In an interesting piece of news, a Pakistani report suggests that 66% of their elected leaders did NOT file any Income Tax returns. Rest filed with incomes so low that it is almost a mockery. Almost – perhaps all – all evade taxes. So much so that the country’s President Asif Ali Zardari and PM Raja Pervez Ashraf BOTH are tax evaders! The Centre for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan’s report said two-thirds of the country’s elected political leaders failed to... Read more
In Punjab, the NRI grooms are notorious for deserting wives in India. The people in Punjab are also obsessed about marrying NRIs and going abroad and for that they do whatever it takes to find and hook onto such a groom. Many times it doesn’t work out. Not only is the girl deserted, but the in-laws have extracted a heck of a lot of money as well from the bride’s family by then. This needs to be stopped. And now,... Read more
Ranbir Kapoor, the latest sensation, is set to be the next Superstar, if he isn’t already one. Right now only 3 A-list actors ask for a whopping 70% share in the profits of the movie they work in – Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, and Shahrukh Khan. Now Ranbir Kapoor has stepped in that list and demanding that kind of money as well. The deal has been insisted by Rishi Kapoor, Ranbir’s dad. It is said that the deal for the... Read more
The media in Pakistan is rather strange in the way it discusses issues. Specially the issues concerning terrorism and one that is directed against India. As this lady says, many in Pakistani media are on the payroll of the ISI. No wonder that those who aren’t and take a different line – people like Najam Sethi, Hassan Nisar or Pervez Hoodbhoy – are often termed as being Indian RAW agents! After all, this accusation reflects their own paradigm itself. You... Read more
British Government is planning on sending its troops returning from Afghanistan to India for meditation to they can de-stress to ward off the PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is no longer a fancy psychological term only found in bulky books and journals on the subject. It’s a reality countries involved in wars are grappling with on a day-to-day basis, and which has forced them to look for solutions to help troops dodge and beat the condition Keeping this in mind,... Read more
A very interesting and credible argument from Najam Sethi on why 26/11 was planned by the elements in Pakistani Establishment at that time. Why not earlier, why at that time only? The Mumbai Attacks in 26/11 brought the two nations back into a war like situation and any work that Asif Ali Zardari had done for peace was put on backburner. Read more
Here are some excellent “Life hacks” for India from Reddit. #1 (Link) Pretend to talk on your phone when taking an auto/cab late night and casually mention that you are travelling in a cab and going by so-and-so route. This could save your life. Pretend to talk loudly on phone when around stray dogs. If you insist that you are carrying a laptop/valuables/passport in your bag, the security guards at shops will let you carry your bag inside shops. When... Read more
Thank you! Thanks, Goldman Sachs for saying something that I have been saying for long. Computing has to be viewed by including smartphones as well! Because you know what? Tomorrow’ Computers will be based on Today’s Smartphones and NOT on today’s PC! The sooner the hardware and software companies understand this, the better they will be 10 years from now. The report, which was obtained last week by The Seattle Times, says that while Microsoft operating systems were found on 97 per cent... Read more
As the folks in the Developing countries get online, they make a beeline for the social networking sites. Not as many people in developing countries have access to the Internet as those in more developed areas of the world, but when they do get on the Web, they are more likely to join a social-networking site, according to a Pew Research Center report released today. The report — which looked at the state of social media globally based a survey of 21... Read more
Finally, iPhone gets Google Maps as native app and not a web wrap-around. These maps now have all the necessary features like traffic, turn-by-turn navigation, transit directions, walking directions, satellite view, street view, indoor photos, Zagat restaurant reviews and even some integration with your Google Profile. Obviously, the Apple maps app wasn’t up to the snuff. GigaOm says that Google Maps has very quickly become the top app downloaded on iPhones. Exactly how many iPhone users downloaded the app is not... Read more
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