This is a beautiful documentary on Varanasi by two New Yorkers. I think they have done an excellent work and in many ways I admire their commitment to what they love doing! Varanasi, India: “Beyond” from Cale Glendening on Vimeo. Varanasi is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world! And it has been known as a place where, if someone ever died, would get liberated. Some who go there say that the act of just visiting the Ghat where... Read more
Daily Beast has an interactive map of all the shootings they could lay their hands on from the news reports. This is what the website says: Through media reports, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a nonprofit lobbying group, has compiled a list of 431 shootings with more than one victim since 2005. On average, according to the organization, a multiple-victim shooting happens every 5.9 days in the United States. The deadliest city in this period, according to the... Read more
Saurabh Kalia, along with 5 sepoys went on a routine patrol on the Bajrang Post in the Kaksar. For 22 days (May 15, 1999 – June 7, 1999), these brave men were tortured beyond any human imagination and then killed. After that, they were handed over to Indiaon June 9, 1999. The postmortem revealed that the Pakistan army had tortured their prisoners by burning their bodies with cigarettes, piercing ear-drums with hot rods, puncturing eyes before removing them, breaking most... Read more
This, as we discussed earlier, is a very common topic on the Pakistani channels. And, it is interesting to see the views of the Pakistani media people ABOUT the media and its showing. I was kind of intrigued – not entirely shocked though (I expect a lot of things from Pakistani “intelligentsia” having listened to their media) – to hear this “senior journalist” that “Music and Dance is against Pakistan’s culture”. In fact, he says these were part of “Brothels”... Read more
Lindsey Lohan hasn’t really handled herself well through her life. So, it was nice to see her go to India and do something useful. Here is a tweet by Lindsey Lohan’s mom and the video on her work against Child Trafficking in India So proud of my daughter. Look at the beautiful work she did in India youtube.com/watch?v=qC6f6B… — Dina Lohan (@dinalohan) December 14, 2012 Read more
The objection of monks taking up a role in Nation’s politics is useless. And this lecture by Chanakya brings out that clearly. Since a teacher, a Guru is also part of the society and nation, he has complete right and reason to stand up to a corrupt ruler. This is especially significant in view of the remarks against Swami Ramdev when he started his fight against corruption! Read more
Interesting impact of Magazines going digital – specially Newsweek (now, Daily Beast) “I don’t actually go to newsstands anymore,” said Tina Brown, the editor in chief of Newsweek/The Daily Beast, a few days after she announced last week that Newsweek would become an all-digital publication and terminate its 79-year run in print by the end of 2012. But while Brown insists that she prefers reading on her Kindle when traveling and she sees “everybody reading screens,” there are still places in the world... Read more
Today is Shailendra’s Death Anniversary. And it also happens to be Raj Kapoor’s Birth Anniversary! Dedicating this song to BOTH of them, which happens to be one of my all-time favorites! Shailendra (August 30, 1923 – December 14, 1966) was born Shankardas Kesarilal. He was by far one of the greatest Hindi lyricist to have graced the Indian Cinema along with his peers Neeraj and Pradeep. Indian film industry has been dominated by Urdu lyricists and pure, profound and good Hindi... Read more
We all know that Google Maps are back on iPhone. With a bang. Here is the issue. Google just bought Motorola to get a footprint in the mobile phones market. It has Android as its spearhead OS. Google’s direct competitor is Apple and iPhone. The main drawback with iPhone was its lack of useful Maps application. Then, WHY the heck did Google plug that gap in the iPhone and make it arguably the World’s BEST Smartphone? Masochism? Naah. Smart focused... Read more
We all know that. And a major part of India’s surge in computing world is due to these pirated things. Good or bad, I am not sure. But it was necessary for India’s middle and low income class to help it bridge the gap. As an Indian and knowing India’s history – I would say that every society does what is right for itself. And sometimes, another group or country’s people get impacted. There was a time when India was... Read more
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