The Genetically Modified seeds and the resultant use of fertilizers and pesticides which have led to the destruction of crops in India, while the farmer is laden with Debt – is the topic of a final movie of a Trilogy. The first two movies Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town, and China Blue have “won 20 international awards, aired on over 30 television channels and screened in more than 100 film festivals“. The final movie – Bitter Seeds – looks at... Read more
Pakistanis are very sensitive to any one pointing any finger at them, no matter if every terrorist in the world has at some point learnt his trade from that country or at least been prepared by someone from Pakistan. Now in one week itself, two people – Pakistanis, and important ones – have been made to go through some inconvenience because of what they had done. And, what do they and other Pakistanis do? They start the well-known and nauseatingly... Read more
One of the greatest tragedies in Spiritual history of mankind has been the rise of the religious Hindus. The religious Hindu is a believer.. in a system that is prima facie devoid of belief and predicated on experience. He brings the frameworks of other belief systems and juxtaposes them on an ancient set of practices that shunned any incomplete and inadequate conclusions drawn by the mind. So, what is the impact? Temples need to have singing priests now. For entertainment... Read more
The importance of India in world cricket is underscored by how presence of India helps the financial state of other countries’ cricket boards. One line at the end of an article in Sydney Morning Herald on Cricket Australia’s operating results says more than anything else. Cricket Australia yesterday announced a $41 million rise in its operating result, attributed to India touring for last summer’s Test and limited-overs series We have seen how Pakistan’s board has been impacted by the India... Read more
According to some recent surveys, female infidelity is on the rise. For example: National Social Survey, sponsored by the National Science Foundation: Cheated at some point in the marriage – Men = 20-22%; Women = 15% Indiana University-Kinsey Institute study: Cheating in men = 23%; In women = 19% Men have been most often been the main people cheating, but it seems either women are cheating more… or being caught more often. In fact even in these surveys the organizations... Read more
Deal after deal one finds corruption links back to ONE country – Italy. Is it a mere coincidence? When even the source country – Italy – is investigating the corruption and pointing to Indian middlemen.. Indian Government is quiet. The India head of helicopter manufacturer Finmeccanica, which is being probed for alleged corruption in a deal to sell VVIP choppers to the Air Force, has come under the scanner of Italian authorities who tapped his phone conversations with the alleged... Read more
The sad story of India’s Coal public sector company – Coal India is pretty damning and depressing. While Dr. Manmohan Singh keeps coming up with cuter faces and alibis behind his screwing up of the CoalGate, he and his coterie has been instrumental in messing up Coal India’s production for the multi-million dollar gains! Here is the sad story of CIL and how this Government has deprived this organization to distribute the coal blocks for free to companies for captive... Read more
Just Five Minutes? This very popular ad for Maggi Noodles and the popularity of Instant Noodles has been specifically for the kids in India. But are these noodles safe for kids? Or even adults? Well, it turns out that they aren’t! Ahmedabad-based Consumer Education and Research Society has done tests on 15 brands of noodles (including Maggi, Top Ramen, Knorr, Ching’s Secret, Sunfeast Yippee!, Foodles, Tasty Treat and Wai Wai X-press) to check out their claims on health quotient of... Read more
The Communists in India work over time to show how they are against religion and that they won’t tolerate any religion in their cadres. One wishes this was true in all cases. It seems some religions within the stables of Communist cadre are not just tolerated, but those who profess it are also put at the helm! There is a curious case of West Bengal CPM stalwart Abdur Rezzak Mollah, who is a staunch Muslim. He was also the Land... Read more
In the movie “Student of the Year” Radha – of Radha-Krishna context – is called “Sexy”. Some Hindu organizations are up in arms about it. They want the movie to be banned etc. Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) while protesting Sunday demanded that the Censor Board should ban the movie for derogatory reference against Radha in one of its song. Whether one agrees with the form of protest or the call for ban on the movie, one finds enough holier-than-thou Media... Read more
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