The latest India Today-ORG opinion poll shows that BJP will see an increase of 11 seats in Gujarat taking the seat counts to 128 out of a total of 182 seats. On the other hand, Congress – which has stooped to as low as it possibly could – promising free laptops and what not – will lose 11 seats. On the other hand, Keshubhai Patel (Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP)) – the dissident from BJP and Modi’s bete noir will win... Read more
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One of the World’s greatest Soccer legends in history – Diego Maradona was in India. He had gone to – of all the places – Kannur. For the opening of a jewelery shop and of a helicopter company owned by Indian businessman Bobby Chemmanur. He spent a little over half an hour at the Municipal Jawahar Stadium at Kannur entertaining the over 50,000 crowd there and even celebrating his birthday! He cut a cake, which was in the shape of... Read more
Tensions between China and Japan are running high these days. And from the looks of it, it doesn’t seem like this will come down anytime soon. One of the consequences of this is that the Japanese companies are switching from China to India as the investment destination. “Strong growth and big population” are the main factors that make India interesting for Japanese companies, explained Makoto Suzuki, the head of Mitsui and Co. India Ltd., a group that is active in... Read more
China has a different policy against the countries which are or have been aggressors against it and different ones against which it has been an aggressor against. This tweet from Indian Defense Analyst, Brahma Chellaney shows that amply: China seeks yet another apology from Japan for its past aggression but asks India to “look forward” and not recall the 1962 Chinese invasion — Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) October 24, 2012 Read more
“Tum do kaudi ke logon ki aukaat hi kya hai jo hum se sawaal poocho? Jo chahe kar lo, tum hamara kuchh nahin bigaad sakte!” Remember this popular remark made by the uptight Mafia Don or Zamindar in Hindi movies against the hero of the movie or even common men and women who dared to question his tyranny. After all the ways to shut the populace would fail, and someone would dare to ask the obvious, the mighty and powerful... Read more
Some questions are interesting and often asked by people who don’t have enough experience. When I came across this question and the answer, I just marvelled at the insights of this person. It is worth reading the whole answer. The question is – Is Getting Rich worth it? And the answer is by Regis Chapman, a Yoga and Meditation teacher. I would highly recommend reading the answers by others as well, specially by two people who got rich and their... Read more
A lot of Pakistanis talk against drones and how they are a blot on their nation’s sovereignty. Many say drones – and they are right – are one of the major cause of hatred in Pakistan towards US. Well, drones may not be the cause, but an alibi to hang their hatred on. And, as this graph – shared by friend Ali Chisti from Pakistan on his facebook profile – says, the drones have been eliminating more terrorists than innocent... Read more
India’s Finance Minister has some advise for the banks in India. Specially from the standpoint of the poor. “The point which I have driven home so many times, the poor in India are not bad borrowers, the poor in India are not dishonest borrowers, the poor in India are ethical, honest, are deserving borrowers. Therefore we must lend more to the poor,” he said at a function. Interesting. And what about the rich? “In fact a big business house can... Read more
This is an interesting case from India where the harassment on Social Media by some people culminated in their arrest on complaint from the victim. So, moral of the story is that you better be careful while passing vulgar and bad remarks about people. Surely this will come as a dampener for those who engage on Social Media, because this interpretation of vulgar expression vs freedom of expression can depend on different people and also context. …Chennai City Police arrested... Read more
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