The terrorism emanating out of Af-Pak borders – specially the FATA area is exasperating, as US pounds the area with drones. So, we have Britain’s House of Lords member Lord Gilbert has come up with an ingenious although asinine solution – Drop a Neutron Bomb (ERRB warhead) there. “Your Lordships may say that this is impractical, but nobody lives up in the mountains on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan except for a few goats and a handful of people... Read more
Richard Salva talks in his book “Soul Journey: From Lincoln to Lindbergh” about an interesting statement by Paramahansa Yogananda where he discussed Abraham Lincoln and his past birth, as well as subsequent birth: Abraham Lincoln had been a yogi in the Himalayas who died with a desire to help bring about racial equality. His birth as Lincoln was for the purpose of fulfilling that desire. He has come back again (in the 20th century) as Charles Lindbergh. In his book,... Read more
In a rather bizarre story, a local council in Western Serbia has issued a public health warning that a Vampire is on loose. This has led to sky rocketing garlic sales in the area! Sales of garlic are booming in western Serbia after the local council issued a public health warning that a vampire was on the loose. The warning came after an old ruined mill said to once have been the home of the country’s most famous monster in... Read more
The country heard with amazement and consternation about the fate of the two girls who had posted comments on Facebook about Bal Thackeray and were arrested. Here is a new case that has come to light of two employees of Air India – cabin crew – who “copied and posted” something on Facebook for which they were arrested and then suspended from their jobs. The culprit? The controversial 66(A) and 67 sections of the Information Technology Act Air India cabin... Read more
It has now coming to light that not only did Indian authorities send a letter to Pakistan informing about the Kasab hanging but that the Pakistanis didn’t even accept it. Not just that, even though the family was also informed, no one has claimed the body. It was in that light that it was buried in India. “The External Affairs Ministry through our mission in Islamabad had informed the Pakistan government about Kasab’s hanging. When they did not accept the... Read more
As you may have notice, I have changed the way I blog and the theme itself. Why? Because I wanted greater flexibility in the topics I deal with and the treatment I wanted to do with these topics. This blog is my brand, and I want it to reflect my personality, my interests, and my expanse of what my mind deals with. Here is the impact of all that on the analytics measures of the site.. within the course of... Read more
In Saudi Arabia, you can be jailed for observing Moharram (Shia festival). In Pakistan, you are attacked! In India, you are free to do it, even the Government gives you a day off! If India had a Muslim majority, or a Muslim country, would the situation have been any different than that in Pakistan? Just cut the crap and think straight for a moment on it. Read more
Syed Asif Ibrahim, a 1977 batch IPS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre is set to become the next Director and head of Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is the first Muslim to lead an intelligence agency in India. Before this appointment, he has been the special director in the IB handling cyber operations and security. He will take over from Nehchal Sandhu who is retiring on Dec 31, 2012 Before he came into IB, he was the private secretary to the then... Read more
Google Maps now has indoor maps. There are 10,000 floor plans of major buildings in the US, UK, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Canada and Denmark. These include London’s Wembley Stadium and Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. There is also an ability for people to create and upload maps for storeowners and others as the toolkit is available to add these maps. You can add your floorplan to Google Maps here. Until now, this was available only for Android users,... Read more
Now, Gangnam style video is the most viewed video in history on Youtube. It has had over 816 million views world-wide. If you haven’t seen the video here it is. It has upstaged the No. 2 – Justin Bieber’s Baby Not only is this video from Gangnam had such outrageous number of views, but there have been several versions where views run into millions. Korean Dance team – 74 million Britney Spears learns Gangnam Style for Psy: 46 mn views Read more
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