the program on Modi’s speech at SRCC. It includes views of many youth, Aakar Patel (a Journalist), a Muslim professor from Jamia Milia, and Tania – a girl who rattled Mamata Bannerjee with a question. Let us look at some of the material discussed: Modi was planted by RSS as the Chief Minister in Gujarat, even though he didn’t have any experience and so his elevation is no different from Rahul Gandhi’s. (Aakar Patel): First, this journo talks... Read more
Samsung is coming out with a fridge with a built-in Android tablet and an internet-connected washing machine, by the end of the year. The fridge will have Android tablets which will help people keep track of ingredients, order groceries and act as baby monitors using built-in cameras. The fridge – T9000 refrigerator – will also have built-in Evernote application which would allow busy couples to share shopping lists as soon as they ran out of something. With tablets becoming more... Read more
IN our neighborhood, an important event just occurred. China has taken over the Pakistani port at Gwadar. It is the main entry point to Middle East and would link China to Middle East waters via the Karakorum highway. Management of Gwadar port, around 600 km (370 miles) from Karachi and close to Pakistan’s border with Iran, was handed over to state-run Chinese Overseas Port Holdings last week. Interestingly, while the Pakistanis believe in and pride in their friendship with China,... Read more
Just 3 minutes film but it says a lot. A lot about life’s journey, a soul’s longing, and its understanding of its goal (success) albeit unarticulated. Transformational in its own way. The Story In 1985, a young man from a well-to-do family took a bicycle trip across southern Europe, wandered into Bangladesh, traveled through India, and vanished while hiking in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas. He was never seen or heard from again. “Wait For Me” is the story... Read more
Good news for the Green Tea and Wine drinkers! These two products contain chemicals that help fighting the impact of Alzheimers. They do so by disrupting a key step in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Findings were published in Journal of Biological Chemistry. The key to Alzheimer’s advance is the formation of Amyloid balls – a protein – which stick to the nerve cell surface called prions. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by a distinct build-up of amyloid protein in the... Read more
An interesting and one-of-a-kind study done on the involvement of the Asian-Americans in the elections throws up some interesting insights. The study was done by Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). It did a nonpartisan multilingual exit poll of 9,096 Asian American voters in the November 2012 Presidential Elections. The poll was done in 37 cities across 14 states on Election Day: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Nevada, California, and Washington, D.C. Although... Read more
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