The wonders of Dubai like the Burj Khalifa and other buildings and hotels are being built by foreign workers who work 12 hours a day and live in squalor. The living conditions are pathetic. Hundreds die every year. Basically, it is modern day slavery in another way. Read more
Aadhaar or the UID card that is being rolled out by the Indian Government is going to be the most important document with the citizens. It is important for: procuring LPG connections, issuing passports, sale or purchase of houses, opening a PF account or withdrawing your provident fund, opening a bank account Here are useful tips on getting the Aadhaar. # Aadhaar card enrollment is free and you need to enroll only once as an individual is entitled for only... Read more
Even though the welfare for the citizens is high, these economies are very strong. Adrian Wooldridge argues that the Nordic countries are reinventing their own model of Capitalism, which is based on high competitiveness and openness, yet welfare for all. Read more
Watch the video with the practice. Unfortunately, these westerners cannot understand the significance of the practice and end up with proclaiming primacy of Jesus and their own beliefs. The problem is that West has not known any other way to live except to eulogize the body and the physical. So, when they come across such ruthlessly practiced form of the understanding that body is a useless vessel once a person is dead…. they somehow can’t come to terms with it.... Read more
He is a constable and has a diploma in Diesel Engine mechanics – but he has created at least a dozen software products that have helped solve around 200 crimes. Dilip Thakor is quite a phenomenon! A woman recently walked into the Ahmedabad police’s crime branch headquarters to complain about some plainclothes cops who were blackmailing her after catching her in a compromising position with her boyfriend. She had already given them gold ornaments worth Rs 50,000. Officials smelt a... Read more
Many women from outside India – specially developed world – are “renting wombs” of Indian women to have their babies. In a study recently published in Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, researchers found that there has been “an increasing demand in the number of couples registering children to foreign surrogates” from the UK. Australia is another major source of demand for Indian surrogate mothers, according to study by Surrogacy Australia. The study found that, in 2012, there were 200... Read more
Many people have strange ideas about things that they don’t know anything about. Specifically those which are outside their definition of “normal”. But beyond the physicality, life does not manifest as we would like it to from our sanitized perspectives. Aghoris are a contradiction for many. They are Spiritual. They eat human bodies found unidentified. Smoke marijuana. And live naked. Why? Here is an interesting answer. Read Quote of Ganesh M Raturi’s answer to Hinduism: Why do Aghoris consume marijuana... Read more
History has a great way to level the playing field for people. Well, while leveling the parking lot, skeletal remains were found under a municipal parking lot in central England. Many believe that these remains are of King Richard III. This 15th century King ruled England between 1483 and 1485 after a deadly and bloody battle to the throne, known as the “War of Roses”. He was also immortalized – as a villain, albeit – by William Shakespeare in a... Read more
The playing field in the film and movie business is not level for women – specially in Hollywood. So, what do they do? They flock into an area that is fast growing and doesn’t require “Godfathers”. It requires talent. As per a new study, more women are working in independent films than in Hollywood. Results shared at the recently held 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah showed this. “Sundance Institute believes that stories and characters told through film... Read more
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) is a massive city-modernisation scheme launched by the Government of India under Ministry of Urban Development. The idea was to spend $20 billion over seven years. Fantastic idea. Well, not quite so as the UPA Government prepares to launch its 2014 poll campaign with the toddler-become-leader-of-juveniles Rahul Baba. Why? Because all the great projects under this scheme are actually from Gujarat!! Self-financing of a road project: Known as the “Surat Model”, where the... Read more
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