Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, has emerged as the winner of Rs. 5 crore on TV game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 6’. Sawhney, a home tutor and a resident of Mumbai, couldn’t believe she had cracked the jackpot, until the show’s host, Amitabh Bachchan hugged her. Link Read more
This is how the Pakistani muslim youth are prepared as suicide bombers. The guy seems to be suggesting that the Muslims are simply wasting their time here running after useless and dirty women, because there – in Jannat, or Heaven – they will have women who will utterly beautiful and available for the taking. Such will be their beauty that their skin will show from under their clothes. And when a man is still taking one woman, the other one... Read more
Anonymous is a Hackers Group. It has mostly been controversial earlier. But one case – a Rape case in the US – brought out its vigilante and “Good Samaritan” character. In that rape case, the football team boys raped a drunk and semi-drugged girl who was dragged from one place to another in semi-conscious state and the boys were caught in a video bragging about how one of the pissed on her. The Anonymous Hackers caught hold of the video... Read more
Andrew Sullivan, the star blogger at “The Daily Beast” is leaving the online magazine and starting on his own with his own business model. Well, the model was supposed to be bold – No Ads Charging the readers for deeper content, more specifically You’ll be able to read any story on the site for free if you get there via a link or social media. In fact, you’ll still be able to read most of the content on the Dish... Read more
The friend of Delhi Braveheart discussed the incidents surrounding the whole rape situation (People were afraid to help us: Delhi gang-rape victim’s friend). Here is what he said. “The occupants of the bus, which had tinted windows and curtains, had laid a trap for us. They were probably involved in crimes before also. They beat us up, hit us with an iron rod, snatched our clothes and belongings and threw us off the bus on a deserted stretch. “The bus... Read more
Amazing depth of wisdom on the need and relevance of even having relationships. When we are complete, why even seek completeness outside? When the source of joy is within, why use someone else for it? Read more
She is 32. A woman. A Hindu by choice. A War Veteran already. And yesterday, she became the first Hindu American Congressional Leader to be sworn in. On her own copy of the Bhagwad Gita. Tulsi Gabbard. That is whom I am talking about. A month and a half back, I had the privilege of meeting her and sitting next to her at the lunch table as we discussed her take on Hinduism and its relevance in the modern US... Read more
Given the realization of the place of women in the world, here is something that I found interesting. These are observations by Mark Palmer, the CEO of StreamBase Systems on his blog (link) Women, if viewed as an emerging market, are bigger than China and India combined. The economic power of women is rising rapidly. By 2013, the worldwide income of women will rise by $5.1 trillion, which is greater than China’s expected growth of $3 trillion over the same time period. And... Read more
I love making pancakes, specially for the kids. Of course, I don’t make it quite as well as this expert would or even approve of. So, its nice to listen to the art of making a perfect pancake. Related articles from External Sources Banana-Split Pancakes | Babble Sweet Potato Pancakes with Pecans and Brown Sugar Sauce Put it in a Pancake! Perfect Pumpkin Pancakes Simple Oat Flour Pancakes A Paleo Breakfast: 2-Ingredient Pancakes Read more
Indian politicians are most ill-equipped to solve India’s Rape problem or even the crime issues. As a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (an affiliate of the Indian Institute of Management) lists – there are numerous of them in the dock for their own criminal activities. How do you expect this lot to do anything against their “own”? According to the report, in the past five years: 6 MLAs had charges of rape against them at the time of... Read more
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