As the crisis unfolds in Sri Lanka, Tamil Sasi asks if “everything is over”:
While Eelam Tamils have a complete different sense of feeling which I can’t explain as I am not an Eelam Tamil, Tamils from Tamil Nadu have to watch various dramas enacted by the Indian and Tamil Nadu governments. I have never witnessed [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Liberation of the Eelam
Published by April 30th, 2009 in Government, Politics and South Asia. 0 CommentsThe Indian National Congress’ blog
Published by April 30th, 2009 in Blogging, India and Politics. 7 CommentsSimilar to the Friends of BJP, the Congress has also launched its own blog. This is an excerpt from the latest post, “Body of Evidence“:
President Zardari in Pakistan does not believe in a ” body of evidence”, which given the Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab affair should hardly come as a surprise. But his rather outrageous [...]
Some light moments regarding the Swine Flu Scare, at Rambling with Bellur.
The cyber portals to their kingdoms
Published by April 27th, 2009 in General Elections 2009 and Humour. 0 CommentsWanderlust has done some extensive research on the various parties contesting the polls in India this year, and their websites. Move over BJP, you cannot beat these gems:
Shiv Sena (http://www.shivsena.org) Bala Saheb needs a nail-cutter immediately. The sharp finger jab at you from the homepage is not very welcoming to say the least but then [...]
Fake IPL Player gives you the inside view of what is going on in South Africa.
Here are some of the clinchers.
… We have reached the stadium for the opening ceremony. Our owner Mr. Vinnie Dildo is here with his ravishing wife (My…she’s hot) and his son. Haven’t seen the rest of his bumchums yet… We [...]
Okay, how about a communist prime minister?
Published by April 27th, 2009 in Democracy, India and Politics. 1 CommentAt the South Asian Daily, Mayank asks about the scenario with a Communist prime minister for India:
To the average American the idea of a communist leading the world’s largest democracy after legitimately winning a fair election may seem just too complicated to process but in the Indian context it would be merely reflective of the [...]
We deserve it
Published by April 27th, 2009 in Culture, Democracy and General Elections 2009. 0 CommentsSameer says, with a 40% voter turnout in Pune, we deserve the kind of criminals we get as our government:
Well the question is open, but the one that probably needs to be anwered by all of us… all of us Indians.. Inspite of so much of crowding @ the Election booths pune only saw 40 [...]
Bangalore, shame shame
Published by April 27th, 2009 in Culture, Democracy and General Elections 2009. 0 CommentsWith only a 50% voter turnout in Bangalore, Deepak is very disappointed:
I am getting no words for those who were enjoying sitting/relaxing at their home, roaming or just ignoring. Today’s young generation out of which those who belong to corporate crowd, all days sit in AC buildings, roam around in luxury AC cars, eat the [...]
Manish writes an excellent log about his trip to Rangat in Andaman. He writes in Hindi, so I am unable to quote from it here, but take my words for it, he has a flair! Go read him.
Elections – A Farce?
Published by April 25th, 2009 in Democracy, General Elections 2009 and India. 0 CommentsHip Hop Grandmom tried to cast her vote, but could not find her booth. I bet she isn’t the only one.
I checked the internet and visited the concerned site. It opened a page with 255 booths listed and asked me to click on my booth. Had I known the number of my booth I’d have [...]
Kochuthresiamma is an avid dreamer:
And then there was a time when I saw myself as a globe trotting professor, sporting a dark horn rimmed specks, delivering lectures is the most prestigious universities in the world, the talk of the town, the pride of my community and family. Of course this vision presented itself mostly during [...]
Literate city
Published by April 22nd, 2009 in Books, Culture, Law and order, Theory and Violence. 0 CommentsAn interesting argument at Rama’s blog- Rama’s friends react to a recent Amartya Sen theory that more book lovers means less crime in Kolkata:
To start with … there are crimes and crimes, various nuances and shades. If burglaries, rape and murder are cognizable crimes, what about nursing-home doctors fleecing their patients and botching up operations [...]
Over at Mutiny, Kima points at our perceptions about the North-East of India. Worth a good read.
Five. Seven of my cousins are serving in the Indian Army and Navy. And yes, a large number of people from the Northeast are in the Armed forces protecting this great country and ready to sacrifice their lives in [...]
Whoever finds my name in the list, I’ll vote for that party
Published by April 18th, 2009 in General Elections 2009 and Humour. 0 CommentsWith that as the bait, Shantan’s mom finally got someone to “find” her name on the Voters’ list. Go read the full story on the post:
“Its only one vote mam! its ok…nothing will happen”, said one of them.
“Hello! The Vajpayee government fell down coz of one vote 2 elections ago. Dont u know that????,” said [...]
The battle at Ganges
Published by April 18th, 2009 in Democracy, General Elections 2009 and Media. 0 CommentsOn the blog at The Hindu, an interesting perspective is presented about the battle in the elections in Uttar Pradesh:
But there is another side to the story. Of all the players in U.P., the BSP alone has a rock solid core vote that is also almost fully transferable. Unflinching in their support to Ms. Mayawati, [...]
Does my vote really count?
Published by April 18th, 2009 in Democracy, General Elections 2009 and Politics. 0 CommentsRuchi thinks because there are roughly twice the number of political parties compared to the number of Lok Sabha seats, who you vote for does not necessarily represent your own constituency:
It doesn’t matter which party one votes for. Coalition politics renders ideology irrelevant since policies in coalition trend to the mean with extreme positions canceling [...]
Smartvote, nocriminals and bleed India
Published by April 16th, 2009 in Announcement, Development, General Elections 2009, Humour, Politics and Society. 1 CommentThe general elections for 2009 are being fought as much on the ground as in the cyber space. Besides votereport.in, there are some more sites urging you to know who and what you’re voting for. If you live around Bangalore, make sure you visit SmartVote and “know your constituency”. To quote from their website’s about [...]
Corrupt, autocratic and casteist
Published by April 16th, 2009 in Caste, Corruption, Democracy and General Elections 2009. 0 CommentsPawan thinks all these attributes assigned to Mayawati are just a campaign by the English-speaking media to slander Mayawati’s image:
It is time for the elite to shed its prejudice and intolerance, and realise that India is best represented through the regional parties. And that if these did not exist, violent struggles would have broken out [...]
So is Mayawati the next Prime Minister?
Published by April 15th, 2009 in Caste, Dalit, Democracy and General Elections 2009. 2 CommentsJhangora asks the question:
What troubles me is that like most other regional parties BSP hasn’t groomed the second rung of leadership. I don’t see any entity, be it political, economic or military, succeeding without a well distributed power structure. Bahujan Samaj Party may claim to be the front runner in their determination to uplift the [...]
iTunes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Published by April 15th, 2009 in Business, Humour and IT. 1 CommentPriyank reads through the Apple’s iTunes License Agreement and writes a hilarious post.
“THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, [...]
Vote Report India
Published by April 14th, 2009 in Announcement, Democracy, General Elections 2009 and IT. 0 CommentsThis time around, we can try to see more transparency and visibility of the elections coming up in May by the multitude of electronic media and tools available. One such initiative is VoteReport India, where you can submit your own story, SMS, twitter feed, etc. and it all gets organized into a single point of [...]
More thoughts on Education
Published by April 14th, 2009 in Education, Government and India. 0 CommentsProfessor Patnaik (ex Professor at IIT Kanpur) talks about government the proposal to set up world class universities in India-
In recent years no generally held credible ranking system has shown that there are world-class universities in India. However, quite a few university teachers in our country express skepticism about the objectivity of these rankings, but [...]
Is this really a ‘reform’?
Published by April 13th, 2009 in Education, India, Policy, Science & Technology and Spotlight Series. 2 Comments[ This is Essay No. 36 in our Spotlight Series. Click here for the archives.]
Is this really a ‘reform’?
by T.A.Abinandanan
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Hemali Chhapia reports that the hub-and-spoke system of colleges being affiliated to universities may come to an end soon, at least in some Indian states. Under this move, universities will not have colleges affiliated to them; [...]
Should I drink all of 5 liters in the morning?
Published by April 9th, 2009 in Health, Humour and Society. 0 CommentsAhh, the things you get asked by patients when you are a doctor:
So this patient of mine (and it was a tough day, lemme tell ya) is asking me in my Outpatient Department room, “So, Doctor, when you say drink a lot of water, why do you say that?”
Me: “Because it is getting hot, and [...]
Abstractpsyche and a few friends started a charitable fund that has been helping a few people for a long time since its initial conception. Go read in more detail and donate if possible:
The idea developed, and we all agreed to fund for the education of his brother which would in a way, help the family [...]
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