Usha thinks it’s a good time to write the future:
Technology may grow in leaps and bounds and there could be as many Deep Blues as one may care to have but technology will never beat the human ability to dream. The MS Word program on my computer, the 2007 version , proved that to me. [...]
Archive for November 6th, 2008
Lifting Pictures, This Time it Seems to be Mudra
Published by November 6th, 2008 in Blogging, India and Media. 0 CommentsPlane Mad at BitterScotch reports his picture being stolen by the Ad agency Mudra from Wikipedia. Will this ever end?
But when i see a big print ad for a reputed online property portal that too by a respected agency in one of the leading english daily, skimping photography charges by stealing photos off wikipedia, you [...]
On why love marriages are opposed
Published by November 6th, 2008 in Caste, Personal and Religion. 0 CommentsChandni adivises parents to come clean on why they oppose love marriages:
Given the marriage set up in India, as with other things, it ends up being about every person other than the couple in question. If they have fallen in love despite their differences, they must have found some common ground for themselves, right? Not [...]
Aparna Singh discusses abortions and sex-selective abortions:
The dilemma is this: on the one hand, it is important that women have the right to abort as an inalienable right over their own bodies. On the other hand, to prevent the rampant killing of foetuses identified as female, the government has made such identification illegal. Then, is [...]
‘Give some credit to Maharashtra’
Published by November 6th, 2008 in Development, Language and Politics. 0 CommentsAfter Raj Thackeray violently hijacked the cause of the Marathi people, a lot has been written for and against him. Some of what I read about him has amused me and some has amazed me. But what never fails to annoy me is when those who are against Raj Thackeray’s politics deride Maharashtra. They mouth [...]
Lessons from America
Published by November 6th, 2008 in Dalit, Democracy, Politics and Racism. 0 CommentsAtrocity News says there are ’several lessons’ to be drawn from the Black movement and democracy as practised in America:
The most important aspect of the Obama politics is firm faith in the Constitution of America. He believes in the constitution of America. He thinks that only constitution can unite people who are divided into so [...]
On her way towards becoming a healthy, calorie-conscious eater, Parvathi chronicles her travails as she munches on sprouts and spends Rs. 150 on a salad bowl:
Next day morning I woke up with lot of belching and bloated stomach. Still nothing can mar my determination. I continued with my breakfast consisting of sprouts, which left me [...]
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