Three for December

I couldn’t find the Curse Your Branches album at MW or any torrent for it. Could you link me to some place where I could listen to a couple of songs from it before buying it from iTunes?

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Here’s something to liven up your year-end music blues – folk/country/irish/tin pan alley/indie/whatever. Catch the Franco-American band “Moriarty” at Select City Walk on December 20th.

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Debate is the life force of a matured democracy. Disruption is the slow poison that is designed to kill democracy.

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Our blog will never die as we do not have any dearth of subjects to debate.

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The Aircel-Maxis deal is a bit complicated. Here are few points alleged by Dr. Swamy in his case against Mr. Chidambaram and his family …

* Govt claimed no delay on part of Chidambaram in approving the Aircel-Maxis deal. It said the March 7, 2006 meeting of FIPB cleared the Maxis investment of around Rs. 4,000 crore in Aircel.

* But an October 17, 2006 Press release of FIPB shows Chidambaram cleared the deal only in the October 3, 2006 meeting of FIPB.

* The vital information that the Govt concealed is that at the March 7, 2006 meeting of the FIPB, clearances were given to another company with similar name – BT Global Communication (Mauritius) Ltd.

* The FIPB also did not show the amount of foreign investment and kept the concerned column blank. Normally all FIPB clearances would specify the value of foreign investment.

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Thanks Mr. Sharma for bringing up this issue in the name of discussion/debate in parliament. I’d let more informed people take up this issue and simplify it for the benefit of others. I would join in at a later stage. I am still collecting information/allegation/rebuttals on it.

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Scam suspected in installation of elephant statutes in Mayawati’s dalit memorials

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Scam-suspected-in-installation-of-elephant-statutes-in-Mayawatis-dalit-memorials/articleshow/13136417.cms

After NRHM, Noida land, toilet and canal scams during the previous Mayawati regime, now financial irregularities have been found in making and installation of elephant statutes in dalit memorials. These memorials were built in Lucknow and Noida by Mayawati. She projected them as symbol of dalit pride and a place of pilgrim. However, on Monday, Lucknow police found documents during raids at office and godown of the UP state Nirman Nigam which showed anomalies in tendering, payments to the sculptors and over evaluation of about 200 statutes of elephant in dalit parks and memorials.

The matter came to light on Saturday when a Madal Lal from Agra lodged an FIR against a contractor Aditya Agarwal who had ordered for the carving of the statutes. In his FIR, Lal claimed that Agarwal gave him the contract of supplying stones and installing it after carving an elephant. Lal said he was told that the official rate of one elephant statue is Rs 48 lakh but was paid only Rs 7.5 lakh.

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Was there ever a doubt re: Mayawati?

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Delightful news.

99 tigers sighted in a single day in Maharashtra

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Maharashtra/99-tigers-sighted-in-a-single-day-in-Maharashtra/Article1-855629.aspx

Here’s some good news for wildlife lovers! At least 99 tigers and 96 leopards were sighting during the nightlong machan (waterhole) census in just one day at different tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries, including the famed Tadoba, Melghat and Pench in Maharashtra. The census was done on May 6, which was a full moon night.

According to the state wildlife wing, apart from big cats, a number of rare species such as pangolin and mouse deer were also sighted. “If 99 tiger were sighted in just a day in protected forest areas, it indicates that the tiger population in the state would be over 200,” claims Kishore Mishrikotkar, assistant conservator of forests (Wildlife).

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Is democracy worth without liberty, what is democracy, and then once there is democracy what should be the nature of debate etc etc — these are troubling questions all across the globe these days –

The birth place of democracy is reeling under tensions – euro/unemployment/austerity ..Greece had second elections yesterday; looks like they will have a third election.. They had debate all thru the years, and after second world war when the new Greece was formed with the deposition of the king… Did democracy and debate help them out?

Sharma talks about the “cerebral” quality of the debate of yester-years.. Who were the parliamentarians then and who are the parliamentarians now? What happened few days ago — few MPs from both treasury and opposition object to a 1949 political cartoon; and Sibil and Pranab stating that all objectionable stuff (including cartoons) will be removed from text books…Is this the debate (and result of the debate) we want?

Talking about democracy in general, especially after the Jasmine revolution — can Islamists, who let us assume win on majority vote, be true democrats granting liberty to its citizens? What if the elected Islamist parties impose laws that curb individual freedoms – like executing convicts, prescribing a dress code etc – all with popular support?

What if democracy does not serve liberty?

What about the populace? Are they really ready for the responsibilities in a democracy?

The public policy research forum, Freedom House, did a study of people from various countries, measuring the potential of a country/society to foster democratization based on its values, and the degree of democratization granted/available. . Amazingly, Iran ranks higher (6) to India’s (5) on the society’s potential and readiness, although they do not have democracy. So, it is interesting that even after 60 years, our populace has not moved in to the scale of Taiwan (7), Argentina and US (7.5).

Will a great debate in a lousy system/platform do any good? What should be an ideal platform? Did our constitutional frameworkers (after all the “slow” process as the cartoon depicted) , in their endeavour to solve the worlds problems leave us with a stupid document that is the foundation of all other “democratic” endeavours? .

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@ Vinod Sharma

Sir Doctor ko apni dawaai bhi leni chahiye.

There is one vinod Sharma on TV who can be witty, appropriate and good.

And there is another VIndo Sharma who will try to get BJP and RSS to create a smokescreen to get dynastic succession and cover the massive Congress crruption.

Vinodji… I think you should read your own blog to change your approach…

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@ Ravi

trevor Phillips has said that people who dont recongnise that the sexual abuse and slavery of underage girls by Pakistanis is all about the cuolture of Paksitan and bad treatment of women by them under the cover of Islam… are Farts!!

Are you now willign to declare yourself as a **** and move on?

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So surprised to note that people have taken Vinod Sharma’s message to the heart !

Imagine 27 postings and trolls have still not got in Modi, rape and RSS to cover their own inadequecies !

Thank u vinodji!

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fELLOW BLOGGERS. Shed a tear for Chindambaram. After jaitley tore into him… only the HIndustan times ot NDTV can create spin that Chidambaran is innocent.

To others it is clear that the adrress es. the balance sheets and account statements of Advantage and Oxbridge clearly point to Chidambaram having a guilty hand !!

CXhidambaram went into tears.. even evoked his 22 yr old friednship with Jaitley. But clearly he had lost it.

NOW VINDO SHARMAJI AND PATHAKG. DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT RAHUL GANDHI OR VADRA WILL EVER BE FACE UPTO JAITLEY’S LOGIC. Remember those two innocents have not been able to face a pres conference.

And will not be able to explain their finances….

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A blogmate was lamenting that there was no of M M R R. To fulfill his wish, here is the latest episode.

In absolving Modi, SIT mixes up Godhra, post-Godhra perpetrators
Vidya Subramaniam – May 14, 2012.

Cites five instances where CM promised punishment for train attack as proof of lack of bias

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3419147.ece?homepage=true

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In its closure report filed in the Zakia Jafri case, the Special Investigation Team appears to have mixed up the Godhra and post-Godhra violence, citing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to ensure justice in the former case as proof that he could never have asked his officials to allow Hindus to vent their anger against Muslims in the wake of the 2002 Godhra carnage.

Apart from insisting no official present at the February 27, 2002 meeting where the Chief Minister allegedly gave this instruction corroborated the charge, the R.K. Raghavan-led SIT says there is evidence in the form of the Chief Minister’s public statements made on February 27, 2002 and February 28, 2002, which establish his commitment to punish the guilty and uphold the law. The content of the statements disproves the allegation that he passed any illegal order against Muslims, it says.

But far from proving that Mr. Modi could not have given the alleged instruction, the speeches the SIT produces are only likely to fuel suspicions about what might have happened at the February 27, 2002 meeting.

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The SIT is unable to cite a single speech — or statement — where Mr. Modi warns against retaliatory violence and threatens punishment to anti-Muslim rioters. Admittedly, there was a valid context to Mr. Modi’s sense of outrage immediately following the Godhra carnage, in which 59 train passengers, all Hindus, were killed. Any administrator would vow to bring to justice the perpetrators of a crime so horrendous. However, by all accounts, reprisals had started within hours of the incident, and by the afternoon of February 28, 2002, the violence had turned into a full-blown anti-Muslim pogrom.

The SIT should have been able to show some evidence that at least after February 28, 2002 — by which time Muslims had been killed and rendered homeless — Mr. Modi sent out a strong message to communal hotheads taking the law into their own hands. But there is no speech where Mr. Modi warns against revenge attacks and threatens exemplary punishment to the rioters

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Anyone with an understanding of Hindutva-speak would know the communal context of “paanch aur pachhees.” Indeed, Mr. Modi is not its original author. The “paanch aur pachhees” reference first cropped up in the speeches of Sadhvi Rithambara and Sadhvi Shiva Saraswati who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996. Said Sadhvi Shiv Saraswati: “Hinduon ke liye, hum do, hamare do, aur Muslamaanon ke liye hum paanch aur hamara pachhees (For Hindus it is we are two, we have two; for Muslims it is we are five, we have twenty-five).”

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Read the full report.

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good sleep does nto come without invoking modi modi rape rape.

In case there is a burning of 58 holy men in a train compartment, what do you expect the CM to say? We will reward the guilty or punish the guilty?

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With Chindambaran tottering what is the face of the Congres now?… on TV…

MMS has been weakened and destroyed by RahulG and Digvinash G

Singhvi my senior… and one time acquaintance… has been CD…eed .

Which just leaves Manish Tewari, Kapil Sibal and

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and

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Vinod Sharma !!.

Vinodji just watch out for drivers and saprnaka type girls…..
Radiias and buxom bombs…

Quotrochchis and Amar Singh Dahlas…

Who knows…

Glory may just be round the corner !!

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Vijay Kumar-

Ravi is a closet Pakistani.

Three statements he made in Zia’s blog over the last two years:

- “my family was hounded out of Sialkot to Delhi by murderous Hindus” – Ashish picked on this; Ravi got away saying he was drunk when he blogged this.

- In a response to Islamic terrorism in UK ..”we are forced to do this because the way we are treated in Iraq and Afghanistan”.

- In a response to Ram Autar/Egrich rantings on multiple Gods , Brahmanism etc in Hinduism – “there is no meaning in you talking about this; they will not convert to our religion, whatever problems they have”

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Last night three or my posts appeard for a moment and then after a refresh disappeared again.

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FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW TO A HAPPY LIFE:

1. It’s important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job.

2. It’s important to have a woman who can make you laugh.

3. It’s important to have a woman who you can trust, and doesn’t lie to you.

4. It’s important to have a woman who is good in bed, and likes to be with you.

5. It’s very, very important that these four women do not know each other.

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What is in the name ?
Why names in UK/US are like this.

JACKSON
WILSON
MARKSON
ROBINSON
KENSON
ANDERSON
DAVIDSON
JEMSON
NELSON
JOHNSON
RICHARDSON

is it so that mothers can remember who is whose child ?

Good morning gentlemen.

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Let’s look within, says one MP who didn’t join the mob

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lets-look-within-says-one-mp-who-didnt-join-the-mob/949429/0

National Conference MP from Baramulla Sharifuddin Shariq was the lone dissenting voice in the Lok Sabha today where MPs closed ranks demanding the removal of cartoons of politicians in NCERT textbooks for political science. Not surprisingly, his voice was drowned out. Ironically, not one MP attacked the vandalisation of political scientist Suhas Palshikar’s office in Pune University on Saturday. Palshikar was one of the advisors for the Class XI textbook that contained the 1949 cartoon of Nehru and Ambedkar over which the MPs created an uproar last Friday.

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Meanwhile, Palshikar and his colleague Yogendra Yadav said today that the government’s reaction “could mean rolling back of the textbook reforms introduced through the National Curriculum Framework. We believe that such momentous decisions concerning our future generations must involve a wider, national debate.”

“We think that these books offer fairly robust defence of politics in a democratic set up. We were shocked to learn therefore that these books were presented in the Lok Sabha as an attack on politics, politicians and democracy. Nothing can be farther from truth,” the chief advisors said in a statement after today’s discussion in the Lok Sabha.

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Brave man indeed.

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Winston Churchill had said ‘ A lie reaches half way around the world before the truth gets
chance to put its pants on ‘
People like Teestas and Sarabais lies have reached half way around the world, but now
truth has put its pants on and we will see that truth will slowly and surely over shadow the
lies perpetrated by these people.

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Satyamev Jayate’s Ardh Satya

Aamir Khan’s ‘truths’ on sex-selective abortion showcased mothers who fought the practice but he missed the point that reproductive decisions are rarely made by women

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3409175.ece

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For one, Aamir Khan has taken a huge leap from raising awareness to being expert, interlocutor and activist all rolled into one. The show goes beyond talk show journalism, which at least pretends to allow different shades of opinion to argue, disagree (and the better shows do not attempt a final resolution). This show is unabashed ‘truth-telling’ — Satyamev Jayate — and is structured to appropriate for its lead star the power of being the truth-fountain. The concern is that he presents both a populist and one-dimensional truth’ on an enormously complex social issue with a dangerous authority that only his kind of stardom can muster.

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Then the language — ‘female foeticide’, ‘killing of girls,’ ‘murder in the womb’ — dents not the practice of sex selection but women’s reproductive rights by stigmatising all abortion. After all, the very act of abortion is a ‘foeticide.’ Scores of women’s rights groups have been battling this regressive language, preferring the more accurate descriptor ‘sex selection.’ Research should have told the show’s producers about the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, which gives Indian women (some) legal rights to access safe abortion. Yet, abortion services are dismal, and lakhs of desperate women undergo perfectly legitimate, non-sex selective abortions in unsafe backrooms. Some bleed to death in the process. Even as we seek to urgently end sex selective abortions, we need to simultaneously ensure that we do not create an environment that compromises our commitment to expanding safe, legal abortion services for all women.

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It is going to be a bad day at the office on this blog.

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Looking over the fence

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/ColumnsRahulSharma/Looking-over-the-fence/Article1-855714.aspx

Praise has a funny way of coming from strange, unexpected quarters. Adolf Hitler, while issuing the order to halt operations at Dunkirk on May 24, 1940 — where he could have captured the British army but mysteriously chose not to — was quoted by German general Günther Blumentritt as saying that “the existence of the British Empire was necessary for Britain’s existence, and of the civilisation that Britain had brought into the world”. Hitler had apparently shrugged his shoulders saying that the creation of the British Empire had been “achieved by means that were often harsh” but, like the Catholic Church, it was an “essential element of stability in the world”.

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But lest we forget — considering BSY himself has forgotten — the former Karnataka CM, who thought he’d return to his seat after ‘appointing’ DV Sadananda Gowda’s bottom to keep the chair warm, isn’t just an innocent victim of rogues playing a dirty factional game. BSY obviously has his fair share of non-well-wishers within the BJP. But for the man to post himself as a martyr is like Ravana whining about Vibhishana and choosing to forget that he may be paying for something rotten he had done.

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Last November when the BJP’s LK Advani and the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray praised Mamata Banerjee for her “courage” in opposing the UPA government’s plans to raise petrol prices, the West Bengal chief minister’s stock didn’t rise because of admirers from the ‘enemy camp’. What it did was underline the Trinamool Congress chief being used as a battering ram against the UPA by those don’t have the wherewithal to be a responsible, viable opposition.

Yeddyurappa’s ‘praise’ also comes from the same domain. The Congress would be sillier than it seems to treat it as a brand endorsement of its ‘loyalty scheme’.

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Pathakji,

you said, “Your observation is like a pro flashing her assets and then exclaiming why men are so obsessed with the female assets !
A very honest observation, indeed!”

There are some “ladies” who expose 90% of their “jism” and when men oggle at the unexposed 10% scream rape.

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Raja gets bail. Have we seen the end of 2G case ? Everyone is out on bail
and in few months everything will be forgotten.

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Manohar, they have recall elections in the west, in some countries.

I have been looking into Calphates; actually it was a good system

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CBI finds 25 or so cartons containing rupeww bills worth Rs 30 crores in actor /politician Chiranjivi’s house.

Hew was/is a big actor in telugu; but after paying for the lavish life style and the “non black” investments, no way he can amass this from his movie life.

Then the big question is how he was able to make this much from such a short spell in local (not even regional) few districts Andhra politics?

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This is specially for Mahesh, Mohan, Gopi, Vijay Kumar and not the least to Sir pathak (a.k.a. Sir Patrick, on HMS)

“The show’s popularity seems to be capturing Madhya Pradesh the most which is driving the most number of searches followed by Rajasthan at number two and Gujarat at the third spot.”

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/satyamev-jayate-grows-more-popular-than-aamir-khan/949583/

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This is specially for Mahesh, Mohan, Gopi, Vijay Kumar and not the least to Sir pathak (a.k.a. Sir Patrick, on HMS)

“The show’s popularity seems to be capturing Madhya Pradesh the most which is driving the most number of searches followed by Rajasthan at number two and Gujarat at the third spot.”

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/satyamev-jayate-grows-more-popular-than-aamir-khan/949583/

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From “Hindu” on he cartoon debate…

“Sibal promised that the government will order an inquiry against the NCERT officials for including this offending (? –question mark mine) cartoon…”
“the house saw an one hour discussion on the issue in zero hour…they alleged that an all out conspiracy was on to project politicians in poor light, be it media or bollywood”

WHAT A COUNTRY!

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From “Hindu” on he cartoon debate…

“Sibal promised that the government will order an inquiry against the NCERT officials for including this offending (? –question mark mine) cartoon…”
“the house saw an one hour discussion on the issue in zero hour…they alleged that an all out conspiracy was on to project politicians in poor light, be it media or bollywood”

WHAT A COUNTRY!

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I have tried to simplify the Aircel-Maxis-Chidambaram-Karti issue below (couldn’t make it any shorter or easier). I have used Mr. Swamy’s article published in organiser as the source. This makes an interesting read. The direct involvement of Karti (HM’s son) is not easy to prove, however, something fishy can definitely be sensed.
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In 2005 after getting a spectrum licence, the Indian owner of Aircel, Sivasankaran was short of funds, he put it out that he was looking for foreign direct investment. Maxis (a Malaysian Firm) approached him incognito through the Standard Chartered Bank. Maran misused his office to arm twist Sivasankaran to sell all his shares in Aircel to Maxis in January 2006 – that’s a different story and being investigated by CBI already. Sivasankaran agreed to sell.

But there was a problem. FDI Rules require an Indian partner to hold at least 26 per cent of the equity for the deal to be okayed by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). Three months earlier till January 2006, it was at least 51 per cent, i.e., Indian to be majority partner. Maran got that changed to just 26 per cent and the Indian partner to be in minority. But Maxis owner TAK (Malaysia born citizen – T Anantha Krishnan) would have none of that. He wanted Aircel to be a wholly owned company of his. That was against the FDI rules. So Maran was in a fix. His brother and owner of Sun TV Kalanidhi was promised Rs 800 crores bounty for his media venture by TAK, and he was salivating furiously.

Enter P Chidambaran. As Finance Minister, he was the ex-officio Chairman of the FIPB. Chidambaram advised Maran to devise a trick: Form a Joint Venture with a young ambitious entrepreneur, all expenses paid. Thus they found Sunita Reddy, part owner of Apollo Hospital.
Thus Deccan Ventures came into being, but it was joint only in name. By using a financial derivative, Maxis owned all of it. With the money thus put in, Deccan purchased 26 per cent of Aircel. TAK declared proudly to Malaysian Stock Exchange and to his company shareholders’ meeting that he had bought 99.3 per cent of Aircel equity (0.7 per cent still left with Sivasankaran) and thus Aircel became a wholly owned company of Maxis.

But TAK filed for permission with FIPB as a 74 per cent owner and got it cleared in March 2006. But there was a catch. Chidambaram did not like it that Maran had de-camped with the bribe loot. So the March 2006 FIPB clearance was not made in the name of Global Communications, a wholly owned company of Maxis, but in the name of some US company. Then Chidambaram sat on the file while TAK sweated with the thought of being so near yet so far.

Enter son Karti. Through a maze of cross holdings, he acquired at least 5 per cent of the Aircel shares before father PC re-convenes the FIPB in October 2006, and delete the name of the US company and put TAK company as the 74 per cent owner of Aircel equity.

So what is criminal offence? The biggest is the bogus FIPB clearance. P Chidambaram has committed offence of criminal misconduct under Section 13(1)(d)(iii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act which entails a seven year jail term for Maran, Karti, and may be Sivasankaran too under sub-Section (ii) read with IPC 120A&B. The Supreme Court has been apprised by Mr. Subramaniam Swamy on May 10, and the matter will be heard after the vacations on July 17.

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Fourty-seven days have passed and we do not know who was responsible for the leak. There has to be leakage somewhere…The government should tell who is responsible for it…The prime minister should reply,” Balbir Punj of the BJP said in the Rajya Sabha.
That the govt is only hoodwinking is amply clear from the fact that they asked the IB to investigate. IB does not have the powers to investigate a crime… summon witnesses and documents , collect evidence and register a case for prosecution. The leakage of the letter is a contravention of the Official Secrets Act , and the right Agency to investigate and prosecute would be the CBI or the Delhi Police after registering the case.

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CAG castigates Dept of Space on Antrix-Devas deal

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/CAG-castigates-Dept-of-Space-on-Antrix-Devas-deal/Article1-856141.aspx

The CAG has come down heavily on the Department of Space, particularly on its former Secretary G Madhavan Nair, in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal alleging numerous rules and policies were violated and facts concealed to favour a private company. “The Antrix-Devas deal is a classic
instance of failure of the governance structure in which selected individuals, some serving and some retired public servants, were able to successfully propel the agenda of a private entity by arrogating unto themselves, powers which they were not legitimately authorised to exercise,” the CAG report said.

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On the role of Nair, the report said as Chairman ISRO he appointed the Shankara Committee to examine the proposals of M/s Forge Advisors and as Secretary, DoS, Nair submitted a note to the Union Cabinet in which critical facts were concealed.

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CAG castigates Dept of Space on Antrix-Devas deal

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/CAG-castigates-Dept-of-Space-on-Antrix-Devas-deal/Article1-856141.aspx

The CAG has come down heavily on the Department of Space, particularly on its former Secretary G Madhavan Nair, in the controversial Antrix-Devas deal alleging numerous rules and policies were violated and facts concealed to favour a private company. “The Antrix-Devas deal is a classic
instance of failure of the governance structure in which selected individuals, some serving and some retired public servants, were able to successfully propel the agenda of a private entity by arrogating unto themselves, powers which they were not legitimately authorised to exercise,” the CAG report said.

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On the role of Nair, the report said as Chairman ISRO he appointed the Shankara Committee to examine the proposals of M/s Forge Advisors and as Secretary, DoS, Nair submitted a note to the Union Cabinet in which critical facts were concealed.

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‘Kali-Ma’ beer row rocks Parliament, MPs demand US apology

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/KaliMa-beer-row-rocks-Parliament-MPs-demand-US-apology/949635/

Strongly objecting to a US company launching a beer brand named after Goddess Kali, a demand was made in Rajya Sabha today that US Ambassador to India should be summoned and asked to apologise for it.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP) said it is a serious and sensitive issue that a Portland-based company Burnside Brewing has launched a product titled Kali-Ma beer, hurting the sentiments of Indians.
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As BJP and other members supported the issue, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla intervened saying, “I will convey the concerns to External Affairs Ministry.

“…but I would like to point out that some years back when I had raised the issue of a store in US having pictures of Ganesha on slippers and you (Ravi Shankar Prasad) were sitting in my place, no step was taken.”

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Will apology be enough or will MPS demand that the product be withdrawn?
He forgot to specify which Indians and how many?
Yes, Ravi Shankar Prasad forgot about the Ganesha on slippers.

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Manohar, Viju, Mohan, Mahesh, Iswar, Dr Shantanu, Ashish, Shenoy

Regarding systems of government, political/economic structures (democracy, other forms etc) – I have been reading about the American economist, entrepreneur, professor, thought leader, activist Dr Paul Romer.

He has some real appealing ideas, such as “Charter City”, Endogeneous Growth Theory” etc.

At a basic level, Charter city is a holistic brand new “city”/systems starting from scratch in an environment saddled with ineffective laws, corruption, crime etc etc.. Economic zones founded on the land of poor countries but governed with the political and legal systems of, often, rich advanced “nations of law”.

Honduras is experimenting with this by creating a separately ruled special development region.

he believes multiple Hong Kong, Singapore etc can be developed within large countries in private/public partnership, and after some years, other “states” “cities” will on their own want to be like these, and at the end of the day a better system of govt will result.

Shri Modi at one time talked about building multiple Dubais in Gujrat – I do not know whether he was talking based on Dr Paul Romer’s theory or not.

Dr Romer is the one who coined the sentence “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste”

Of course, there will be cries of new colonialism etc from countries like India and African countries. I would say it is worth trying in Kolkotta or in UP or anywhere else in India.

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer.html

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My school’s motto was Styamave Jayate, it was emblazoned bright yellow colour on our blazers.

Over this working day I read all the contributions made by fellow blogers here. This is my contribution.

TV Programme.

Lest we forget the PRIME objective of Amir Khan was to make a Television Programme. That at once is a boon as well as a curse. The dictats of making a TV programme, which is at once informative, engaging, balanced and exciting do not go away simple because the subject matter is serious and sensitive.

It was possible for Amir to have chosen a “head & Shoulder” expert presenter who would have traversed through mountains of literature, which is available on this subject. He would have achieved, seriousness, perhaps greater depth but would have lost most, if not all, of his audience.

His choice of the format is therefore, inspiring and its execution mould breaking, that is certainly true in the context of India.

I feel as if novelty is beginning to wear and cynicism has started to creep in. Which is almost inevitable, my feeling is that the pendulum will swing back and would settle some where between enthusiasm and reality. I wish the programme well.

Amir Khan

Has a record in tackling difficult and sensitive issues often laced with dark humour, Tare Zameen Par and Pipli Live are just two examples, which I am able to quote from the top of my head. So why not another film or even a series of films. Film as a medium requires a linear often dramatic narrative (though not always) to sustain an audience’s attention. A film on each of the subjects would have been dramatic yet less impact-full, simply because the audience would have dismissed it as a piece of “sermon loaded” fiction, but still only a fiction. A talk show on the other hand allows some – if not all – depth and inclusion of case studies (sometimes dramatised), expert opinions and discussion to move deeper from knowledge to analysis via understanding. In my opinion, despite the limitations of the medium (TV) and the format (a Talk-Show), Amir managed to achieve his objectives. To expose a taboo subject in a delicate and mostly non-judgemental style (though it is impossible to not be judgemental on a subject such as Child Abuse) is no mean achievement. A BAFTA would not surprise me.

Bitter TEARS of Petra Von Kant

Not so long ago I wrote here that in a packed commuter train (I claim dole in a far away town using my Fake Identity) I was unable to restrain my tears when I was listening to a Filmy Bhajan “Banwari re jinay ka shara ter naam re”. Every-time I listen to Sikh Aarti (written by 5 different contributors) I invariably have to wipe tears from my face. My feeling is that Amir Khan is more sensitive than the average bloke in the street and a few shots of him wiping his tears, goes to not only illustrate his commitment to the subject it also represents the audience, among whom there would have been many weepers.

In our materialistic and corrupt society we have become so hardened and jaundiced that, when a genuine attempt to shake us out our self induced slumber is made we become suspicious and start looking for reasons to justify our un-conventional stand on the subject.

Setting of Agenda

Stayamave Jayate is the kind of programme that will set both political and social agenda of the nation. Such is its power and by extension it makes Amir Khan a very powerful man. This leads to jealousy both amongst some politicians and journalists, who view that their legitimate territory is being invaded by a film actor. They would rather he gyrates his slender hips than to wipe his tears on TV. That is a space and a role reserved for some one else.

Finally let me quote Sahir as I wipe a tear from my face.

aurat sansaar kee kismat hai, phir bhee takdir kee hetee hai
avtaar payambar janatee hai, phir bhee shaitaan kee betee hai
yeh woh badkismat mann hai jo, beto kee sej pe letee hai
aurat ne janam diya mardo ko…..

Jai Mata di.

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On another blog someone has commented this on the release of Raja on bail.

Ja ko rakhe Sonia maar sake na koye

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Sorry state of the debate in parliament! Debate or “Tolerance turning into tyranny of the minority/interest groups?

NY Times Tuesday

http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/in-india-tolerance-turns-into-a-tyranny-of-its-own/

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Vijay,

This for you. I am sure you know about Nirmal Baba and his style of functioning.

A Lady to Nirmal Baba: ” Baba, mujhe santan nahin ho rahi hai ”
Baba: ” Panty kis colour ki pehenti ho ?
Lady : ” Red ”
Baba : ” Green colour ki pehno, signal achcha milega, aur kripa aani shuru ho jayegi.”

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@ Pathak

Would you by any chance wish that the entire Congress baraat of minsters, barristers, and media story twisters should take a magnifying glass and try to find a link between Team Anna and Amir?

In case the link is strong– which it is– then the baraat of gestapo should pounce on him?

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Anna Hazare real hero, I am not: Aamir Khan

PTI Aug 27, 2011, 05.50pm IST

(“I am not the biggest hero,…)

NEW DELHI: “I am not the biggest hero, Anna (Hazare) is the real hero,” said superstar Aamir Khan on Saturday as he pledged support to the activist’s fight for a strong anti-corruption law.

Khan’s remarks at Ramlila Maidan came as a key Hazare aide Kumar Viswas described the actor as the biggest hero of the country who has lent his support to the movement.

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India’s inflation rate going up crazy! Reuters news..

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/business/global/indias-inflation-rate-outpaces-predictions.html?smid=pl-share

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Africa pivots and surpasses India!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/opinion/africa-and-the-power-of-the

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Manohar.

Reading your response gave me the impression that you may have taken my post as a direct response to your posts on this topic.

Let me assure you that nothing was farther from my mind. At the time of writing I would have had nothing more than a vague recollection of your view point.

There are reality shows and then there are reality shows. USA leads in totally overuse of this format “My Brother is the Father of my Son” kind where the miscreant is brought in front of studio audience and forced to answer questions in front of his victims. This type of TV is compelling for certain class of audience and nauseating for the rest. But it fills the hours, as it is cheap TV. Its subjects are INDIVIDUALs rather than nation as a whole. If carefully managed Styamave Jayate will not go that way, however such a fate may await copy-cat programmes from other channels. My point on jealousy was aimed at Politicians and Journalists and not fellow blogers. Dissenting voices will inject a measure of realism in the phenomenon. It is a bit too early for that but the process seems to have started.

PathakG, I did not set out to over praise Amir Khan, had the programme been made by someone else – such as Shabana Azmi – the thrust of my points would have remained intact. Amir has a certain persona which has uniquely created a bond of trust between the public and him. Whether it will remain so, after the character assassinators have had their go, remains an open question.

The moment a second series is commissioned, Amir will receive ideas for programme topics from all quarters. The power of setting a nations agenda should not be under-estimated. Amir will have to be careful that he does not cross the line from a programme maker to an activist. He would loose his power if he veered into real politics rather than stay in the arena of a programme maker and let the follow up actions remain with those who are already active in that field.

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On the wedding night, bride tells her husband ‘ Please don’t touch me, I have promised my
mother that after marriage I will leave all these things ‘

Good morning friends.

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FROM THE FRONT PAGE OF “TUGHLAK”, CHO.RAMASWAMY’S TAMIL MAGAZINE:
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“Excellent Job opportunity for the old, aged and infirm..

Nature of job:

President of India

Age:
35 and above. Preference will be given to over 80.

Job content:
(a) – Console people on the Republic Day after the flag hoisting.

(b) – Keep perusing mercy petitions from murderers without taking any decision.

(c) – Frequent travel abroad with family.

(d) – Salary. 1,50,000/ pm

(e) – Perks: Space is not sufficient. Booklet will be sent on payment of Rs 10/- by crossed postal order.

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With Manu Singhivi Cdeed, Chindaimbaran a lame duck… the UPA is a three legged horse now.

quite significantly Sonia, MMS and Pranab have not spoken too loudly to defend Chidambaram.

The only two lawyers left now are Kapil Sibal and Manish tewari.

Teari is a troll … basically a screamer.

I think the UPA should resign now…

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Man marries thrice to deal with drought in Maharashtra’s Thane district

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/Man-marries-thrice-to-deal-with-drought-in-Maharashtras-Thane-district/articleshow/13158042.cms

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- Inflation going up
- GDP goes down
- rampant corruption all over
- female infanticide
etc etc

What did Lok Sabha debate on yesterday? — Content of TV advertisement! All parties were in consensus that something had to be done to curb the vulgarity of advertisements where women were portrayed as commodities….Ambika Soni got everybody’s support!

what did they debate on day before yesterday – removing cartoons from text books..

Actually I wonder whether all these are to divert attention away from Sanghvi’s acts– What happened to all that?. There is no coverage, zilch.. Is that dead ?

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At least we thought our AirForce was better (than Pakistan) — No!

http://expressbuzz.com/thesundaystandard/pakistan-gains-superiority-of-the-skies-over-iaf/391155.html

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Shape of things to come …….
Analysis by PIMCO’s Mohamed A El-Erian….
Read on at :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mohamed-a-elerian/global-economy-next-three-years_b_1519613.html

The original Document from which this article was adapted may be found at :
http://media.pimco.com/Documents/Secular%20Outlook%202012_Global%20Final.pdf

p.s. : Rather Dense in articulation and Conceptually.

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Shekhar Gupta sues Vinod Mehta for 100 crs. Mehta has defamed Gupta and damaged his reputation by saying that Gupta was misled into publishing that Report and Editors should exercise more caution.
Shekhar Gupta thinks he has an exclusive Right to Freedom to publish whatever he wants but none has the Right to say that he was ” misled” the mildest criticism although a much more serious charge could be made out against him. For his sake , the Govt has shown indulgence and not registered a case under the Indian Penal Code and Official Secrets Act , otherwise he could find himself in more serious trouble. The Govt itself has strongly criticized that story apart from the Army Chief who called it “High Treason”

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Sheila Devi, leader of the Jharia Panchayat in Jharkhand and her troubles with the govt to improve Jharia lives

NY Times today
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/a-woman-leader-for-the-isolated-jungle-village-of-jharki-bisalpur/

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A Hindu gentleman in USA collapsed on road due to heart attack. Ambulance picked him up, Hindu started chanting Hari Om, Hari Om, Hari Om. Ambulance reached his
house, his wife screamed ” Why did you not take him to the hospital ” ?
Doctor replied ” Because he kept saying hurry home, hurry home.”

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~~~ BACK ON THE BLOG… SEEMS SLEEPY HERE ~~~ !!
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I guess… all of us have to trudge to get the next day’s bread… and my luck… I have to do it too. So no blogging today for me…

I was surprised to not that There was no Modi Modi Rape Rape today !!

it is still 67 mts to midnight. Somebody should prove me wrong…

or may even Pathak G , manohar, Mahesh and Ravi have finally accepted that Modi wil make a gr8 PM …. with Anna as President and Aamir Khan as Vice President…

Congrats to everyone…

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Women dying in child birth goes down significantly… UN Report.

However, 1/3rd of all deaths of mothers in child birth happens in India and Nigeria..

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/health/maternal-deaths-plunged-over-2-decades-un-reports.htm

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Recession in UK and RAVI””””””””””’

Many a times people here have wondered about whether Ravi really lives in UK. HIS GLIB STATEMENT ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THAT HE DEFINITELY DOES NOT LIVE IN UK- ‘the UK cuts public programmes in every recession. This time cuts do not feel any more severe than they were in earlier recessions’

Good lord, the cuts are going so deep – 2/3 of those on disability benefits will lose them, doctors and nurses in our hosp have no paid study leave this year, there has been a massive cull of jobs across many public sectors incl NHS, students for first time ever will pay upto £ 9000 per year for Univ education etc etc

You live in UK Ravi? the mask slipped, badly

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This is how our fight started.

I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Foster beer, instead she bought a jar
of cold cream. I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream.

And then the fight started.

Not a very good morning.

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Those who know about Home Remedies would tell you that meat of rock pigeons , which are in abundance these days, can cure a patient struck with paralysis. I think it is time that this remedy is tried with the PM of India. At a time when India is faced with a grave economic crisis , and something which was being anticipated , with the developing global situation and its implications for India , the much touted great economist appears to be in coma.
Economists of all hues are saying that the govt has not done simple things or Reforms which it could have inspite of the political complications, which are more to be attributed to its own allies, rather than the Opposition. In a panel discussion on TV almost all Economists were unanimous that it was time budgetary allocations toward populist schemes and NREGA in particular ougt to be diverted to Infrastructure development activities where the beneficiaries could get more gainful employment and also contribute to Growth. Fiscal deficit including state deficits is at an all time high . If not tackled in time , the country is in for a grave crisis .

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Vijay Kumar:

“Yes fifty years back she announced..”We are a socialist country… we dont need other cars… BUT NY SON WILL MAKE CARS FOR YOU”

Pathak Gji

“And he did!”

Pathakji, yes, he did. But, instead of a car, he produced a cart.
It is Indira Gandhi herself, who called for collaboration and selected Suzuki for partnership and then we had a real car.

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Man in UK kept son’s Pak bride as sex slave: Report
Press Trust of India | Updated: May 16, 2012 15:48 IST

London: A 56-year-old man has been jailed for keeping his son’s 22-year-old Pakistani bride as a sex slave, a court heard.

The “depraved” man stripped the bride of her jewellery and passport after she came to Britain following an arranged marriage, the Daily Mail reported.

“He made her swear on the Quran that she would keep the abuse a secret and promised to heap shame on her by forcing her to divorce his son if she refused his demands for sex. But after more than three months of abuse, she summoned the little English she had picked up and called 999 (police) at dead of night to plead with the police for help,” the Daily
Mail said.

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The defendant, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, subjected the 22-year-old to “repeated and sustained” sexual abuse, scratching her arm with a screwdriver and burning her with an
iron to reinforce his authority over her, the court heard, the report added.

The father-in-law has now been jailed for seven years.

For NDTV Updates, follow us on Twitter , Facebook , Google+ and Pinterest Story first published: May 16, 2012 15:45 ISTTags: Bradford, Pak bride, sex slave Comments
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Manohar is missing from this blog since yesterday. I hope everything is ok with him.

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Judge ” You are accused of rape, you are fined Rs. 11461/-”
Accused ” Your honour, why this odd amount of Rs. 11461/-
Judge : ” Rs. 10000/- fine for rape, 4% VAT and 10.2 % entertainment tax”

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A drunk Shah Rukh Khan was involved in a brawl last evening at Wankhede statium.
Many times while giving interviews he has been heard saying that he is a devout Muslim. A drinking devout Muslim? Can anyone who drinks claim to be a devout Muslim?

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Sangama is now rumoured to be the favour /flavour of the day to be the President.

Other than to declare what a great secular country, now since we have a Christian president — is there anything else/

And does it make any sense that his daughter is in the cabinet while he is the President?

I will take a Pranab or Ansari!

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About Indian architecture, city planning (or not)….Interview with a Harvard Indian Professor of Architecture/Development
NY Times today..

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/a-conversation-with-urban-planner

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UK RECESSION ”””””””””””””””””””

Thank you Shoeb and Vijay. As Shoeb rightly said-
“UK, USA, and many other western countries are going through the worst recession since the great depression. No, ifs, buts.

UK level – the prolonged time period, the public debt levels, the reduced tax intake, the length and rate of unemployment – all are worse than any recession since the great depression of 30s.”
Enough said already, RAVI why are you so abusive ?

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THE RECESSION ! PLEASE REMEMBER… TO BUY SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE MONEY BY SELLING SOMETHING FIRST.

I think the whole world needs to fall in love with the idea of recession, especially the developed countries. Free trade creates zones where Products and services can be created efficiently and places where they cannot be.

China has zones…. where products are made by very docile labour in very efficent factories with huge production scales. There will be few countries which can actully match these… and even if tthey do, they wont have a large domestic economy.

The US has a gr8 agriculture sector and comapnies which create the benchmark in software and R&D. They still control the major financial markets and the arms market. but… it has built up all the housing it needs for the next 30 years… its auto manucturing is nto competitive globally… its banks are in a see saw stage…

India has a bit of all… a load of poor people too– who need basics like housing and , so the domestic economy wiill sustain the boom.

Ideally UK would be the place for R&D and education as well as finances. But with other countries, creating their own educational setups and R&D setups, the recession will remain around. Few jobs in manufacturing. Farm products would be more expensive than international produce…

There was a cynical sayign that a good war produces a boom. Well we have seen the war in the middle east only yielding easy fund flows to the arms comapnies…

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UK ECONOMY DOWNTURN””””””””””””””’

I have always respected your financial acumen Shoeb. What every man and his dog knows in UK, YOU PUT IT IN WORDS THRU THIS ARTICLE-

“In this special presentation we compare the recessions and recoveries of
1930, 1980, 1990 to the current recession and recovery.
The recession dating from 2008 is steeper than the recessions in 1990
1980 and as steep as the slow down in the 1930s.
The recovery pattern this time was in line with all prior recessions until
the first quarter of 2011. Since then the recovery has faltered and the
latest data for the first quarter of 2012 suggests the economy is
flatlining. The recovery is now far behind anything experienced in the UK
since the 1930s.”

I think ppl living outside UK have no idea how bad the situation here is. Students now pay upto a whopping £ 9000 for univ tuition- accom and food etc extra !!

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When will I learn?

My wife was standing and looking at the mirror. She was not happy with what she
saw and said to me ‘ I feel horrible,I look old and fat, I really need you to pay me a
complement to make me happy’
I replied ‘ your eyesight is perfect ‘

And then the fight started.

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but goat is engrich and engrich is goat

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What our people say about recession.

Manish Tiwari : Recession was worst during NDA rule.
Singhvi: Don’t disturb me I am busy in other very important matter.
Gadkari : Because of the recession I don’t even get enough food to eat, my weight
from 140kg has come down to 90kg.
Pranab : We are introducing Rajiv Gandhi recession hatao scheme, for that we will
increase VAT to 20% and service tax to 21.2%. In three months recession will be over.
Advani: I will take out rath yatra to show to the suffering public the effects of recession .
Anna Hazare : this is because of corrupt politicians of UPA, all these should be tied to a
pole and flogged.
MMS : is there a recession ? I will check with Soniaji and will tell you whether our country
is facing recession or not.
Rahul Gandhi : Worst recession I have ever seen, we don’t even have food to eat at home
I have to eat at Dalits house
Kapil Sibal : It is all lie. We have zero percent recession, zero percent unemployment
Swamy : The man responsible for this recession is Chidambaram and I am going to sue
him for this.

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To save his skin Shahrukh Khan now hides behind his daughter. He blames it on the poor defenceless security guard that he touched my daughter….. Shameless of him to bring his daughter into this ugly incident.

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If there is a platform on which some of the top dalals of the country congregate it is the BCCI. Real cricket lovers , who are their for the love of the game and have a genuine desire to promote it in the country are in a miniscule minority. So it came as no surprise when we heard that it may oppose the 5 year ban on Sharukh Khan .After all he is a protectee of 10 Janpath’s family.

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Husband was praying before going to bed.
Wife: what are you praying for ?
Husband : for guidance
Wife : Pray for hardness, leave guidance to me

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Counter terrorism efforts in India in disarray–Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-counter-terror-measures-remain-in-disarray/2012/04/30/gIQAo5yktT_story.html

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Foreign (including American) students come to Indian Business Schools – study/start ventures/funds

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/18iht-sreducbric18.html?smid=pl-share

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~~~~YAHOOOOOOOOOO !!

3 YEARS OF UPA…

EVEN NDTV GIVES UP ON IT !!!

How long can you sustain a a fallen “tree” with an overdose of Viagra?

All the spin created by our friends in the HT and NDTV seems to have not even convinced themselves. NDTV currently is running a program which admits this much. Or am I seeing and hearing something wrong having spent long hours in the sun today?

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Screening of film stopped

About 60 activists belonging to the Bajrang Dal stormed the Gitanjali cinema and stopped the screening of the Kannada film Katariveera Surasundarangi here on Saturday.

They were joined by Sri Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Math. The activists and the swamiji opposed what they termed to be objectionable references to Hindu religion in the film.

Read on….http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3415003.ece

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Most confusing double meaning joke.

A girl to her husband ‘ Aaj office jaate hee boss mujh pe chadh gaya’
Husband ‘ kyun
Girl ‘ woh mein ‘letgayi’ thi naa, isliye ‘

Good morning gentlemen

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Indian democracy needs an upgrade.

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/indian-democracy-needs-an-upgrade-1.1024676

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been bold enough to admit that economic reforms will have to wait till after the 2014 elections because what the government wanted to do was not acceptable to its allies. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has repeatedly said that his government has to follow the “coalition dharma”, effectively meaning that key reforms may be held up because some coalition partners don’t approve of them.

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Dr Abraham Verghese, surgeon/Professor Stanford Univ, and author (Cutting Stone, The Tennis Partner, My Own Country) on his visit back to his ancestral village in Kerala..finding God –including Vishnu/Ganesh…..

Now I get Gopiji…

Quite interesting article..NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/t-magazine/travel/going-on-faith-in-kerala.html..

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I will be lowering myself into a dug up basement… so would be off bloggin for some time. To all my friends of my donkeys… this time it is with a rather attractive client, explaining the intircacies of foundataion engineerg…!

The planned attack ont he Indian embassy in London by Pakistanis just proves that they are incurable terrorists. I think we are lucky to be separated at birth !!

Imagine the terror they have spread in all including young tender girls as young as 11…

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Will high HDL level lower the risk of heart attack?

http://www.thehindu.com/health/policy-and-issues/article3425858.ece

Does this means that cholesterol is not the reason for heart attack and does this also
means that I can eat red meat without worrying about the consequences?

Maybe doctors on our blog can throw some light on this.

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SRK the Don.

Jisko gyaarah mulko ki police dhoond rahi thi usko Wankhede ke security ne pakadaa.

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ND Tiwari can be renamed NDTV (V stands for viagra).

Shenoy this is the comment of the month for me !

New Delhi Teweari Viagra !

Vindji shol annonce it the next time he is there…

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Dr Anand

Thank you for making your observations known to us. Similar observations have been made before.

Some topics and issues, as raised by Mr Vinod Sharma, do elicit on-topic remarks and sometimes even lead to a full-fledged discussion. However, such occasions are rare.

Partly that may be due to the REGULARS using this space as a TEA-SHOP where they can regularly meet, greet, clap their like-minded friends and abuse those holding opposing views, often conferring upon them an alien nationality and enforcing residency in locations that are difficult to find on ordinance survey maps.

The serious and intelligent ones, who are able to sustain a discussion on the chosen topic, are fewer in numbers leaving larger space for the abusers. The REAL debaters are too busy to visit this blog and the abusers are too scared to leave.

A Martian who may have mistakenly landed on this cyber chai ki dukan will not be wrong in concluding that it is patronised by a bunch of sad ghits who have nothing better to do with their time than to abuse each other.

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Why dogs don’t marry ?
Because they are already living a dog’s life.

Good morning friends.

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Dr. Anand,

With due respect is there a problem if different topics are discussed other than the
topic which Mr. Sharma has written ?

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An older couple were lying in bed one night. The husband was falling asleep but the wife was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk.

She said: “You used to hold my hand when we were courting”.

Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second and tried to get back to sleep.

A few moments later she said: “Then you used to kiss me”.

Mildly irritated, he reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep.

Thirty seconds later she said: “Then you used to bite my Neck…”.

“Angrily, he threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed.

“Where are you going?” she asked..
xx
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“To get my teeth!”

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A brilliant cartoon on the cartoon controversy.

http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/dabs-and-jabs/2012/05/17/three-wishes-of-kapil-sibal/

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Faith can make you do anything.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Women-perform-nude-worship-near-Tumkur/articleshow/13310534.cms

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@ PathakG

I guess you may find the comment on heart disease, vague. I am honour bound not go disclose further than this on a public platform till the team presents a paper.

All I can say is Dr Dean Ornish is a pioneer in recogising that the psychological and physical state of the body is a great indicator on how your heart functions. Brilliant work has been done by other doctors on devising means of treating blockages and repacing valves.

We are in a small way trying to create a scenario where the peak efficiecny of the heart is maintained through a set of heart specific physcial and psycholiigical excercies, and also analysing specific foods which cause the damage.

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@ Dr Anand

Welcome back !! Where have you been . You know many a people tried to hijack this blgo to a pro jehadi agenda to undermine India from inside. Most of them have been defeatd badly.

At times we do divert to other topics. But then the main topic comes back once a while…

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First MP, now Karnataka, can Gujarat be far ?

Attacked Karnataka government auditor SP Mahantesh dies in hospital

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Attacked-Karnataka-government-auditor-SP-Mahantesh-dies-in-hospital/articleshow/13311883.cms

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@ Pathak

Hindustan Times has lead a charge today of getting in dynastic succession and forcing MMS to resign. Is it a signal from Sonia mata to get in RahulG or Raabert G ?

The survey says India needs a young PM and Rahul is the only young man around.

Of course this is all on page one.

Deep inside pg 18 is a small part of the survey which says 39% people want NDA/BJP as compared to 24% wanting Congress/UPA. That is nt being highlighted…

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WHY THIS RAPE CHARGE OF PAUMERBAUCH MAY BE FAKE !

Having spent a little time in Indian 5 star hotels… at times right till morning, I have some idea of what goes on.

There are bunches of girls whom we call ranga siyaars. They are Indian… but dyed blondes. They hang round the discos… but have money to book the hotel rooms for ‘pleasures ‘

In case the right amount of money is not given… they start shouting rape rape… police police… media media….

Indians being Indians will swallow anthing a pretty girls says in English.

In this very hotel, a fomous cricketer had almost been trapped in a similar fashion, with rogue inspectors of Delhi Police also involved, who managed to drop in at the “right’ moment when the shout of rape was just being emnated. The inspector boasted that he made 3 lakhs in one hour. I had met the inspector becasue he had tried to impliate a friend of mine — of molestation– when the poor guy was just having a normal fight with his girlfriend.

Bada ajeeb desh hai hamara…
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where is Manohar these days?

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Crazy to flag binoy’s comment. It was about rivers of india…

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I am in the middle of a small party at my house. But a bright idea gets me back on the net…

Ravi is in Bangalore. And Shenoy is already having a clothign unit there. So I think for the sake of Peace, Shenoy should get ready a dozen pair of Khaki Nikker and kali topi for the guest from overseas. After all Athiti Devo bhavo…

And Ravi already sporting his walrus and the pic of his guru in the profile should wear the dress the host has presented to him while moving around India…

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Guess who killed Karnataka official SP Mahantesh !!!

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Pakistan blocks Twitter over Prophet Mohammed cartoons: Officials

Agence France Presse | Updated: May 20, 2012 18:25 IST

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday blocked Twitter over a competition to make caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on the social networking site, officials told AFP.

“The website has been banned by Ministry of Information Technology and the decision was conveyed to us. There was blasphemous material on Twitter,” said Mohammad Younis Khan, spokesman for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

Asked about the nature of the “blasphemous” content, Mr Khan said there had been a planned competition to “post caricatures of Prophet Mohammed”.

An official from the ministry said it had requested several times that no such competition be put on Twitter but the website had failed to respond.

Islam strictly prohibits the depiction of any prophet as blasphemous. Muslims across the globe staged angry protests over the publication of satirical cartoons of Mohammed in European newspapers four years ago.

In 2008, a suicide attack outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad killed eight people. Al-Qaeda claimed the attack to avenge the cartoons.

Pakistan blocked Facebook and YouTube in mid-2010 because of similar “blasphemous” content.

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Vijay

I had problems in posting the link. here is the news about dredging sand and ******** up the rivers!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indias-illegal-sand-mining-fuels-boom-ravages-rivers/2012/05/19/gIQA3HzdaU_story.html

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Good morning friends.

An unfaithful man thinks of another woman when he sleeps with his wife

While

A faithful man thinks of his own wife when he sleeps with another woman.

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Sonipat gangrape victim a dalit

Four upper cast members of Sonipat Khap abuducted an 18 year old dalit university student and then gangraped her in a field nearby.

What is it about these upper caste Hindu Men that they think they can abduct any dalit girl they like and rape her at will. They always seem to leave girls from their own community un-touched.

Such incidents occur with monotonous regularity, many are not reported and yet more are not even registered by the police.

Is this some kind of organised Sex Dharam Yudh that is being waged ???

Vijay, I did manage to get Modi and Rape, but sorry they are in two different posts. Have a word with your donkey.

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Sleeping with the enemy

Just saw on the TV Mr Modi addressing RSS fundraisers in the USA and Canada. Rather provocatively he heaped large dollops of praise on China.

It was noticeable that he mentioned Gujarat and China Partnership rather than India and China Partnership. This in my view is a dangerous trend, which is sowing the seeds which may blossom into dis-integration of India as we know it and love it.

Nothing would please China more if various regions were to declare UDI from the federation of India. A broken India is less of a threat.

Then again what would have one expected from a political dim wit and a megalomaniac.

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Plucky vegetable seller off to labour conference in Brazil.

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/plucky-vegetable-seller-off-to-labour-conference-in-brazil-1.1025443

Excerpts.

Mumbai: Vegetable seller Salma is an activist for the rights of the city’s street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international conference in Brazil to speak about Indian domestic workers, labourers and hawkers

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Plucky vegetable seller off to labour conference in Brazil.

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/plucky-vegetable-seller-off-to-labour-conference-in-brazil-1.1025443

Excerpts.

Mumbai: Vegetable seller Salma is an activist for the rights of the city’s street vendors and has been jailed many times. Now the 26-year-old is going to an international conference in Brazil to speak about Indian domestic workers, labourers and hawkers

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A village in Gujarat that puts metros to shame!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/A-village-that-puts-metros-to-shame/articleshow/13309567.cms

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More stuff from Delhi heat — how to keep ur enthu high:
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I have to spend the next few hours in a dusty and very hot construction site. Besides my james bond shades, my cricket cap… and my enthusiastic team… I need to have this one bright spot. So let me psychoanalyse myself and pep up the day to look for a fruit at the end of it, which would make it worthwhile

— A tennis game ? no… its too hot…

— More ping pong on naukercy? That I’d do anyway…

— A beer? well there was a party yesterday…
Then

Then…

A SWIM !!!

got it !!

Sorry guys for thinking aloud. just needed that injection of pep to see the day thru…

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With so many other pressing issues, cases, and safety matters, Mumbai police going after party goers in OakWoods hotel, is an abomination..

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Why did Mamta say that she cannot support Pranab Mukerjee for President ? Is there a deal between her and 10 Janpath ? Could be… and must be something significant in return ? After all she is risking her own popularity in West Bengal and at a time when things are not exactly going her way.

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@ Gopi

As I had informed you that this Zoel hameed girl is a ranga Siyarr (blonde dyed jackal),

Already links with the Congress have surfaced and Abhishek varma has claimed her to be his “rakhi” sister. Abhishek verma is a famous dahla– a minaiture Amar Singh– and child of COngress MPs making money thru defence deals.

Further this girl has called another IPL player a “dark skinny Indian.”

Well only we Indians tolerate a possible C Girl operating a den from a five star and then crying “rape rape’ to make money thru blackmail.

She would probably take 1 or 2 crores from Mallya for settlement and then again pose as an innocent wronged woman and want a role in Big Boss or a Mahesh Bhatt movie.

Unfortunately this happens to be the morality of our New times.

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Ravi,

This morning you had posted about Modi addressing RSS fundraisers in US and
Canada and his praise of China. Were you referring to this article ? I do not
see any reference to RSS fundraisers in this article.

Narendra Modi praises China before US non-resident Gujaratis.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Narendra-Modi-praises-China-before-US-non-resident-Gujaratis/articleshow/13323200.cms

Excerpts from this article.

Gujarat is becoming the automobile hub of Asia. Today, I want to proudly say that there is no single vehicle in the country of which the parts are not manufactured in the state and exported and used to make vehicles,” he asserted.

He also spoke about milk industry’s growth. “The milk production has been increased by 68% in the state in the last decade. I can proudly say today that the Delhi government won’t get tea unless Gujarat provides milk to it,” Modi gushed.

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news on the Ganges Cleanup project– He says it is very complex, risky..but is optimistic

http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/ganges-cleanup-will-cost-tens-of-billions-of-dollars-but-is-a-great-idea/

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Mahantesh’s Death Should not be ignored

In a BJP ruled state, where we all know there is NO CPRRUPTION because it is being ruled by the BJP, we have an EX-Chief Minister, who is desperately trying to regain his lost position. He presides over a very large VOTE BANK (LINGYATS) – who previously have been Congress Supporters and recently have changed their allegiance to BJP.

Now the rotten core of the BJP is being exposed bit by bit and it appears this political party is just as corrupt as any other party.

It is to stop Mahantesh from exposing further corrupt scandals that the Politically Powerful of Banglahore have bumped him off.

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Police escort team ‘caught consuming liquor’ at gangster’s house
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/police-escort-team-caught-consuming-liquor-at-gangsters-house-booked/951858

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Ravi;
Your discomfiture with progressive Gujrat under the leadership of Modi is understandable. I wish, all the CMs of India should become as industrious as him. Looking at the paralysis at center, we need active persons. No threat to our set up.
One more thing, your Hindu phobia is very disconcerting and I will certainly say that Islamophobia, world over has some justification but Hindu Phobia?? that is news even for Hindus. Yes, Hindus’ cultural superiority is making relentless progress world over and world is taking notice of it in the same vein as it is being made aware of draw backs of rigid islam.

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@ .Pathak G

Kyin brother aajkal Viagra badi yaad aa rahi hai?

Arre bhaiya… a desi way would be to do Ramdev Pranyam and get your vital organ in Kapal Bharti. Then apply good quality mustard oil pure from the field…

You will then say wahe guru Ramdev, wahe guru

Instead of viagra… viagra…

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@Ravi

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Historic Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan

Press Trust of India | Updated: May 21, 2012 11:05 IST

Islamabad: Unidentified men yesterday vandalised a historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan that was reopened on the orders of a court last year, police officials and local residents said.

The attackers burnt pictures and damaged a shiv ling inside Gorakhnath Temple and took away idols from the shrine located within an archaeological complex in Gor Gathri area, leaders of the Hindu community said.

The shrine’s custodian told the media that this was the third attack on the temple in the past two months.

Oz: Hindu Temple alleges repeated vandalism
When police officers visited the temple to probe the incident, Hindu leaders urged them to put in place better security measures to prevent such incidents.

The temple’s custodian told police that he had seen a group of eight men inside the temple when he arrived there at 6.30 pm.

The men started burning pictures and holy books before fleeing with some idols, he said.

Members of the minority Hindu community rushed to the temple.

Footage on television showed burnt papers and utensils lying strewn on the floor of the temple.

The 160-year-old temple was reopened for Hindus last year on the orders of the Peshawar High Court.

It has been closed since Partition.

The temple was reopened after Phool Wati, the daughter of the shrine’s cleric, petitioned the High Court.

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@ Pathak

A third class ranga siyaar… calls and Indian dark and skinny… and you find her okay?

Brother… you can see many of these fake blondes and ranga siyaars at discos and parties. And in this case… I can certainly say that there is a huge hanky panky.

First Luke and ranga syaar knock on the eoom door. Then a couple gets out after much knocking,

Then Zoel hameed and Luke get inside the room and lock it up from inside.

Pathak G due think they have gone inside to diiscuss the election strategy of Digivnash ji?

No… Luke thinks he is going to get ranga syaar for free. Ranga syaar puts in a demand of 2 lakh…

And then when luke refuses… she cries rape rape… call the NCW… call the UN…

One day later Ranga syaar says, ” Dirty Indian… dark and skinny… I want out of court settlement… maybe 2 crores…”

Meanwhile her dahlas are hinting for Big boss producers and mahesh Bhatt…

While her own price has jumped up…. in the market.

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We all know Dolly is your lolly, but why bring her in this discussion on your fond memories of viagra?

You are becoming like fake Ravi, 5000 daily rapes.

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Ravi;
Unfortunately, we got engaged in this debate on a working day. I would have loved to debate on weekend on this topic. So, I will be brief here. Why others label you as Jehadis? it is for your single point agenda of finding fault with hinduism of your imagination in every otherway. No news is small enough, if it involves any Indian, particularly hindus of any denomination, background or circumstances. This gives you an easy handle to brush the Hindusism in total. All the news emanating from world over, against radical islam is being glossed over by you in your posts and this is being attempted in the way, this happens in India too. Hindus also indulge in this too. Hindu fundamentalists this and that. Totally ignoring the fact, about the proportion between two, its lethality and it being the result of reaction to islamists excess as has been practiced since centuries. Yours is a one way street, which looks at faults or drawbacks only amongst hindus. I have never seen you criticising radical Muslims, with the same jest, liveliness or venom.

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Excerpt from an “Open letter” written by Tanya Bhardwaj, addressed to the madwoman of Writer’s Building. Shan has spewed several bucketful of horse-manure here on the “poribartan”- especially about Presi- Cal becoming some Neo-Oxford shortly. These excerpts should suffice to tell us what the real scenario is.
“You have spoken of ‘brain drain’ so many times. I hold offers from the University College, London and the School of Oriental and African Studies to study development and administration. I too will probably leave, and now you know the reason why. Had you stayed on, it would have been fun. And you would have honestly been ‘a Chief Minister with a difference’. The role of your office as Chief Minister is to aggregate interest – you should at the least have heard us all out.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power”. So said Abraham Lincoln.
Love
A Simple Woman – Taniya Bhardwaj”

You go, girl!
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/calling-me-a-maoist-wont-make-me-one/259647-37-64.html

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Female thinking.

20% Jewellery
20% Shopping
20% Money
20% friends
15% Kitchen
5% Sex

Make thinking

99% Sex
1%. How, when and where.

Good morning gentlemen.

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Government planning VDIS ?

Govt moots one-time tax amnesty to recover black money stashed abroad.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-moots-one-time-tax-amnesty-to-recover-black-money-stashed-abroad/articleshow/13365370.cms

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My sincere thanks to all who missed me and expressed their concern. I was away on a holiday.

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There was a lot of disinformation in the media , including this blog , by vested interests to defame Gen V K Singh . The following excerpts from his interview to Rediff. com should clarify two vital issues…….

What was the problem with Tatra trucks?
When we started getting those trucks, what was the objective? They were world-class. But we took an older model.
Since there was nothing better, they were accepted. But nobody made efforts to find out if there was anything better.
So we continued with that with the pubic sector undertaking, a defense PSU making efforts to show that they were making profit.
Moreover, it was being sponsored by somebody who was making devious efforts to make a lot of money.
I mean a truck which was manufactured for Rs 28 lakh (Rs 2.8 million) in Czechoslovakia is being sold to the army between Rs 73 lakh (Rs 7.3 million to a crore (Rs 10 million).
Where did this money go? This is disturbing, and doubts had surfaced long ago.
This was the kind of money you would get if you cleared the project, and that is what put a red flag on it.
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Why did you write that letter? Was it a routine letter or were you concerned about something?
All three chiefs routinely appraise the PM and the defence minister. It is a very routine affair, ever since the time of the first prime minister.
If you feel something requires urgent attention, you write to them.
The leakage of that letter is a treasonable act and it must be fixed.
I am sure that it couldn’t have gone from my office. That is the kind of faith I have in my system.
What was the motive behind it? I wouldn’t leak a letter I wrote! Have I not already apprised the highest quarters?
The way it happened again, it was meant to defame me.
It generated a lot of heat: Oh, the army chief is saying this — he must have leaked it himself.

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