The blogosphere has begun responding to the Supreme Court ruling on a petition filed by Ajit, a 19 yr old blogger from Kerala. The Court told the petitioner that ““if someone files a criminal action on the basis of the content, then you will have to face the case. You have to go before the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Supreme Court ruling on Blogger’s case
Published by February 25th, 2009 in Blogging, India, Justice and Law and order. 1 CommentGo read Priyanka’s charming story of how she relived her memory of her father coming home from work:
Runs to door.. as if its an olympic race…gets onto her toes and looks through the eyehole… eyehole is higher up perched like a bird on the highest branch of the tree…
Split wide grin on seeing the object [...]
Your 30-second blogger introduction
Published by February 23rd, 2009 in Art, Blogging and Humour. 1 CommentSriks6711 has loads of funny/satirical cartoons on his blog. Here is how James Bond would introduce himself if he had a blog:
Very entertaining! Do read the rest of the posts!
Reema links to youtube videos of soulful Bengali and Hindi songs as part of a tag. Do read the desciption that precedes the melodies:
Music is an integral part of Bengali culture. Almost every Bengali girl in Kolkata learns singing. The older generations (and all the Non-Bengali persons I have come across and who were familiar [...]
Who says India is male dominated?
Published by February 23rd, 2009 in Gender & Sexuality, India, Society and Women. 1 CommentOver at the Supari blog, T. K. Ganguly thinks it is a complete myth:
Once grown up, you are expected to provide for the entire family, which incidentally consists of a majority of females compared to males. So when you are rubbing your soles and slogging your a$$ just to keep your family in luxury, you [...]
Poetmaster gives it 2.5 stars out of 5, impressed with the acting but disappointed with the cliched end
Technically, the story moves in a rather jerky fashion throughout the narrative – someone likened it to watching a bunch of serial episodes together – and it takes a couple of sequences to get used to.
Yorick believes that [...]
On the occasion of its 5th aniversary, the Delhi Bloggers’ Group is organizing the WordCamp India from 21st – 23rd February, 2009. There will be Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Wordpress. And the keynote address is by a surprise speaker, who is among the top 100 most influencial bloggers in the US, according to CNET.
Does the West know more of Indian music now?
Published by February 20th, 2009 in Cinema, Globalisation, India, Indiaspora and Music. 0 CommentsAfter A.R. Rehman’s awards for Slumdog Millionare, Gluestick at the aavakai blog thinks the answer to the question is both yes and no :
The truth is that Indian music has been on the international radar from a long time – Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ustad Zakir Hussain have won Grammies before this. Classical music appealed to [...]
I have a sister!
Published by February 20th, 2009 in Children, Fiction, Personal and Society. 0 CommentsSuddenly his foot landed on a paper. He turned and picked it up. It was a photograph- also covered with dust. He came towards light and cleaned it. Wow, it was he as a baby; and his then young parents. But who was this other child wearing a frock in their arms? A twin? No, [...]
Af-Pak-Ind-Bang-Lankistan
Published by February 18th, 2009 in Democracy, Humour, Politics and Terrorism. 2 CommentsGo read the hilarious summary of this week’s headlines at the Vetti Guy’s blog:
Modi is now threatening to take IPL away from Jaipur if the cases against him are not dropped. First, Mangalore took over as India’s ‘pink city’. And now, Modi is threatening to leave the place. Finally, the tide is turning for the [...]
Mr. Mukherjee, was that a report card?
Published by February 18th, 2009 in Economy and Government. 0 CommentsIn the name of an Interim Budget, Vishal Mishra thinks the current Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, has just doled out a performance review of the government for the last five years:
In his budget speech, he merely stressed upon the Rural Development by expanding the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) from Rs. 5,500 Crores ($1.13 Billion) [...]
Go read Arpit Garg’s funny post with lots of pictures explaining what exactly the Congress party’s hand symbol might mean:
Or is it the divine blessing via Congress to the people of India? Probably.
Is it the bribing hand. Given the rampant corruption, it might be a message from the future, hinting at the coming corruption and [...]
Saving India’s climate
Published by February 17th, 2009 in Activism, Development, Environment and India. 0 CommentsGo read the blog by the advocates of India’s Climate Solutions, who’ve posted about their recent Climate Solutions Road Tour:
I went on this tour in the search for inspiration, not just for myself but for the world at large. We need good stories these days–stories of hope and climate heroes and green successes. This one-month [...]
Indians aren’t lab rats
Published by February 17th, 2009 in Activism, Announcement, Capitalism, Government, Health and Science & Technology. 3 CommentsSejal demands that the world should know this:
Three months ago, a nation-wide campaign opposing Genetically Modified (GM) crops, under the banner of ‘I am no lab rat‘, was launched. GM food is created by taking genes from organisms like bacteria, viruses, spiders, scorpions and forcibly inserting them into the genome of brinjals, potatoes, corn etc., [...]
Reinventing the woollen wheel
Published by February 17th, 2009 in Business, Culture and India. 0 CommentsFor those of you who haven’t had a bombardment of the Snuggies, it is a blanket with sleeves thats making the airwaves in the US these days bigtime. Kaul tells us that they’re just plain re-inventing the Kashmiri Pheran:
Everytime I watch the infomercial about the Snuggie, a “blanket with sleeves”, it reminds me of the [...]
Three Breasted Queen of Madurai
Published by February 16th, 2009 in History, India and Travel. 0 CommentsDid you know about a woman having three breasts ? That too in India ??
Gosh ! I did not. Read here to know more from PNS.
The child was ‘Ayonija’ (not born out of the womb). However, the King was shocked to see that she had three breasts. He pleads that he has been a devote [...]
Here are the Valentine’s Day special songs from the music blogging world. Click on the song names to listen.
Srividya Kasturi – Kabhi Neem Neem
Ajitha Watal – Akkam Pakkam
Sowmya R – Nenjiniley nenjiniley
An Equal Love
Published by February 14th, 2009 in Gender & Sexuality, Human Rights, LGBT and Spotlight Series. 1 CommentAn Equal Love
By Sam
Another Valentine’s Day is here. A day to honour love and lovers. A day when many couples exchange flowers, romantic notes, gifts and cards to each other. A day when many lucky ones go out and celebrate their love. It’s a nice feeling to love and be loved, to feel that you [...]
SNC Lavlin Scandal is the most talked about news in Kerala these days. The scandal has also brought out the rift within the Communist party in Kerala. Now there is a blog following up the developments on this case.
As they say in their disclaimer:
A blog to track the development of SNC Lavalin Scandal in Kerala, [...]
Kuffir has a series of blog posts with the English translation of Telugu poems. Check out the posts in his blog.
four of them, united, standing up for four feet of land
deserve, for that crime, to be shot
land to the limit of his padayatra
the one who claimed as his own
crossing nations
the one who gave up whole [...]
Balaraju, after Senthil
Published by February 12th, 2009 in Caste, Dalit, Education, Human Rights and Prejudice. 1 CommentBalaraju, another HCU student commits suicide, after Senthil. Anu reflects on why do these suicides happen?
The caste based reason for suicides show up as higher numbers in HCU, and protests happen when they die, these students are not more special than others in terms of their lives worth, it is because of their extreme vulnerability [...]
Goli at NGO post talks about a journey through India (sponsored by the Tatas) -
The organization that impressed me most was Aravind Eye Hospital. Aravind Eye hospital was started by Dr. Venkataswamy when he was 58 years of age. His idea was very simple, “When McDonalds can train people around the world, irrespective of [...]
On being gay
Published by February 10th, 2009 in Gender & Sexuality, LGBT, Personal and Prejudice. 2 CommentsSam writes a thoughtful post on being gay and how it made him a better person:
Many a times I have asked myself what if I were not born this way, what if I had only the usual feelings that a guy has to another. My life would have been different for sure, I would not [...]
What more does one want other than a cup of hot tea in these winter months ? Come lets have it.
एक कप चाय, गरम है भाई
केतली में बनी है एक्सट्रा
सोचा, किसी को पिला दूं
जोर की आवाज दी
घर के पास गुजरते हुए राहगीर को
How do you feel when you donate something to the poor ? Relieved and your conscience swelled up ? Eclipsed thoughts shows us the reality.
I mean why the hell do you need to distribute the poor Nepalese kids living in the Himalayas some sweets and pencils?
Ever thought what that kid would do with that pencil [...]
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