Times of India pastes a picture taken by Kalyan Verma at its front page, lifted it out of Wikipedia. And before that they picked up a picture taken by PlaneMad. But then what is new!
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Times of India at it Again
Published by February 11th, 2010 in Activism, Blogging, Media, Photography and Plagiarism. 1 CommentChanges in Paypal India Policy
Published by February 6th, 2010 in Blogging, Business and India. 3 CommentsShrinidhi is not happy with the sudden changes in the paypal India policy. Neither am I.
The worst thing according to me, is that Paypal has enforced this policy change without any prior notice, any warning and is autonomously back dating the policy and enforcing it on already completed transactions, reversing them and causing huge inconvenience/loss to [...]
Tweeples report of a tweetup from Lucknow.
Now Lucknow, to be honest is really not one of those cites where social networking sites are used by a large part of the population no it is not that way at all. I was not able to convince many people to come to a tweetup and had almost [...]
Not sure about much of the pictures but I wonder if that is the new way to make rotis!
Celine reacts to the death of two tigers at Jim Corbett National Park in the last 20 days-
I certainly do not agree with the belief of some egoistic and insensitive dumbasses that a tiger is a magical symbol with mystical power in its organs. Let those same dumbasses experiment with celery or dark chocolates instead [...]
The photo taken by Hobo says it all. Go and have a look.
Atul takes a Lakhnavi look (in Hindi) to our attitude towards giving. Read to find out what happens in the story.
Fishermen and their Lawyer
Published by January 17th, 2010 in India, Justice and Society. 0 CommentsSanand talks about a gift he got for representing a fishing community in Maharashtra.
On behalf of the fishing community, we filed a suit for injunction before the city civil court in Mumbai. It was fully granted (with respect to 2 pumps and 2 connecting tanks). Then, the other side went to the High Court in [...]
Sankara brings back beautiful pictures and stories from their visit to Hogenakkal Waterfalls.
As we got out of the waterfall, we found some kids waving at us from a height of over one hundred (100) feet. Then, to our utmost surprise, they jumped into the water, swam to us and collected five rupees from us, which [...]
Blogbharti wishes its readers a Very Happy 2010.
Chetan Bhagat talk about the lack of credit for 3 Idiots even when the book is the base of the movie. Let me add a disclaimer that I have not read Five Point Someone and now for sure I am not going to see the movie.
The case is as simple as the makers claiming the [...]
Vulpineshooter posts some beautiful pictures from Ranikhet and recommends the place-
Such weekends are hard to come-by. Although, I do travel a fair bit to various places, but this weekend will always be a bit special for me, as never have I been to such a quiet and serene place which stole my heart in an [...]
Accidents but Thankfully it is only Fiction
Published by December 28th, 2009 in Blogging and Fiction. 1 CommentRohit starts a new novel and his first chapter centers around accidents and I read that long post in one sitting. I liked it so.
Many people visited me in the hospital and asked the only question I had no answer to: How did it happen? First few times I tried to explain that I didn’t [...]
Sonja Stark from the Pilot Girl Productions gives a few packing tips for frequently traveling women on travel assignments. Read more for such tips.
No jewelry, no sunglasses, no pajamas, no robes, no belts, no dresses, no skirts, no extra shoes. Wear only one pair of comfortable fashionable slip-on shoes like Merrills. Shoelaces just slow you [...]
Roop finds her photo as a bride peering from a Punjabi magazine pages in an article with which she thoroughly disagrees! Of course they plagiarized it from the net.
It might have been SOME consolation if I agreed with the views of the article that they posted my photo along with but it angers me even [...]
Arun at iVinca (the very same Arun of the India Travel Blog at Paintedstrokes) posts some breathtaking pictures of places around Bangalore!
Who are they? To find out have a look at Sid’s photograph of you and me.
T R Shankar Raman writes extensively about death of animals on the highway.
Around India, as in other parts of the world, millions of animals risk daily encounter with increasingly fast vehicles plying on an expanding meshwork of roads and highways. Roads through our countryside and forests and the people who drive vehicles on these routes [...]
Tarun asks the question, do we Indians remember Manipur?
Manipur, a small state tucked in India’s north-east, a state which I regret to say India and Indians forgot. That is why state which is going through turbulence since July because of a fake encountered which was carried out by the forces there and fakeness of which [...]
Big Boss 3- Viewers and Disabled Friendly in the Same Breath
Published by October 5th, 2009 in India, Media and Society. 40 CommentsAmrit wonders what would happen if the viewer to participate in the Big Boss 3 was differently able?
It took a Stephen Hawking to visit India and sensitize the government about making Taj Mahal wheelchair accessible, although of late some NGOs have been doing stellar job at making other tourist places accessible, including Qutub Minar.
Coming back [...]
Green Revolution and Norman Borlaug
Published by September 28th, 2009 in Food, Poverty and Sports. 0 CommentsRoshan researches and writes about the father of Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug.
It is interesting to note that Borlaug, an American, did all his work in developing countries during a period that saw a boom in American economy. That means he could have possibly found a good job in the US, and lead a comfortable life. [...]
Abhilash talks about the Yadav Bhel Puri walah in a mouth watering post, more so because I am running a cold and anything spicy sounds quite tempting at the moment-
Another tall figure Jk took his legs off the byke and followed me. We went to the person running yadav Bhel puri and ordered “Bhaiya do [...]
Rocksea posts some pictures of elephants and mahouts when it is bath time. However he has a lot of sobering elephant facts in the same post-
Cruel treatment by the mahouts. A recent article published in Kerala Kaumudi points out that around 90% of domesticated elephants in Kerala are made blind or partially blind, so that they can be [...]
That is Julia, who is falling in love with Bhopal. Check out why!
Creative Rumblings paints some photographs she comes across while surfing. I have to say that the results are quite pleasing to the eye.
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