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Tag Archives: politics
Stars twinkle only in western skies!
The state of Madhya Pradesh is on such a determined “anti-western” drive, that they’ve decided to remove nursery rhymes like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep” from the text books of primary schools. Funnily, it’s not been … Continue reading
How terrorists win
Bangalore, the city my parents live in, was shocked on the 28th of this month. A man brandishing an assault rifle fired indiscriminately on scientists attending a conference at the J.N. Tata Auditorium, across the road from the Indian Institute … Continue reading
Taking a few steps backward
It’s bad enough that non-issues are used for publicity and even taken to court, now even Ministers of the Union Government decide they should tell us about sexual mores! The whole Khusboo incident (read a bit about it at Kate’s … Continue reading
The World’s Largest Democracy
That’s India, that is. My country!! National elections just completed on May 10th and the results were counted and tabulated on May 13th and declared later that afternoon. What’s that you say? So quickly? Of course! Because the world’s largest … Continue reading
Fog of War
I don’t know how many of you have heard of Fog of War, the documentary about Robert McNamara, but here‘s an interesting link to see. For those not in the know, Robert McNamara was the US Secretary of Defense in … Continue reading
*sigh*
With all the random wandering on the internet I do, I chanced upon “Baghdad Burning.” This is the blog of a young woman from Baghdad. Extremely well written, she talks about everything, from her life, to the current situation, to … Continue reading
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Someone on flickr uploaded this picture: It’s a mosaic image of all the soldiers that have died in Iraq (some faces are repeated since the mosaic dimensions are larger than the number of those killed.) I followed the link through … Continue reading
Marriage in the US
Found this really funny comic strip on Salon You may need to watch an advertisment for 10 seconds or thereabouts if you don’t have a subscription. But trust me, the comic is worth it!