In India, you don’t mess with Punjabis, specially with Punjab! Rahul Gandhi, the bird-brained Congress prince, visited Punjab where he was feted by all and sundry. And, what did he have to say for it? That, as per his estimates 7 out of 10 youth in Punjab are drug addicts. Yes, drug addiction is a big problem in Punjab, but 70% youth?? He must have spent his time at a “Joint club” of some sorts to come up with that... Read more
First Post has a very interesting post on how, not only has there been some messy transactions between DLF and Robert Vadra, but Vadra’s company Skylight has even evaded taxes worth Rs 14.1 crores! Some facts: In Balance sheet of 2008-9 ending 31st March 2009, there is an entry for a 3.5 acre plot of land in Manesar, Haryana. It was ostensibly bought in this financial year. The Value of this plot is shown as Rs 15.38 crores (cost price)... Read more
Dileep Padgaonkar epitomizes the journalists who are responsible for the complete loss of character for media in India today. In his latest article – ok, its more of a rant a-la-fresh blogger with a new blog account and anger in his/her head – Padgaonkar riles against whoever he can set his sights on. Why, because someone has patted his favorite hunt – Narendra Modi. Padgaonkar sees red. Is mad. And can’t think straight and come off with unrealistic comparisons. If... Read more
On Tuesday (Oct 9), in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, a 14 year old girl from the Mingora town of Swat District in NWFP was shot by Taliban. She has been fighting for women’s rights and specially girls’ right to education since 2009. She had been writing a blog for BBC detailing her life under Taliban. Her shooting has created a big uproar in Pakistan and also around the world. Many candle light vigils are being held in various cities of Pakistan... Read more
The entire episode of Robert Vadra & DLF Combine vs Arvind Kejriwal is very interesting. Not just because of the allegations and evidence that Kejriwal has produced. But because it is NOT news. This was known for very long now. Why is that important? Because it leads us to focus on THREE parties: Mainstream National Media, Opposition Parties and DLFs Auditors. Mainstream Media – inefficient or in bed with the Corrupt? The actions of providing unsecured loans with almost no... Read more
Earlier this year in February, a global research company (God Bless them!) Ipsos said in a survey that Indians were the Second Most Happiest people in the world along with the Mexicans. 43% of the citizens of these two countries were sure that they were “Very Happy”. The survey also revealed that the global averages were brought down by Europeans, who seems to be particularly melancholic! If only these Europeans could get their act together, wouldn’t the world be one... Read more
The guy is Sayyed Waseem-ur-Rehman Shah. He came to India in Nov 2006 and was deported from India in May 2007, because of expired visa. He has an ongoing spat with the management of ‘Dargah Hazrat Khwaja Mansurul’, a shrine located in Bhandup. He is also accused of making incendiary speeches. He has offenses in Sangli and Mumbai registered against him. But, he is a free man, who roams around in Mumbai in a car with a red siren. A... Read more
Hinduism or Sanatan Dharma – which means Eternal Law – has an interesting nemesis. The Hindu. The Hindu of today is a religionist. He has been drenched in the paradigm of religion – complete with contextual and made-up morality, ethics, and principles as well as ideological nonsense – so deeply, that he has turned the Greatest Open Source Experiment in human-kind’s history into a joke. Therefore, it is in keeping with such a strange situation, that I have been recommended... Read more
Many years ago when I started writing a blog in its initial version on blogspot and used to read the few sources of Indian news and views, one writer stood out. Varsha Bhosle. Later I came to know that she was also the daughter of Asha Bhosle Her writing wasn’t for the ordinary, professional”peace-lovers”. She was fiery and strongly and staunchly Hindu. And, she never masked it. She was adept at taking to task the Mullahs and the BJP with... Read more
In an India TV sting on T20 World Cup Umpires, 6 umpires from South Asia – Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – have been caught agreeing to cooperate to give wrong decisions for money. They are Nadeem Ghauri and Anees Siddiqui of Pakistan, Nadir Shah of Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka’s Gamini Dissanayake, Maurice Winston and Sagara Gallage. While Nadeem Ghauri was ready to do anything for money, Anees Siddiqui was willing to go even further – he was also ready... Read more
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