Obama’s ill-conceived warning

Obviously the “p” word spoken by the Independent hurt enough for Mr Vinod Sharma, no mean “p” himself of the C party, to wake from his slumber.
Poodles of the world unite- you have nothing to lose but your chains.

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Obama too needs to be seen by his voters as doing his bit to push India into opening its markets, as that would boost employment in the US and in India as well. Its more for local consumption rather than goading India to expedite the reforms process. Then the US Big Business have their own ways to do the hurrying-up process – they know how to twist arms and to pressurise foreign governments upto a point where the will is broken while the arm stays intact.

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Obama is focused on his reelection; and whatever he says should not be construed as a policy

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Vinodji

I think you should applaud Obama for speaking the truth for the good of India. Kindly remember that Obama is a good friend of MMS and may have been goaded by MMS himself.

We must also remember that I and other bloggers have been pointing out that MMS has been reduced to a puppet ever since Baby G and his mentor Shri Digvinash SIngh started jumping around like frogs– baby G with a milk bottle in hand– screaming that give us the gaddi !

I think the whole world now sees MMS as an underachiver , a puppet and is goading him to shake off Mama G and Baby G..

You and Pathak G should follow this revolution.

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Much ado about nothing.

All leaders in order to further their own nations’ interests keep expressing opinions about the state of affairs in other countries and suggest how things should be or not be.

For example, don’t we make a big noise when US puts restrictions on visas (especially for the IT professionals) and give a lecture to the US authorities?

India being a huge market, it would be natural for leaders of other countries to express concern at the policy paralysis. We are a part of the global economy, so naturally what happens here (actually what is not happening) is a cause of concern to the health of global economy. It is left to us whether to take cognizance of such ‘homilies’ or not.

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Sahi kaha Sharma ji…

….the Americans can secure better their objectives and that of India, if they are really interested, by LOBBYING SILENTLY with political and business biggies rather than conducting themselves as modern-day Viceroys.

Madam SoniaG was there last year for ‘medical treatment’. They could have silently agreed on a deal at that time with her – everything is possible if the price right. These Americans don’t know how to do business. Why do you need to ’shout’ from the roof-top when we are open to ’silent’ lobbying !!

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An very touching event.

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gets rose from late Czech leader
http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1433490-myanmars-suu-kyi-rose-late-czech-leader.html#.671820-stage-hero1-4

Aung San Suu Kyi is no stranger to tributes for her courageous political opposition in Myanmar, but the latest was perhaps the most bittersweet — delivered from beyond the grave from an ardent admirer who was another tenacious fighter for democracy.

Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg at a dinner Tuesday night presented her with a dried, yellow rose on behalf of his country’s late president, Vaclav Havel, who died in December. The rose, embedded in a glass case, had been laid on Havel’s coffin last year by Myanmar democracy activists, and was retrieved by a Czech artist who preserved it. Jiri Sitler, a friend of Havel and former Czech ambassador to Myanmar in Schwarzenberg’s delegation, explained to The Associated Press the idea behind the unusual gift.

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Read on.

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A maths professor sent a sms to his wife.
Dear you are now 54 years old and unable to satisfy me.
Now I am with my 18 years old female student
So I will be late tonight.
Wife replied: dear you’re also 54 years
and unable to satisfy me.
Now I am with our driver
who is also 18 years.
As you are mathematicians you know very well
that 18 goes into 54 many times
more than 54 goes into 18 so don’t come tonight!

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British Humour

I was devastated to find out my wife was having an affair but, by turning to religion, I was soon able to come to terms with the whole thing.

I converted to Islam, and we’re stoning her in the morning!

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The wife suggested I get myself one of those dick enlargers, so I did….she’s 21 and her name’s Lucy.
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Went to the pub with my girlfriend last night. Locals were shouting “pedophile” and other names at me, just because my girlfriend is 21 and I’m 50. It completely spoiled our 10th anniversary.
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The thing I love most about this hot weather is the short skirts and low cut tops…. although, they do make me look a bit gay.
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My son was thrown out of school today for letting a girl in his class give him a hand-job.

I said “Son, that’s 3 schools this year! You’d better stop before you’re banned from teaching altogether.”
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Remember the 7 qualities for the perfect girlfriend…

Beautiful, Intelligent, Gentle, Thoughtful, Innocent, Trustworthy, Sensible.

Or in other words……….. B.I.G.T.I.T.S.
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Question – Are there too many immigrants in Britain ?

17% said yes; 11% said No; 72% said “I am not understanding the question please.”
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On my Census form there is a question “Do you have any dependants?”
Apparently putting “Hundreds of Africans, Pakis, Somalians, single mums, Romanians, loafers, smack heads, and non-English speaking people” isn’t the right answer. They’ve sent my form back!
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The cost of living has now gotten so bad that my wife is having sex with me because she can’t afford batteries.
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Mr. Sharma, why were you gung ho on Nuclear deal? Were not Americans pushing India then? Or was it just a pet project of Congress and the nation ws duped into believing that Americans wanted it very much ?

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This is the perfect time for US and India to forge deeper relationship and structure partnership in many spheres. Makes sense from an economic perspective; makes even better sense from a geo political perspective – they need us in their (and ours) positioning against China, they can help us in controlling **** terrorism .

This may also be an area where Cong and BJP will find common ground.

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Censor again is in full swing. Simple innocuous comments by Ashish and Gopiji were deleted and my seedha saadha joke was also not liked by the
moderator. I hope this will not face the wrath of censor.

From a woman’s point of view;

- The most perfect man in the world is her father
- The most abused husband in the world is her brother
- The most handsome man in the world is her son
- The luckiest and happiest man in the world is her sister’s husband
- The most thankful man in the world is her son in law :*
- And the worst, most selfish, heartless, total jerk and the man with worst behavior in the world is her husband.

Good morning friends.

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Rescued, girl raped by cops in UP

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rescued-girl-raped-by-cops-in-UP/articleshow/15024489.cms

LUCKNOW: A teenaged girl allegedly kidnapped by three men in Sitapur was reportedly recovered, detained illegally for five days and repeatedly raped by a policeman and a village chowkidar before being handed over to the family. Despite repeated complaints, police have turned a blind eye to the incident ever since it came to light about a month ago.
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Are only goondas recruited in police force.? Like many such incidents will these peope also be allowed to go scot free.?

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HSBC PLC one of biggest bank UK bank is involved in doing business with firms linked to terrorism, drug dealings and letting them to launder their money.
Most of the banks around the world cheat their customers, one should always be careful while dealing with the banks.

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Vinodji has criticised Obama with fervour
Because Obama isn’t doing India a favour

The world media says Manmohan Singh is an under-performer
And he doesn’t anymore remember his days as a reformer

More and more, looks like Mamma G has her dogs leashed
which, in effect, has stopped eco-reforms getting unleashed.

Times Of India says Mamma G is very very afraid of Modi
But she draws comfort from people living around Gardens of Lodi.

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A girlfriend is a lovely breeze which if not stopped at the right time will turn
into a storm and become a wife. (RGV)

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Sad news. Rajesh Khanna dies.

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Our regular US correspondent Binoy Hegade will have seen the following article but decided not to post its summary here, because it is not demonising Muslims. He is also gone away to Timbuktu for a short working trip. So I am deputising for him.

Hindu Sharia Shames India

We forever go around citing instances of creeping Sharia making inroads into Indian society and we royally ignore the resurgence of reactionary forces within our majority society. The acid test to work out the magnitude of right-ward drift of our society is to observe how they treat freedoms our women have earned through education.

The following article provides analyses of some recent incidents to provide a guide.

In India, Using Sex Crimes to Rein in Women
By NILANJANA S. ROY
Published: July 17, 2012

NEW DELHI — The images looped over and over again on television screens, provoking outrage across India.

On July 9, a teenage girl in Guwahati, in the north-eastern state of Assam, stepped out of Club Mint on the crowded G.S. Road after an evening out with her friends. Part of what happened next was recorded by a television crew that arrived on the scene after receiving reports of an assault.
A group of 10, perhaps 15, men surrounded the girl, beating and stripping her for the next 20 minutes…..

…few seem to recall the outcome of a similarly horrific case on New Year’s Eve 2008 in Mumbai. Two women were alleged to have been attacked by 14 men as they left the Marriott Hotel with their friends. When the police arrived, the mob assaulting the women as they lay pinned down on the ground had grown to more than 50 men……

Rape and sexual assault are among the fastest-growing reported crimes in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Rape also has a plunging conviction rate, with only 26.5 percent of reported rapes successfully prosecuted in 2010.

Three days after the attack in Guwahati, the local village council in Aasra, a small village in Baghpat District, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, issued a set of decrees. Most village councils in Uttar Pradesh are dominated by men, and their pronouncements are taken seriously. (In the past, village councils have even been known to endorse so-called honor killings.) A few have banned young women from wearing jeans or using cellphones. The Aasra council went further, banning women under 40 from using cellphones, visiting local markets or appearing in public with their heads uncovered.

Baghpat epitomizes some of the strains that beset urban and semirural India in a period of rapid transition. Its population has only 858 women and girls for every 1,000 men and boys — an imbalance extreme not just by national standards, but by those of Uttar Pradesh, the state with the greatest gender disparity. It has slightly higher levels of female literacy than the national average, but few women in the paid work force. This suggests a tension in a community modern enough to educate women, but traditional enough not to want them to seek jobs. Girls walk an average of 2 kilometers, or 1.2 miles, farther than boys do to get to their schools, because there are fewer schools for girls.

Cellphone penetration in Baghpat is high, though, and phones are widely used by women. Nongovernmental organizations have successfully used text-messaging campaigns to improve women’s health care. Baghpat is a district on the razor’s edge of development: Economic improvements widely seen as desirable have had the side effect of empowering women.

Read on…….http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/asia/18iht-letter18.html?_r=1&ref=thefemalefactor

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Beginning of the end of India’s mainstream media?

http://www.rediff.com/money/slide-show/slide-show-1-special-beginning-of-the-end-of-indias-main-stream-media/20120718.htm

You scratch my back – I will scratch yours

The electronic media (with its immediate coverage of issues) made the print media (that printed the same story next day morning) look like a dinosaur. Now the social media with its instant review of news and proliferation of views makes the electronic media look like one.

It was not long ago – perhaps less than a decade when we had several of these electronic media than began to question aggressively and debate extensively. It was like a breath of fresh air. The commitment of their editors was palpable. The audience was hooked. Newer anchors, better presentation and latest technology combined to make these channels popular.

But it faded away far too quickly. Unfortunately, their popularity turned out to be their Achilles heel. As the electronic media grew popular, government ensured that they fell in place far too quickly than one realised. In a popular chat show at 9 PM, I as a panelist was witness to a senior Congress leader taking on an aggressive anchor by literally threatening even when live on air. And the tiger that roared till then, would not even purr to such open intimidation.

What is most irritating is that these English Channels have a limited set of panelists, mostly aged and semi-retired editors of the print media – who profess the same pro-establishment view. What is galling is that some of them on a few occasions have ended in two or three different channels on the same subject everyday. 

As a quid pro quo for being invited by the electronic media, editors of print media in turn get invited to write special columns in the print media. Well you scratch my back and I will scratch yours.

Crucially, in defending the ruling establishment both do a better job than the ruling party spokespersons. Rumour has it that most of them are angling for a berth in Rajya Sabha (or government patronage) and hence do not see any merit in being even remotely independent. In short, media and that too prime time, is reduced to a vehicle for personal agenda.

Consequently, the debating space is now tightly controlled by a group that owes its allegiance only to the government of the day. That, in effect, means that media is controlled by government (without getting maligned).

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Interesting article on how Mainstream media is in control government.

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Mali becoming a Jehadi center, an “african afghanistan” , thousands fleeing –
Ravi will say Sanghis are behind this, or his favorite “Hindu Sharia is taking over India”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/africa/jidhadists-fierce-justice-drives-thousands-to-flee-mali.html?_r=1&hp

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In a country of 1.2 billion Indian, crime happens but LeT spokeshijra Mr Ravi use it to Tar Hindu Dharma.

I think edicts by Khap in Baghpat is bad. Guwhati molestation is very worse. In no way they have any connection to HIndu dharma. In fact HIndu dharma gave very liberal ideas like Kamasutra to the world. Also ancient Indian statues had very bold figures.

All were destroyed by Sharia and Islamic plunderers. They could not understand that in Hindu dharma union of man and woman is celebration . It is not like Mr Ravi’s Sharia where woman treated like goat.

Earlier I thought RSS had hidden hand behind Ravi birth. That is why he wanted to take revenge. Now I am sure LeT man had hidden hand behind Mr Ravi’s birth. That is why he is spreading father’s gameplan of Sharia.

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Very sad day for India. Evergreen superstar Rajesh Khanna is no more. Brothers let us remember this very good and bulund son of India.

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It’s good to see you here. I love reading your posts.

Why don’t you get yourself a Disqus ID and visit this space more often?

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Well, the new “plan” announcement by Anand Sharma raises several questions – looks like behind the scene lobbying (that Vinodjee advocated) may be winning..

He said the government will allow 49% investment in airlines, he wanted states to agree to the FDI in retail, and is proposing 49% foreign ownership in insurance firms.

Expanding foreign ownership (if he can get any takers!) in airline industry is understandable. But why in retail or in insurance? Are those the sectors we need foreign money/help? If at all foreign participation is needed in retail, it is in the agricultural/produce sector to move vegetables and perishables across the country, to bring in modern technology/distribution systems.

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If today Mugal-e-Azam is remade and Sunny Leone gets to play the
role of Madhubala, the title of the movie will be.

Muh-me- Orgasm.

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Here is my tribute to Rajesh Khanna, the great actor:

Rajesh Khanna was an actor par excellence
But what he lacked was perseverance

Not for nothing was he called a director’s actor
In his career, versatility was a big factor

In his day, he could choose any of the great directors
He could also have his pick from the best of female actors

He was funny as a baawarchi, serious as a thief,
In Anand though he was ill, he was full of mischief

He came into wealth, he made a name and earned lots of fame
In the end, he leaves behind the name; rest will go up in flame.

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@ Vinod Sharma and Censor sahab

Arre bhaiyon why delete Ashish’s comment on poodles and my comment on pee of the poodle.

Ashish was just repeating what internatina press says about MMS being redduced to a poodle.

I was repeating what Feroze Gandhi grandad of Baby G and pop in law of Sonia G said 50 years back on what a pet do will do in Parliament. Vinodji , kindly remember you had used Feroze Gandhi’s similie as an example of wit of Parliamentarians in India. Agar Vijay Kumar same cheez kehta hao toh what is wrong?

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AshishCObviously the “p” word spoken by the Independent hurt enough for Mr Vinod Sharma, no mean “p” himself of the C party, to wake from his slumber.
Poodles of the world unite- you have nothing to lose but your chains.[Reply]Anonymous Reply:

July 17th, 2012 at 3:13 pm MOhan : Ashish,The situation is similar to Stockholm Syndrome.

Vijay: :“p”s have fallen in love
with their chains which they don’t want to let go.[Reply]vijay ! Reply:
July 17th, 2012 at 3:18 pmWell the P word can be extended into a Pee…So from marx to Vijay Kumar the revolutionary slogan can well be,“Poodles of the world unite..
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A British ship that was carrying a zillion tonne of silver from India to Britain was sunk by Germans during WW II in 1941. Seems the ship and the silver is recovered. Shouldnt the silver go back to India? (the article says it will go to the rightful owner, Britain.. white men went on stealing till 1947!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/world/europe/huge-cargo-of-silver-is-recovered-from-a-ship-sunk-by-nazis.html?smid=pl-share

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Three old men got an opportunity to meet God.

The first old man, an American, asked God when will his country come out of
recession.
“100 years,” God said.
The American started weepingprofusely. “I will not live to see that day”

Second man, a Russian askedGod”When will my country become prosperous?”
“Fifty years,” came the reply.
Russian too started weeping profusely. “I will not live to see that day”

Finally the Indian asked God,”When will my country become
corruption-free ?”
God started weeping profusely. “I will not live to see that day”

Good morning friends.

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~~~~ HINDUSTAN TIMES BLOWS THE BUGLE FOR MAMMA G & bABY g~~~
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In an news report right out of the Congress sewa Dal handbook, the HT is telling the world that Mamma G has served a lunch, dinner and desert for the country.

Rahul G is going to be the starter.

Cmon Patthak G, Vinod ji…. yeh kya girawat nahin?

yeh kya chamchagiri nahin?

yeh kya naukercy nahin??

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Here is a dramatised version of the TIME and Independent comments:

Manmohan enters the ‘anthahpur’ of the Rajmata of India.

Manmohan: ‘pranam, Rajmata’

Rajmata: Jeete raho. Beta Manmohan, kyon aaye ho?

MM: Rajmata, Time magazine se mera report card aaya hai. Aapko padke sunaoon?

RM: Mere poodles ko khana khilane ka waqt aaya hai, lekinn sankat mein kaho.

MM: Rajmata, sankat nahin, sankshipt.

RM:Haan, Haan, wohi. Ab batao.

MM: woh keh rahe hain ki main “under-achiever” hoon. Kya yah achchi baat hai?

RM: Agar Time ne likha hai, to zaroor achchha hoga.

MM: yah bhi likha hai ki agar aap mere kandhe se utar gayin, to mai aur bhi achcha
number laa sakta hoon.

RM: yah sab jhoot hai, bakwas hai, Mere pitaji kahaa karte the ki TIME magazine ek
Fascist paper hai. Tum inke baaton me mat aana. Ab chalo, mere poodles mujhe bula rahe hain.

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Tigers killd lot of people but the poor donkeys never did anything but serve people and
yet its sad that no one initiates `save the donkeys` campaign. (RGV)

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Watched the movie Cocktail last night. Am I become so old that I could not digest the dialogues where an Indian girl is telling a friend about her boy
friend ‘ He is very good in bed ‘ and this where she tells her boyfriend
‘ Do you think that you are a social worker who was ******** me for my own good ‘. Or I
have not realized the people have become so modern in India that these
are considered as common conversations?

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YSRC (Jagan’s party) supports Pranab and Ansari. Vijaylakshmi, his mother, says he will be out of jail in 15 days!

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/ysrc-cosies-congress-740

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Rahul Gandhi has hinted at playing proactive role in party and government.
I am wondering what does he mean by PROactive.

Pro Jehadis
Pro Pakistan
Pro corruption
Pro appeasing policies
Pro ridiculous statements of Digvijay Singh
Pro ramblings of Manish Tiwari
Pro Batla house IM terrorists.

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The Monocled Mutineer.

There has been a long-standing tradition in the British Army (and thereby the Indian Army) that in the event of an OFFICER committing Mutiny – or some other serious offence for which the punishment is EXECUTION by a firing squad, then the OFFICER is demoted to the rank of a PRIVATE before he is shot. One such case, famous in the history of the British Army, is the case of “The Monocled Mutineer”. The result is that Army Records never show an OFFICER being shot, it always records that a PRIVATE was executed.

Political world has its own version of this falsification. An able PM is starved of political support so that he becomes unable to carry out any meaningful work, for a few long months until the country as well as the International starts to attribute the hiatus as his personal failure. Once this stage is reached then such a political environment has been successfully created, where people start to loudly ask for the resignation of the PM. We can see this unfolding in front of our eyes.

I believe that we are in the last stages of a cynical plan and soon MMS will be fired from his role of caretaker PM. He has done his task of keeping the gaddi warm for the chosen favoured inheritor. The last phase of this long real inheritance plan involves giving Rahul Gandhi some Policy Speeches and some easy to achieve popular reforming initiatives, so that in comparison to “under-performing” MMS he comes across as a go getting young leader for modern India.

Some months before the next election Rahul will be made the PM and will be allowed to chalk up some set successes (FDI Deal with WallMart, etc) so that he is able to enter the next election with a positive achievement record behind him.

Machiavellian as this may sound, it also seems so obvious that even Steevie Wonder can see it coming.

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BREAKING NEWS+++++++++++++BREAKING NEWS
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JOKE OF THE YEAR 2012
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RAHUL GANDHI IS GOING TO BE THE NEW DEFENCE MINISTER
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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/will-rahul-gandhi-be-appointed-as-defence-minister/20120719.htm

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BBC reported that Assad (of Syria) is on the run and in hiding.
I am of the opinion that the end of Assad will be the end of Syria also. Bloodshed of today will be nothing compared to what may happen after he is eliminated – the Sunni, Alwite, Shia, Christian groups will kill each other endlessly until the last man survives.

Russia is keeping a hands off (or a pro Assad) approach precisely due to this fear. It will be the post Tito yugolslavia all over again

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All but Mhesh in particular
Large scale violence at Maruti plant in Manesar. the only real industry in haryana.
How does this translates into India a desired destination for FDI.

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To all India lovers

World’s only Sanskrit newspaper going to fold – lack of funds/subscribers.
Please spread the news/support the paper. It is a worthwhile venture.

I did not know this existed few miles from my birth place! Had to read about it in NYT!

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/in-mysore-keeping-sanskrit-alive-on-newsprint/?smid=pl-share

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50TH HIGH SCHOOL RE-UNION
———————————————–He was a widower and she a widow. They had known each other for a number of
years being high school classmates and having attended class reunions in the
last 20 years without fail.

This 50th anniversary of their class, the
widower and the widow made a foursome with two other singles. They had a
wonderful evening, their spirits high. The widower throwing admiring glances
across the table. The widow smiling coyly back at him.

Finally, he picked
up courage to ask her, “Will you marry me?”

After about six seconds of
careful consideration, she answered, “Yes,….. Yes I will!”

The evening
ended on a happy note for the widower. But the next morning he was troubled. Did
she say Yes or did she say No? He couldn’t remember. Try as he would, he just
could not recall. He went over the conversation of the previous evening, but his
mind was blank. He remembered asking the question but for the life of him could
not recall her response.

With fear and trepidation he picked up the
phone and called her. First, he explained that he couldn’t remember as well as
he used to. Then he reviewed the past evening. As he gained a little more
courage he then inquired of her. “When I asked if you would marry me, did you
say Yes or did you say No?

“Why you silly man I said, Yes. Yes I will.
And I meant it with all my heart.”

The widower was delighted. He felt his
heart skip a beat.

Then she continued. “And I am so glad you called
because I couldn’t remember who asked me!”

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~~~~ I FEEL B- A – D FOR MAKING THIS PREDICTION ~~~~~~
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Two years back I had made a prediction. That the naukers, trolls, chamchas in the Congress and media. would first demolish MMS and create a barren desert.

Then proclaim that the intellectually challenged Baby G is the only solution.

Frankly at that time many people even on this blog defended this naukercy.

NOW THIS DESTRUCTION OF THE PV RAO LEGACY AND THE MMS LEGACY IS APPARENT TO ALL.

And on Times Now I am seeing Kumar Ketakar lying on the ground pants down claiming that the 2004 election victory of Congress was due to Rahul gandhi!!

naukerrcy has truely begin.

Vinod Sharma in contrast is more balanced. And seems embarrassed of defending dynasty . ( Ahem I have changed him )

But I feel sad for India….

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Ramadan – Known as Ramzan in India – has been declared. From tommorow
holy month of Ramadhan starts. Dubai changes in this month. During the day Eating, drinking and smoking is not allowed outdoors. Restuarants open in the evening. Parents stop worrying about their children who nirmally woukd stay out very late on weekends but in this month they are always at home as they dont go out because live music and dances are not allowed in ckubs and bars. Working hours are reduced. Days become lazy and nights are lively. Shopping centers, malls are open till late night – overall Dubai becomes different from what it normal is – I love this month.

RAMADHAN Kareem to every one.

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All;
Modi is trying to bring Maruti, lock, stock and barrel to Gujrat. Jeete raho brother. These congress governments in congress ruled states are very distorted face of good governance. All these congress governments are doing , is mollycoddling, communalists, communists and all the subversives. people need a government with a spine. What I read about India, make me more depressed and at one point, I start thinking to hell with In…

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Ashish

A few days ago we discussed the role played by Narsimah Rao
/ MMS in heralding economic reforms in India.

In that context the following might interest you….

Don’t blame PM alone for slow
economy: Tata

At
a time when political parties and industrialists are blaming Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh for the country’s slow economy, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata
has come out in strong defence of the PM. He said Dr Singh should not be
singled out for the country’s current economic woes.

He,
however, urged the PM to work decisively to restore government credibility and
place the country back on the high growth path. “Now is the moment in time when
our PM must break convention, restore government credibility, place the country
on a growth path by implementing promised reforms, removing roadblocks to
growth and controlling crony capitalism,” he said.

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All;
Just trying to get out of despair borne out of Indian situation:
A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out
of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph,
enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left.
“Amazing,” he thought as he flew down I-95, pushing the pedal even more.

Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a Florida State Trooper, blue
lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110,
then 120. Suddenly he thought, “What am I doing? I’m too old for this!”
and pulled over to await the trooper’s arrival.

Pulling in behind him, the trooper got out of his vehicle and walked
up to the Corvette. He looked at his watch, then said, “Sir, my shift
ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a new reason
for speeding–a reason I’ve never before heard — I’ll let you go.”

The old gentleman paused then said: “Three years ago, my wife ran off
with a Florida State Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back.

“Have a good day, Sir,” replied the trooper.

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A Girl’s facebook status:-”Travelled in Bus after long time”
Comments from her friends
1) Awww, so sweet..!!!
2) May be nextime will go together sweetie…!!!
3) Wow, i want to experience it..!!!
4) You went without me..?:(
5) Wonderful dear..!!!

A Boy’s facebook status:- “Travelled in Bus after a long time..

Comments from his friends
1) Haan toh Harami hum kya kare..?
2) Bas yehi teri aukad hai.!!
3) Kamine ab auto mai bhi jaiga toh status update karega kya..??
4) Baap ko bol kam se kam cycle lekar do..!!!
5) Usi bus ka conductor ban ja kutte..
6) Ticket kharida ki nahi Bhikhari?=))

Good morning friends.

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Title of a documentary on Indian Airlines – ‘Saare zameen par…’!

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Being male is a matter of birth,
being a man is a matter of age,
but being a gentleman is a matter of choice.

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Cows accepted as admission fees in Bihar

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/cows-accepted-as-admission-fees-in-bihar-1.1051245

Patna: Heard of cows being deposited as admission fees in college?
Sounds absurd, illogical, incredible, but an engineering institute in Bihar is getting cows and calves as admission fees, instead of hefty hard cash!
The idea behind this move is to help fulfil the long-cherished dreams of the poor children in the countryside who cannot afford to pay their fee in cash.
Authorities said Vidyadaan Institute of Technology and Management located in western Bihar’s Buxur district, has, so far, admitted five children of farmers by receiving milch cows and calves as admission fees against 20 seats reserved for children from the poor families.
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Very innovative idea indeed.

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Afghanistan must stop the murder of its women leaders.

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/afghanistan-must-stop-the-murder-of-its-women-leaders-1.1051267

Afghanistan has lost another woman leader. Last week, Hanifa Safi — head of women’s affairs in Laghman province — had gone only a few metres from home when her car was blown up. Apparently a magnetic bomb was placed under the car, targeting Safi and her family. Her children, injured in the attack along with several other people, are now left orphaned as both Safi and her husband died in the attack.
The targeting of Afghan women in government positions is not a new phenomenon. Safia Amajan held the same position as Safi in Kandahar. Sitara Achakzai was a provincial council member. Malalai Kakar was provincial chief of female police in Kandahar. A number of women aid workers, whose names and identities are not recorded, have also been murdered.

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Read on.

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This year’s mansoon should be named ‘Manmohansoon’.
Does not opens its mouth even when absolutely necessary.

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where are Dr Shantanu and Manohar these days?

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@ Vijay

I think you are among the bigger fans of MMS here.

In my view you have to separate the economist from the politician. As an economist he was great. In fact despite being associated with the licence Raj policies of Indira Gandhi, he re-invented himself and under guidance of Rao and IMF, re-invented all the policies which governed India.

He did well in 2004-2008 as a like minded Chidambaram was the Finance Minister. However when Pranab Mukherji came in, he was fettered by the old relationship where Pranabda was boss as FM and he as the Reserve Bank Governor and fiscal policy maker had set the rules in 1981- 1982.

Pranab mukherji was a rather mediocre plodder as FM and probably could not understand that India and the Rao-MMS invented India was different from the licence Raj India in which he was comfortable. In the end he caused a disaster with his Vodafone tax. Good that he has been kicked upstairs.

The Pranab Mukherji years have rubbed on to MMS.

But most of all Manmohan’s basically decent values have been mocked by the Congress brigade which has muzzled him totally. he is NOT a politician but could have been a good one, had he been given the freedom he deserved.

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At least 14 killed and 40 injured as two masked gunmen opened fire at Batman premier at Denver US.

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The Real Patriots

India’s
Outlook dubs Obama ‘underachiever’ after Time cover

An
Indian magazine has dubbed US President Barack Obama “the
underachiever” on its latest cover, two weeks after US-based Time magazine
did the same to India’s prime minister.

But
the words on the cover of the magazine reads: “He promised hope and
change. Four years on, President Barack Obama’s sheen is gone. Can his lofty
rhetoric carry him home again?”

Read
on….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18920112

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This is it – finally…

Scribe taken into custody over Guwahati molestation
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/265833/scribe-taken-custody-over-guwahati.html

Good job – Assam police!!

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For history buffs

Today is supposed to be the birthday of Alexander (the Great).
By the age 30, he had conquered the vast continents in between Adriatic sea to Indus river/Punjab.

There is a side story as to how Punjab was conquered from the king Pururavas king “”Poros” as westerners call). It seems Mrs Alexander knew about the Indian custom/celebration about “Rakhi”; she went to Pururavas the prior night and requested him to be her brother in this foreign land, and he agreed and tied Rakhi. The story is that he did not want to kill Alexander in the battle although he had many opportunities, lest his sister will become widowed.

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Rengarajan says Dr MMS can do a “FDI decision” through executive order –
is that Vinod meant by secret deals

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Q. What do Disney World & Viagra have in common?
A. They both make you wait an hour for a two minute ride.
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Q. Difference between a man buying a lottery ticket and a man fighting with his wife…
A. A man has a chance at winning at the lottery.
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Q. What is the difference between a bachelor and a married man?
A. Bachelor comes home, sees what’s in the refrigerator, goes to bed.;)
Married man comes home, sees what’s in the bed, and goes to the refrigerator.

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All;
Sannata hai kyun barpa, thodi so jo pee lee hai??

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All;
Congrssis chamchas and their ilk, who write here, have they ever been in a position of project manager and above??? Do they have any idea, how we cherish our performing workers?? Trash, we discard them quickly. period.
This is on the background of TOI news, Maruti workers hunted executives at maruti brutally???. where we are going?? Still I read, some bloggers, defending these fiends. Shame.

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What is the definition of ‘burning’ love?

It’s when at night you reach out for the Vaseline gel and pick up Vicks
Vaporub by mistake.

Good morning friends.

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Ostrich is an animal in Pak, at least for eating sake.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/ostrich-is-an-animal-in-pak-at-least-for-eating-sake_788694.html

Islamabad: Believe it or not but Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly in its “(in) finite wisdom” has declared the flightless bird Ostrich as an animal.

Ostrich was declared “an animal” on Wednesday when Punjab Assembly passed a bill overruling the objections raised by the Punjab governor who had refused to sign it, saying, it was a ‘bird’ covered under the definition of exotic species not native to Pakistan.

‘Animal’ means a bull, bullock, buffalo, buffalo-bull, camel, cow, goat, ostrich, sheep or any other animal of any age domesticated in captivity”, says section 2 (a) of Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Bill 2012 passed by the Assembly for the second time, ignoring reservations expressed by the Opposition and the governor, The Nation has reported.

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Narendra Modi: TINA ya MINA?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Narendra-Modi-TINA-ya-MINA/articleshow/15068754.cms

AHMEDABAD: This is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s biggest dilemma today as it gives in to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s categorical demand that he be declared the party’s prime ministerial candidate for 2014.

At a recent meeting with a group of influential Muslims from Ahmedabad and Mumbai, Modi is reported to have asked them which was the biggest massacre of Muslims in India. While the group set about thinking, he told them it was Nellie in Assam where the official death toll in 1983 was 2,100.

He also asked them who was the chief minister at that time. The group could not come up with an answer. He then asked them if they knew what happened to the Nellie inquiry. With the group now accustomed to him giving answers to his own questions, they waited till he told them that no inquiry report was ever tabled and nobody was prosecuted. Nellie is probably going to be Modi’s weapon to combat MINA.

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Saudi Arabia orders all expatriate non-Muslims to follow Ramzan practices (not eating during the day etc) or else be deported!!!!!!!

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/world/middle-east/saudi-warns-non-muslims-respect-ramzan-or-else-274

Meanwhile, our beleaguered CM kiran Kumar Reddy has ordered dept secretaries and city officials to meet every three days during Ramzan to make sure Ramzan evening celebrations are not affected by power shortage, water and sanitation issues!

Sam Bob, principal secretary for Municipal Adm will chair these meetings. He also wanted APTransco to arrange mobile transformers as standby to meet power shutdowns in areas like Pathergatti and Charminar.

Sabita Reddy, Home Minister, said all jails in the state will be directed to provide separate barracks for Iftar and Sahar rituals.

Mother of all appeasements ! Long live Indian secularism!
(worthwhile to note that 70 or so died in Amarnath Yatra due to the lack of facilities and medical care)

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Re-posting from FB:
“Dear God,
Jagjit Singh, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Mehdi Hasan, Dara Singh,and now Rajesh Khanna are all with you.
Appreciate your keen interest in Indian music and films!
Hope you would take a little more interest in Indian politics as well!! “

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Raging Women & Guwahati
http://www.mediacrooks.com/2012/07/raging-women-guwahati.html

Images
of the Guwahati molestation have shocked every television viewer. Fury erupted
on the safety of women, the role of the police and the role of journalists. Then
the National Commission of Women (NCW) woke up. An NCW representative, the
glamorous Congress member Alka Lamba, arrived in Guwahati with superbly blow-dried hair. She
swept into a press conference. She posed for the cameras. She then announced the
name of the victim. Ahem! “Glamorous, blow-dried hair”! That’s not me.
That is eminent Telly-scientist Sagarika Ghose in Firstpost
in her opening shot on the incident and aftermath. Nothing wrong with the rest
of her article though.

Imagine, if I had said
‘fashionable, westernised, journalistic-bimbo, heavy lipstick and jet-black
haired’ Telly-Scientist Sagarika writes on Guwahati. That would be
considered uncharitable. But oops, I just said it. So while writing on women,
trash her first for her glamour and her hair (as if Sagarika is any different)
and then try to fit in some logic and outrage. Alka Lamba may be stupid and may
have bungled terribly but what’s it got to do with her glamour or hair? Well,
that’s how we approach journalism these days. That partly explains the
mindless statements from some women on the Guwahati incident. I am not going
into the incident itself or any legal aspects of it. Let’s just read what the
very women who were foaming with rage had to say themselves.

Here’s the real tragedy: A bunch
of goons engineered and executed the shameful incident at Guwahati. But the ones
who made it worse with their writings or utterances are women. Mamata Sharma,
Alka Lamba, Sagarika Ghose, Barkha Dutt… the list can go on. Raging
Women!

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Rationalists’ fume at government order on poojas performed for rains!.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rationalists-fume-at-government-order-on-poojas-performed-for-rains/articleshow/15075401.cms

MANGALORE: The Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations has taken severe umbrage to what it described is unconstitutional behaviour of the state government in ordering poojas to be performed at temples across Karnataka for rains. The Federation termed the estimated outgo on this account pegged at Rs 17 crore a colossal waste of public funds amounting. This fund could have instead utilised for drought relief or for feeding starving people.

The Federation opined that Minister for Muzrai Kota Srinivas Poojary is going against article 51 of Indian constitution which states that it is the duty of every citizen to develop scientific temper and spirit of inquiry. “He is unfit to hold office of minister under the Constitution of India which he is supposed to uphold. If he has so much faith in poojas, let them be conducted in Thar Desert in April or May and let us see if it is going to rain,” the Federation stated.

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Battle Lines are being drawn as preparation for 2014 kick starts.

Nitish’s attack brings RSS and Modi closer

The chasm between the RSS and the Janata Dal (United) over the issue of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is getting wider by the day.

Bhagwat, who was in Latur addressing a gathering of RSS volunteers, claimed that Nitish was playing vote-bank politics. “Nitish Kumar has said NDA’s prime ministerial candidate for 2014 elections should be secular. What do you mean by a secular Prime Minister? Why not a Hindutvawadi Prime Minister?”

Read on…http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nitishs-attack-brings-rss-and-modi-closer/1/201607.html

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Modi used and abused RSS, says Zadaphiya

Gordhan Zadaphiya, the former BJP man but now the leader of the rival
Mahagujarat Janta Party lashes out at his former mentor and Chief Minister
Narendra Modi.

Watch it….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAzEq-3rF0

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Tilla Jogian.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/411011/tilla-jogian/

Tilla Jogian — the Hill of Jogis — sits some 25 kilometres southwest of Jhelum town. Rising to 1,000 metres above the sea, it is a dethatched spur of the main Salt Range. On its summit, richly forested with ancient olive trees, pines, phulai (Acacia modesta), are the ruins of an ancient monastery.
Established in the 1st century BCE by the celebrated Guru Goraknath, the founder of the sect of Kanphatta (pierced ears) jogis, it lived for a full two millennia before it was finally abandoned in 1947 following the greatest transmigration in human history. In the 16th century, Akbar the Great visited the monastery — twice in four years — and was much impressed by the practices followed by the jogis. He marvelled at the great age of establishment.
In 1748, the brigand chieftain Ahmad Shah Abdali sacked and looted the monastery. But barely had he withdrawn and the smoke cleared, that the monks and jogis returned to rebuild and revitalise the age-old school.

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A very sad day for Indian industry.

Having seen Maruti grow and bring about changes in the industrial landscape of Haryana and the India, I am saddened by the huge violence there.

We have somehow in our mindset associated worker instigated violence as a fight for justice. How wrong it is, the Maruti case shows us again. No company has changed the industrial culture of this country as much as Maruti. Its staff and workers are the best paid and best looked after.

And yet the unions would rather destroy the company than change themselves. Time to put the union leaders on a long imprisonment of 10-15 years.

http://profit.ndtv.com/News/Article/r-c-bhargava-says-incident-is-complete-shocker-highlights-308191?pfrom=home-lateststories

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Gujrat’s agriculture turn-around, an eye opener for the entire nation – Dr Kalam

http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/07/gujarats-agriculture-turnaround-eye.html

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An interesting background on Article 370, historical characters, the present trap etc,

http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/article-370-the-untold-story/0/

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Q. What’s the difference between a ***** and a *****?
A. Whores screws everyone at the party, ******* screw everyone at the party except you.

Q. What is the difference between “Oooh!” and “Aaah!”?
A. About two inches.

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The Blog definitely looks dry.
Where is Vijay ? Is he running away and giving elbow space to his protege ?

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Party and the patriot

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/party-and-the-patriot/977261/0

There is a lively debate in political science on whether nationalism is bad for democracy. While an overwhelming majority suggests that nationalism, by virtue of its illiberal nature (since it elevates collective identity over individual liberty and choice), could threaten democracy, some scholars insist that under certain circumstances, nationalism might facilitate the spread of democracy. For instance, to the extent that a strong national identity is a prerequisite for building a democratic nation-state, nationalism could be a positive force. In addition, nationalism could rally different groups in the overthrow of a dictatorship.

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In the last two decades, China’s rise has been accompanied by a disquieting phenomenon — rising nationalism. Survey data, press reports and scholarly research all indicate a heightened level of nationalist sentiments. To be sure, these sentiments are diverse. Genuine pride in China’s rapid modernisation constitutes one strand. Resentment of the West for criticising China’s human rights record forms another. In particular, anger at the United States for its perceived “containment” strategy against China is a key ingredient of contemporary Chinese nationalism. A sense of national victimhood, drawn from China’s humiliation at the hands of Western powers from 1840 to 1949 (often referred to as the “century of humiliation”), similarly informs many Chinese nationalists today.

Resurgent nationalism presents the ruling Chinese Communist Party with both opportunities and risks. The party came to power by exploiting Chinese nationalism and presented itself as the defender of China’s national honour. The founding myth of the People’s Republic is essentially a tale of how the Communist Party fought heroically for China’s national survival and ended the country’s “century of humiliation”. Although historical research has uncovered vital inaccuracies and falsehood in the party’s claims (for instance, the much-reviled old nationalist regime, not the communists, actually did most of the fighting against the Japanese), the party has been extraordinarily successful in maintaining this mythology, in part thanks to its ruthless but effective censorship.

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But fanning nationalism is not without risks. One obvious problem today is that the Communist Party needs economic prosperity more than nationalism to stay in power. And economic prosperity is not possible without trading with the West, China’s largest export market and main source of capital and technology. Clearly, the party could not afford to antagonise the West so much that their vital economic relationship is jeopardised. Another substantial risk is that fuelling nationalism can backfire politically. Just as the communists used nationalism against the nationalists in the 1930s and 1940s, nationalism may be exploited by the dissidents and other elements in Chinese society as a rallying cry against the party’s rule. Indeed, in many diplomatic crises, Chinese nationalists would typically vent their anger on the West first and then quickly turn their ire towards the government (it is reported that the Chinese foreign ministry has received many unsolicited packages of calcium pills — with the implicit message that it should toughen its diplomatic bones).

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Unfortunately, such a perspective hardly differs from the Communist Party’s position on democracy. So one may have to grudgingly concede that the party’s appeal to nationalism has been a success and that Chinese nationalism will be an obstacle to democratic transition in China in the future.

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@ Shenoy

Perhaps it’s bit late for you.

Any latest communique from Dr Swamy on Kalam-Sonia episode. Any thing new on that 3.30pm letter ? I am really waiting for more details.

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@ Pathak g

Welcome back ! Just logging in for a quick goodbye…

Let me congratulate all you guys for having the ability to sustain marriages…

When a female starts yakking at you from 9 P.m, it takes two hours to listen to her grouses and another 2 hrs to get her back on track….

O brother…. now I need a beer to get over it!

Life is funny….

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Mohan;
In India, any body talking about nationalism is looked upon with suspicion?? Why??? in 1962, when, China attacked India, most patriotic songs were written by Urdu shairs, they were nationalists, no body blamed them ever. Ab koi gulshan na ujade… Most nationalist song, no body objected that it is not in pure Hindi. Havladar Abdul hamid, heighest military award winner, no body questioned him to be an anti national. Brigadier Usman, wow. but if some body says that SIMI people should not be told to nationalist by any organization, IM people should not be warned, not to be anti national, why??? What kind of democracy, Manohar is pleading for??? that every one is free to do what ever he/ she wants, do not preach them to be nationalist, that is against democracy?? Boggle my mind in this new definition of democracy, nationalism and what you have.

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I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to exchange, so I went to the currency exchange window at the local bank.
Short line. Just one lady in front of me . An Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars and she was a little irritated.
She asked the teller, ‘Why it change?? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo same yen. Today I get hunateighty?? Why it change?’
The teller shrugged his shoulders and said,’Fluctuations.’
The Asian lady says, ‘Fluc you white people, too!’

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Make sure you have a few minutes to read these because they’re GRRREAT!

Lesson 1:
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.
The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor.
Before she says a word, Bob says, ‘I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.’
After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.
The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, ‘Who was that?’
‘It was Bob the next door neighbor,’ she replies.
‘Great,’ the husband says, ‘did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?’
Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.
Lesson 2:
A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.
The nun said, ‘Father, remember Psalm 129?’
The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, ‘Father, remember Psalm 129?’
The priest apologized ‘Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.’ Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, ‘Go forth and seek; further up you will find glory.’
Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.
Lesson 3:
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, ‘I’ll give each of you just one wish.’
‘Me first, me first!’ says the admin clerk. ‘I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.’
Puff! She’s gone.
‘Me next, me next!’ says the sales rep. ‘I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.’
Puff! He’s gone.
‘OK, you’re up,’ the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, ‘I want those two back in the office after lunch.’
Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.
Lesson 4An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, ‘Can I also sit like you and do nothing?’ The eagle answered: ‘ Sure, why not.’ So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it. Moral of the story:To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up. Lesson 5A turkey was chatting with a bull. ‘I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,’ the turkey sighed, ‘but I haven’t got the energy.’ ‘Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?’ replied the bull. ‘They’re packed with nutrients.’ The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree. Moral of the story:Bull shit might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there Lesson 6A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him. Morals of the story:(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.(3) And when you’re in deep shit, it’s best to keep your mouth shut! THIS ENDS THE 5-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE.
Lesson 4
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, ‘Can I also sit like you and do nothing?’
The eagle answered: ‘ Sure, why not.’
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.
Lesson 5
A turkey was chatting with a bull. ‘I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,’ the turkey sighed, ‘but I haven’t got the energy.’
‘Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?’ replied the bull. ‘They’re packed with nutrients.’
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull shit might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there

Lesson 6A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.
While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.
The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.
Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.
Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you’re in deep shit, it’s best to keep your mouth shut!

THIS ENDS THE 5-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE.

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Pathak G/ Manohar;
I replied to pathak G, being unaware of Jugalbandi, which I saw later in the posts.
You are comparing cheese to chalk and apple to oranges. Awan kharab ho gaya hai. But , Congress, present day one, has broken all the limits.
OK, manohar, remember your pain about food fascism, osmania Hostel, not allowing beef in hostel mess?? How about Pork in the same hostel mess?? Just reply this. You go blue in the face mentioning Purohit, pragya and all those guys and girls but keep mum on IM, SIMI and the whole bunch of Dukhtaran e millat??? Your bias is obvious. Present day congress is living on the baisakhi of people just like you. Believe it or not. Desh ko matiya met kar diya.

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Pathak G;
By bringing Ex. Karnatak CM tmes and again, why you are trying to shield real culprits. Are you working for nation or Congress. You can not say or utter any badmashis from UPA but jump on any BJP ruled state even for comparatively- comparatively, minor infringement. Please maintain a semblance of impartiality or that is too much to ask??

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A lady asked her friend ‘ do you look at your husband while having sex’
Friend said ‘ Normally my eyes are closed but I looked at him and he was
looking very angry’
‘Angry, why?
‘ He was staring at me through the window’

Good morning friends.

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WoW. What a night it must have been.

Learnt a new phrase, Acute
Nationalism. Brilliant.

From my reckoning the score of last night’s battle is:

Pseudo Seculars 2 – Acute Nationals 0

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Exit Sharad Pawar, champion of farmers

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Swaminomics/entry/exit-sharad-pawar-champion-of-farmers

Excerpts

Nobody believes that agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has resigned because of policy differences. He is miffed at being denied no 2 status in the Cabinet. He may also be preparing for life after UPA 2 – the next general election may give him a chance of becoming PM at the head of a coalition of regional parties.

Nevertheless, the issues on which Pawar quarrelled with the UPA government were important. Sonia Gandhi’s National Advisory Council wanted ultra-cheap food for all. Pawar was the one Cabinet member who dared oppose Sonia. He said the public distribution system lacked the capacity for the task, which also had horrendous fiscal implications. He lost this battle, but helped dilute the Food Security Act’s provisions to affordable levels.

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Earlier this year, without even consulting Pawar, New Delhi banned cotton exports after intensive lobbying by the cotton textile industry. Fortunately, the ban was soon rescinded. Otherwise it would have affected cotton planting this season, creating a real shortage.

When the cotton export ban was imposed, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi accused the government of robbing Gujarat cotton farmers of Rs 2,000 crore. This rang political alarm bells. Gujarat goes to the polls in December, and Modi cited the cotton export ban as evidence of Congress’ anti-farmer bias. Panicky Gujarat Congressmen ran to New Delhi to protest that Modi had been given massive election ammunition. So, the government rescinded the ban. Tellingly, the government listened more to an opposition CM like Narendra Modi than its own agriculture minister.

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For years, government food procurement has been far higher than food sales. So, government stocks are now at a record 75 million tonne. India does not have remotely enough storage capacity for this, and so 20 million tonne are stored in the open under plastic sheets. Millions of tonnes will rot. A more aggressive export policy, favoured by Pawar, would have prevented this.

In October 2011, the government finally acknowledged its folly, and lifted the ban on export of non-basmati rice, wheat and sugar. However food minister, KV Thomas, a personal appointee of Sonia Gandhi, sees export bans and physical controls as the solution to every problem. Procedures for the export of sugar are so complex that very limited exports have actually taken place after the lifting of the ban.

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No doubt Pawar has resigned for narrow reasons of self-interest, not concern for farmers. Yet he needs to be applauded for consistently championing liberal policies to benefit farmers.

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Ravi’s friends do it again!
pakistani muslim serial bride sentenced for terrorism in UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9415695/Homegrown-British-terrorist-bride-jailed-over-Jewish-plot.html

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Didi is transforming into a master appeaser! She gives money to madrasas and builds hostels for them!
tell me – is there hostel for any other government high schools?

Kolkata: Government of West Bengal has taken initiative to establish
Students Hostel in every government aided Madrasa, recognized by the
West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education. The newly appointed Joint
Secretary of Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education department, Mr.
Bikram Sen declared it on Friday, 20th July at the CM administration
office.
Sen said, there are 611 Government aided Madrasas in the state. State
Government will establish Students Hostel in the Madrasa premises under
the Multi Sectoral Development Program (MsDP) of Central Government.
Not only Students hostel, new ITIs and Markets will be established in
the Muslim dominated areas.
Mr. Sen also said, Central Government allocated additional Rs 300 cr
for West Bengal, students hostels for Madrasa students to be made from
that amount.
Like Left Front regime, Trinamul Congress-led Mamata Government has
also kept the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education department in the
hands of Chief Minister.

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I think RSS is becoming very popular. All the time Congress people start creating scare that sher aaya shaer aaya.
One day the RSS sher will actually come and help India as more and more peoples realise that it is one organsation which will just trample and fisnish Dawood, Lashkar, corruption, criminal. terrorists.

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Vinodji referred to FDI in this article.
Several of the opposition parties, including SP, have come against FDI in retail. FDI in retail is not going to happen.
The only frictionless possibility in FDI may be infrastructure. Dr MMS should focus on one or two real needs where there will not be a chorus of opposition; the prolonged retail discussion will just magnify his weakness and UPA vulnerability.

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RBI Dy Governor blames CAD on the religious, personal practices regarding gold!
He fits in Congress quite well!
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sociocultural-revolution-needed-to-cut-gold-buys-help-cad-rbi/977850/

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Dear Ishwar,

This is in response to your earlier post.

The first Falsehood ” Equating Abrahmnic religions with Hinduism / Dharmic Traditions”.

There is fundamental difference between above two. History and our
present is replete with examples of this difference. When Aurangzeb was
destroying Temples, humilating , Killing and torturing Hindus for their sticking
to their Ancestral faith, Shivaji who suffered heavily at the hands of
Aurangzeb, when he had an upper hand, did he take his religious revenge.
He had all the reasons to do so, but did he demolish Mosques, kill
Muslims because they were Muslims. No , he did not do that. Kings of
Vijaynagar Empire, who had been forcefully converted to Islam ,
converted back to Indian faith, they were constantly under attack from
Muslim kings, their population had suffered greatly by Muslims on
account of their being Non Muslims( A STANDARD CONDITION OF A NON MUSLIM IN MUSLIM MAJORITY AREA ), did they take their religious
revenge. No, instead they kept Quran in their court so that any muslim
coming in presence of King could bow to Quran instead of Hindu King. Now
let us check hundreds of Budhist kings in South East Asia, is their any
mention in History of their killings , violence and Fanaticism derived
from their Budhist traditions, None.

The reason for above difference is very simple which only Stupids ( or Pseudo-Intellectuals ) can not understand. Dharmic
Traditions are not Conducive in generating Hatred/Violence and hence
History corroborates this. Abrahmanic religions , particularly Islam are
very conducive, infact are the very source of Hatred and Violence and History is rich with corroborative evidence.

This I have pointed out earlier also, Hindu communalism is a very feeble reaction to ORIGINAL communalism of Abrahmanic religions paricularily of ISLAM. In this reference, Hindu Communalism ( if there is one ) is only for its Survival. If we have to attempt at freeing society from Communalism, we have to start with attacking its source . Its utterly foolish to put bulk of our resources in attacking minor symptoms of a disease and leave unattended its underlying reason.

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What is the best thing about BJ?

Few minutes of silence.

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Ajmer Sharif Dargah Head Objects to Visits by Film Stars

http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=769594

Strongly objecting to actors and producers visiting the shrine of Khwaja
Moinuddin Chisti to pray for the success of their films, the religious head of
the dargah has called upon Islamic intellectuals and Ulemas to pay urgent
attention to the issue.

He says that dance and films are taboo in Islam
and cinema in general today is promoting obscenity, which is a major reason
behind the rapid degradation of moral values in the society. Hence visits by
films starts/director/producers for “a kind of promotion of their work” at the
religious place is highly intolerable.

“The holy place must not be used
as a platform for such a purpose that is forbidden and against Islamic law but
it is done by film stars repeatedly who come here to seek blessings for their
films and propagate the same through media,” Dargah Dewan Zainul Abedin Ali
Khan, the Hereditary Sajjada-nashin of Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty, said in a
statement here today.

“It is surprising that Islamic intellectuals,
scholars, Ulemas are quiet on this issue. They should break silence and express
their views strongly as they do in other cases. I strongly condemn the visit by
anyone who has an unfair motto of coming to the holy place. Not only in Islam,
but in any religion, anti-religious activity must never be tolerated,” he
said.

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“Films, obscenity are absolutely detestable to Islamic sense of ethics and
morality and, therefore, considered Haram (forbidden) in Islam but many film
stars come here with CD/DVD of their work and offer it while praying for the
success of the film or serial, whatever it is, which is absolutely against the
Islamic law,” Dewan said.

“Most of the films today are full of obscenity,
double meaning words and expressions, abuses which are casting very bad
impression on society and young generation. It is hateful and sinful. I strongly
condemn and object to the visit of film actors, actresses, directors and
producers to the dargah to seek blessings for such things which are taboo.

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A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the
stranger turned to her and said, ‘Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go
quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.’
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to
the stranger, ‘What would you like to talk about?’
‘Oh, I don’t know,’ said the stranger. ‘How about nuclear power?’ and he
smiles.
‘OK, ‘ she said. ‘That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a
question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff
- grass
- . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat
patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that
is?’
The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks
about it and says, ‘Hmmm, I have no idea.’
To which the little girl replies, ‘Do you really feel qualified to discuss
nuclear power when you don’t know shit?

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Ron �and Jerry, two elderly friends, met in the park e very day to
Feed the �pigeons, watch the squirrels and discuss world problems.

One day Ron �didn’t show up. Jerry wasn’t concerned; he thought Ron
Might have a cold �or some urgent appointment.
But after Ron hadn’t shown up For a week or �so,
Jerry really got worried. However, since Jerry didn’t know �

Where Ron lived (the only time they
Ever got together was at the �park) he was
Unable to find out what had happened to him. �

After �a month �had passed, Jerry figured he had seen the last of Ron.
On his next visit �to the park, however,
Ron was sitting on their usual bench waiting for �him.

Amazed and delighted, Jerry exclaimed,
”For crying out loud �Ron, what in the world happened to you?” Ron �and Jerry, two elderly friends, met in the park e very day to
Feed the �pigeons, watch the squirrels and discuss world problems.

One day Ron �didn’t show up. Jerry wasn’t concerned; he thought Ron
Might have a cold �or some urgent appointment.
But after Ron hadn’t shown up For a week or �so,
Jerry really got worried. However, since Jerry didn’t know �

Where Ron lived (the only time they
Ever got together was at the �park) he was
Unable to find out what had happened to him. �

After �a month �had passed, Jerry figured he had seen the last of Ron.
On his next visit �to the park, however,
Ron was sitting on their usual bench waiting for �him.

Amazed and delighted, Jerry exclaimed,
”For crying out loud �Ron, what in the world happened to you?”
Ron replied, ”I’ve been �in jail.”

”Jail?” cried Jerry. ”You?! ��What �on earth for?”

”Well,” Ron said, ”you know Sue , that cute �little blonde
Waitress at the coffee shop where I sometimes �go?”

”The �judge gave me 30 days for perjury.”

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Digvijay Better Than Rahul as PM Material: Govindacharya

http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=769607

Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan founder and patron K N Govindacharya today said Congress leader Digvijay Singh would prove to be a better Prime Minister than Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, though the issue remained an internal matter of the Congress.

“Digvijay Singh will be far better as PM than Rahul Gandhi,” he told reporters here.

“…. Digvijay Singh has been minister in the union government and Chief Minister of a big state and thus he has a vast administrative experience,” the ideologue said.

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About other political leaders having PM potential, Gonvidacharya said people like Sharad Yadav, Dr Subrahmanyam Swamy and Sushma Swaraj can be better PM than Nitish Kumar or Narendra Modi.

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The Promised Land

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281683

Hounded by police and bailiffs, evicted wherever they stopped, they did not mean to settle here. They had walked out of London to occupy disused farmland on the Queen’s estates surrounding Windsor Castle. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that didn’t work out very well. But after several days of pursuit, they landed two fields away from the place where modern democracy is commonly supposed to have been born.

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Their aim is simple: to remove themselves from the corporate economy, to house themselves, grow food and build a community on abandoned land. Implementation is less simple. Soon after I arrived, on a sodden day last week, an enforcer working for the company which now owns the land came slithering through the mud in his suit and patent leather shoes with a posse of police, to serve papers.

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To be young in the post-industrial nations today is to be excluded. Excluded from the comforts enjoyed by preceding generations; excluded from jobs; excluded from hopes of a better world; excluded from self-ownership.

Those with degrees are owned by the banks before they leave college. Housing benefit is being choked off. Landlords now demand rents so high that only those with the better jobs can pay. Work has been sliced up and outsourced into a series of mindless repetitive tasks, whose practitioners are interchangeable. Through globalisation and standardisation, through unemployment and the erosion of collective bargaining and employment laws, big business now asserts a control over its workforce almost unprecedented in the age of universal suffrage.

The promise the old hold out to the young is a lifetime of rent, debt and insecurity. A rentier class holds the nation’s children to ransom. Faced with these conditions, who can blame people for seeking an alternative?

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The young men and women camping at Runnymede are trying to revive a different tradition, largely forgotten in the new age of robber barons. They are seeking, in the words of the Diggers of 1649, to make “the Earth a common treasury for all … not one lording over another, but all looking upon each other as equals in the creation.”(6) The tradition of resistance, the assertion of independence from the laws devised to protect the landlords’ ill-gotten property, long pre-date and long post-date the Magna Carta. But today they scarcely feature in national consciousness.

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Weekly Music Links – Rafi & Lata Special

1) DIL TERA DEEWANA = 1962 = maasoom chehraa yeh qaatil adaaye.n – Mohammad Rafi + Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Hasrat Jaipuri
Composer : Shankar Jaikishan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tyx3obdZp4

2) HALAKU – 1956 – dil kaa karnaa aitbaar koyi – Lata Mangeshkar + Mohammad Rafi
Lyricist : Shailendra
Composer : Shankar Jaikishan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URQyIv-ua0Y

3) AARTI – 1962 – aap ne yaad dilaayaa – Mohammad Rafi + Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Majrooh Sultanpuri
Composer : Roshan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX4ufo0OY0g

4) KOHINOOR – 1960 – dil kaa afsaanaa .. chale.nge teer jab dil par – Mohammad Rafi + Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Shakeel Badayuni
Composer : Naushad Ali

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMRm97U8QRw

5) NAUSHERWAN-E-ADIL – 1957 – bhool jaaye saare gam – Lata Mangeshkar + Mohammad Rafi
Lyricist : Parwaiz Shamshi
Composer : C Ramchandra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLwwi5PthHc

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Only in India! East Pakistan/Bengla Deshi Muslim illegals taking over the locals’ land and killing the locals in Assam!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/police-9-die-in-clashes-between-ethnic-bodos-and-muslim-settlers-in-indias-northeast/2012/07/22/gJQADv2a1W_story.html

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Vijay

Where are you these days? Romance???

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Pathak G;
You are very empowered person but even then, your vision is restricted. Here you are a status quoist, how to save this dynasty.
Do you have courage to go beyond that?
You have achieved, what ever an ordinary person wish to achive, power, prestige and moolah. Now, if you are thinking about collcting for posterity, then, I have simple saying: Poot kaput to kyon dhan sanchen, Poot saput to kyon dhan sanchen. For me Maruti and Mercedes has no difference. I am not against congress, I am all for it, but present situation? it has taken a very wrong turn. It is pitiable, to say least. Manohar lives in present, good for him, but for you, I thought, should have bigger vision. I agree with some, only some of your points but try to go beyond that. Have you read Ishtiaq Ahmed??

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Husband : My darling, tum itni gulabi quon lag rahi ho?

Wife : When your lovely words touches the branches of the circulation system of my heart, it starts beating faster, because  increased output transmitted to adrenals which start secreting glucgon to increase blood glugose level and combat this emergency, also increase pituitary output to increase blood estrogen level,causing vasodilation & I look pink.

Moral: Aur Dhuundo Padhi Likhi wife

Good morning friends.

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We have proof of corruption against Pranab: Team Anna

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3670404.ece

Team Anna on Sunday claimed it has “proof” of corruption against Pranab Mukherjee and it would be made public on July 25 when they launch an indefinite fast coinciding with his swearing-in as President.

“The Prime Minister is corrupt… now we have a corrupt President as well,” Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said.

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Backseat drivers

There are seven of them, hampering policy-making in Delhi

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/backseat-drivers/977965/0

The Renaissance physician Paracelsus knew that postmortems have a certainty that prescriptions never will. Socrates said that a slave who has three masters is free. Combining the wisdom of Socrates and Paracelsus makes it clear that the quality of future decision-making does not improve from reviewing every past decision by multiple, independent evaluators who know what finally happened. More importantly, replacing the poor accountability of New Delhi’s past policymaking with today’s hindsight-based, real-time multiple backseat drivers is dysfunctional because the easiest way to make no bad decisions is to make no decisions.

Today, policymaking in Delhi has seven backseat drivers — the judiciary, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), the CBI, the National Advisory Council (NAC), non-government activists, and the media. Each of them is trying to outdo — and out-scream — the other in second-guessing every policy decision of the past with the benefit of knowing what finally happened. However, fraud, incompetence and plans not working to plan are three different scenarios.

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The crusade against corruption has been useful but the best way to destroy a nation is to make everybody distrust each other. The wonderful movie Good Night, and Good Luck chronicled journalist Edward Murrow’s stand against US Senator McCarthy’s vicious and unsubstantiated 1950s witch-hunt against communists. At a time when few in the press were willing to speak up, for fear of being targeted by McCarthy, Murrow said, “It is not sworn testimony and this is trial by rumour, hearsay, gossip, slander, and innuendo. But we will not walk in fear of one another.”

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A case of preventing skeletons tumbling out of the closet out of the ‘world’s greatest’ administrator and development ‘wizard’ ever.

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Modi’s govt snubs central minister Jena, declines to host him in state

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/modis-govt-snubs-central-minister-jena-declines-to-host-him-in-state/977750/

Months ahead of elections to the Gujarat assembly, the government of Chief Minister Narendra Modi has turned down a request from union minister Srikant Jena to visit the state to review the 20-point programme and centrally-sponsored schemes.

Jena, minister of state for statistics and programme implementation, had informed Gujarat that he wanted to visit Ahmedabad on July 9 and 10 to hold review meetings. “But the state government communicated to officials in my ministry that it was not interested, and would not be able to cooperate,” Jena told The Indian Express.

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“We normally don’t get this kind of response from any state government. I don’t know why Gujarat has acted in such an over-sensitive manner. If they have done a good job, they should have nothing to hide. In fact, the whole idea of such a review is to help the state governments. There is no politics anywhere,” Jena said.

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Read on.

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Connection between violence and propaganda (lies, falsehoods, untruths, innuendos & canards).

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“Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.”

– Alexander Solzhenitsyn (Russian novelist, Nobel Prize for Literature (1970).

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So very true.

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@Ni2W:disqus
My attempt at levity does not seem to have gone down so well. My sincere apologies.
One reason against coming to this blog more frequently is the personal nature that some of the exchanges frequently acquire. So, while it is alright to brand a bunch Acute Nationalist and gloat in some imaginary victory over them, the moment the words are turned against you, they become personal.
Anyway, having learnt my lessons, I shall henceforth be mindful of my warped sense of humour.

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Rahul Gandhi: A man of straw
C P Bhambhri

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/guest-writer/rahul-gandhi-a-man-of-straw/articleshow/15099850.cms

Excerpts

Middle-level leaders of the Congress party, like Digvijaya Singh and Salman Khurshid, have been publicly urging Rahul Gandhi to lead the Congress party from the front. It is a part of the style of the Congress culture that a ‘reluctant’ leader has to be persuaded to accept the leadership of the party, especially when the party is faced with a serious political crisis. So, Rahul Gandhi, like his father and mother, is expected to act as a ’saviour’ of a party in trouble. Rahul, on his part, in a speech on July 19, said that “the decision has been taken” and after eight years of political apprenticeship, he was ready to play a bigger role in the party.

There must be compelling political and electoral reasons why the Congress, two years before the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, wants to change horses in midstream by making Rahul accept the role of the real leader, and centre of power, of the party. It is one thing to expect that Rahul can rescue the sinking ship of the Congress and energise it to fight big electoral battles, it is another thing to surmise, on the basis of available public evidence, that he has leadership capabilities or has proved his talents as a political leader. A few facts may be mentioned to substantiate the argument that these ‘mysterious and hidden talents’ of Rahul as a leader have yet to be noticed in public life. First, with great fanfare, Rahul launched his project of democratisation of the Youth Congress and making it strong enough to act as an ‘electoral army’ during elections. Not only has he not shown any capacity to make the Youth Congress a fighting force of the party, but he has even abandoned this ‘agenda’ without achieving an iota of success.

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Not only did the Congress suffer a humiliating electoral defeat in Bihar, but its proclaimed objective of reviving the party organisation also failed to materialise. Has anyone noticed Rahul visiting Bihar after the electoral defeat? Rahul spent five years, from 2007 to 2012, to prepare the Congress party for the assembly elections of 2012. He even took special responsibility for Uttar Pradesh, but his ’special efforts’ did not bear any fruit and the Congress, despite an alliance with Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal, collapsed like a house of cards. This political record proves that Rahul is all pomp and fury, without any substance. He also seems devoid of any fresh thinking that can inspire his party cadre.

Even his record of interventions in Lok Sabha debates from 2004 to 2012 is nothing to write about. The Congress-led government was encircled by anti-corruption crusaders like Anna Hazare and united opposition parties on the issue of corruption charges against UPA Cabinet ministers. The media along with Anna Hazare and the combined opposition parties demanded an anti-corruption Aladdin’s lamp in the shape of a ’strong’ Lokpal Bill. But Rahul was conspicuous by his absence when the opposition parties were obstructing the UPA’s effort to pass a Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha.

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Clearly, the Rahul ‘brand’ does not sell. The Congress is projecting a failed and a non-performing leader to save the party, which is a mistake especially given that Rahul has not emerged as a leading pan-Indian personality.

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Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (1914 – 2012) – A life of struggle

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3672666.ece?homepage=true

“The fight will go on,” said Captain Lakshmi Sahgal one day in 2006, sitting in her crowded Kanpur clinic where, at 92, she still saw patients every morning. She was speaking on camera to Singeli Agnew, a young filmmaker from the Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, who was making a documentary on her life.

Each stage of the life of this extraordinary Indian represented a new stage of her political evolution – as a young medical student drawn to the freedom struggle; as the leader of the all-woman Rani of Jhansi regiment of the Indian National Army; as a doctor, immediately after Independence, who restarted her medical practice in Kanpur amongst refugees and the most marginalised sections of society; and finally, in post-Independence India, her life as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), years that saw her in campaigns for political, economic and social justice.

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“Freedom comes in three forms,” the diminutive doctor goes on to say on camera in her unadorned and direct manner. “The first is political emancipation from the conqueror, the second is economic [emancipation] and the third is social… India has only achieved the first.”

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Captain Lakshmi married Col. Prem Kumar Sahgal, a leading figure of the INA, in March 1947. The couple moved from Lahore to Kanpur, where she plunged into her medical practice, working among the flood of refugees who had come from Pakistan, and earning the trust and gratitude of both Hindus and Muslims.

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Lakshmi Sahgal is survived by her daughters Subhashini Ali and Anisa Puri; her grandchildren Shaad Ali, Neha and Nishant Puri; and by her sister Mrinalini Sarabhai.

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What a personality.

RIP

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~~~ AT LAST THE WORLD NOTICES RAHUL’S INADEQUACIES ! ~~~
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I am in the middle of damn work for which I have curtail my blog presence. (saala, paapi pate – stomach- ka sawal hai… and in my case also that of a few employees).

The two posts by Shenoy and Manohar ( the North and South pole of the world !) just tempt me to hammer the keyboard.

When I was hired for my job, I was thoroughly scrutinized and then hired as a trainee. When I hire people now, I do the same.

SO WHY THE HELL IS SPIN, SPIEL, LIES, BULLSHIT AND WHAT NOT CREATED THAT ONLY RAHUL CAN BE THE PM OF INDIA…. AND … THE PM’S JOB IS THE ONLY JOB, WHICH RAHUL CAN AND WILL EVER DO?

left on his own, Rahul may well be a decent guy. May even be be good as an entrepreneur, businessman or a worker. Why does he not do all that first and tell us — O people of India, this is my track record, and this is what I can do for the country.

But that will never happen.

I guess, it is the band masters and the cheerleaders around him who want him to occupy the kursi based on dynastic inheritance so that they become court NAUKERS and steal on the side….!

So sad.

Anyway the good part is the world is now seeing what I have been trying to point out all the time….!!

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Why the government is paralysed

Prem Shankar Jha

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3670191.ece?homepage=true

Indians have been wondering whom to blame for the paralysis that has afflicted their government for the last two years. Time magazine’s cover picture of Manmohan Singh, captioned “The Underachiever”, seems to have made up their minds for them. But granted that Dr. Singh is not a natural leader can one ever, justifiably, pin the blame for the collapse of an entire governmental system on a single person?

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Equally important are the things Dr. Singh prevented from happening. In 2001, the United States responded to 9/11 by invading Afghanistan. In 2002, the NDA responded to the abortive terrorist attack on Parliament by mobilising three quarters of a million soldiers on the Pakistan border. In 2008, Dr. Singh responded to 26/11 by resisting every demand from an enraged public to hit back at Pakistan, and continued to do so even after the terrorists’ phone calls revealed the role of the Inter-Services Intelligence in the attack.

History has vindicated his restraint. The U.S. is stuck in a quagmire from which it has yet to extricate itself; Operation Parakram gained a diplomatic victory for India, but asking the army to mobilise fully for a war that the political leaders never intended to wage sowed the seeds of distrust in the military that have weakened civilian control over it. By contrast, the present warming of relations between our two countries would never have begun had Dr. Singh not exercised extraordinary forbearance in 2008.

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Why then is it so much in doubt? The sole answer is the striking contrast between the effectiveness of the first UPA government and the ineffectiveness of the second. Failing to find any other explanation, most analysts have concluded that the change must lie in Dr. Singh himself. However seductive it is to believe that changing the Prime Minister will solve all our problems, the truth is that it will change nothing. The explanation is to be found in the growing dysfunctionality of our political system. UPA-II just happens to be in power when it has come to a head.

A clue to where the problem lies is the fact that nearly all of Dr. Singh’s successes lie in the realm of foreign policy. In this respect, Indian democracy is beginning to resemble the American more and more. Harold Laski may have been the first to note, in his definitive analysis of the American presidency three quarters of a century ago, that the absence of strict party discipline and the ubiquity of cross-voting in the U.S. Congress severely limited the power of the President to pass domestic legislation. It took a crisis of the dimension of the Great Depression of the 1930s to enact the New Deal. It was, therefore, only in foreign policy that U.S. Presidents had been able to exert their full authority.

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The second convention was challenged repeatedly within the Congress: the first time in 1950 by Purushottam Das Tandon; a second time in 1969 by the ‘syndicate’ under Congress president S. Nijalingappa, and a third time at the AICC meeting at Tirupati in 1992 when a slate of regional leaders tried to capture the Congress Working Committee. On all three occasions, the parliamentary party withstood the challenge and maintained its right to decide policy even though in 1969, Indira Gandhi’s effort destroyed the undivided Congress.

But the supremacy of the parliamentary party over the Congress organisation this established was suddenly destroyed when Sonia Gandhi led the Congress to victory in 2004, then decided not to become prime minister, and then decided nonetheless to direct large chunks of policy from the back seat. The ensuing dyarchy within the Congress robbed the already weakened Prime Minister of control over Cabinet colleagues from his own party. In UPA-II, Pranab Mukherjee emerged as the Czar of finance and P. Chidambaram as that of home affairs. During UPA-I, the Prime Minister’s national security adviser isolated him from the intelligence chiefs. In UPA-II, his principal secretary owes his position not to the Prime Minister but the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi.

Today when Dr. Singh is faced with a choice he cannot tolerate, the only shock he can administer to his party is to offer to resign. This is a card that he already played to make his party accept the Indo-U.S. nuclear treaty. Today, we may need a crisis that sows the fear of defeat in the Congress to restore the primacy of the Prime Minister. The collapse of industrial growth could therefore prove a blessing in disguise.

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Goonda raj in UP? Akhilesh withdraws
cases against ‘criminal’ ministers

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goonda-raj-in-up-akhilesh-withdraws-cases-against-criminal-ministers/1/209711.html

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Vijay Kumar,

you said, “Why does he not do all that first and tell us — O people of India, this is my track record, and this is what I can do for the country.?”

Obviously he cannot do that, because there is no track leave alone track record. Hr has not left any foot prints in the sands of time.

Still, he can make a clean breast of it and gain the love of the people of this great country, which will enable him to kick out sycophants like Digvinash, Pathak G etc.

I am working on a draft appeal by Rahul G. Tonight, it will be uploaded after due vetting and editing.

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600,000 people attend Mmamta Banerjee’s Martyr Day celebrations!

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/at-martyrs-day-banerjee-reigns-supreme/?smid=pl-share

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The political naivete of Anna and Baba Ramdev

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-political-naivete-of-anna-and-baba-ramdev-382672.html

If the anti-corruption movement, which was on song and on message for much of last year, appears today to have lost some of its momentum, much of it owes to the motormouth indiscretions and sheer political naivete of its leaders in recent times.

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On another front, Anna Hazare fell headlong into the Congress’ Dirty Tricks Department’s trap by negotiating in secret with Law Minister Salman Khurshid — ostensibly to discuss ways to advance the Lokpal Bill — only to have his cover blown by minister V Narayanaswamy. And now, a chastened Anna has written to the Prime Minister to say that he will no longer negotiate with the government in good faith, but would take to the path of agitation, in much the same way as he had done last year.

What does one make of all this? Why has the anti-corruption movement allowed itself to be forced on the defensive, and gotten itself into a situation where its prime preoccupation is to ride the news cycle of the day?

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Today, much of that mass popular goodwill that Team Anna generated among the general public has been squandered, largely because of the lack of discipline that has crept into the movement’s media messaging. They have put themselves in a position of responding reflexively to every turn of the news cycle, as a result of which the cohesion that they exhibited last year is missing today.

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The wedding date was set and the groom’s three pals – a carpenter, an electrician and a dentist were deciding what pranks to play on the couple on their wedding night.

The carpenter figured sawing the slats of their bed would give them a chuckle or two.

The electrician decided to wire the bed – with alternating current, of course.

The dentist wouldn’t commit himself, but wore a sly grin and promised it would be memorable.

The nuptials went as planned and a few days later, each of the grooms buddies received the following note:

“Dear Friends, we didn’t mind the bed slats being sawed. The electric shock was only a minor setback. But I swear by God Almighty, I’m going to kill the ******* who put local anesthesia in the condom!”

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I-T department adds new column for declaring foreign assets

http://www.samachar.com/IT-dept-adds-new-column-for-declaring-foreign-assets-mhxuMaaeefd.html

NEW DELHI: Tightening the norms, Income Tax (I-T) department has introduced a
new column seeking details of foreign assets in the income tax return (ITR)
forms for the 2012-13 assessment year.

Taxpayers, who hold foreign bank
accounts or properties, will now have to furnish details of their foreign assets
which include information like country name, address of the bank, name mentioned
in the account and peak balance during the year etc.

“An individual
being a resident having assets (including financial interest in any entity)
located outside India or is a signing authority in any account located outside
India shall furnish the return electronically,” chief commissioner of I-T
(Delhi) M Sailo said here today.
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Does anybody have an idea whether this rule will apply to NRIs?

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Now, L&T slams Cong for ‘policy delays’

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/now-l&t-slams-cong-for-policy-delays/978353/

Country’s largest engineering and construction firm Larsen and Toubro
(L&T) today joined the likes of Infosys chairman emeritus NR Narayana Murthy
and Wipro head Azim Premji to criticise the Congress-led government for
procastinating on economic policy measures.
“Delayed policy measures, slowdown in industrial production, elevated
interest rates and liquidity concerns have moderated the growth prospects in the
domestic economy,” L&T said in the “outlook” of its business in its results’
press relaese today.
“This together with the uncertainties in the global markets, have impacted
the investment sentiment, restricting thereby the business opportunities for
capital goods industry,” it added

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh had earlier raised concerns over the slow pace of
economic reforms and lack of required policy measures. Narayan Murthy and Premji
too criticised what they called was policy paralysis in the government.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was in New Delhi recently,
criticised India’s business environment as “complicated”.

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kyaa yeh duniyaa ulTi-pulTi ho rahi hai?

Pranab should have been elected unanimously: BSY

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bangalore/Pranab-should-have-been-elected-unanimously-BSY/Article1-894149.aspx

Rubbing salt into the wounds of BJP, smarting from cross-voting by some of its MLAs in the Presidential poll, party strongman BS Yeddyurappa on Monday said Pranab Mukherjee should have been elected unanimously and consensus eluded due to lack of foresight and divergent views. His statement in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly as members congratulated Mukherjee created a flutter in the BJP, coming a day after the poll in which 14 BJP MLAs cross-voted in favour of the UPA’s Presidential candidate.

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“I appeal to Sangma and also through this House (the Assembly) not to resort to such a misadventure. The world is watching us. It does not not behove anybody. It does not bring pride to anybody. I will also write letter to Sangma (against approaching SC),” Yeddyurappa said.

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Yeddyurappa heaped praise on Mukherjee, saying he is a “rare personality” after former Presidents Rajendra Prasad, S Radhakrishnan and APJ Abdul Kalam.

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Presidential Election Results

Parnab Mukherjee secures a landslide victory despite the
following verifiable facts:

1.
The Congress party is so corrupt that it has siphoned
away into Swiss Banks Trillions of Rupees belonging to the poor and downtrodden
Indians.

2.
The leader of the Congress Party is NOT even an
Indian. She is the daughter of a fascist
Italian and herself has shown fascist tendencies.

3.
Is severely ill and is known to be knocking on
Hell’s Door, despite that she did not stop being corrupt and used Public Money
largely contributed by ex wankers turned fabricators.

4.
Is the mother of Lord Ga Ga (not even a proper
Brahmin), who lacks leadership qualities and shows as much charisma as a
building site lovable Donkey.

5.
Sonia the promoter of Parnab, was constitutionally
barred from becoming a PM herself, despite several personal deputations made by
her, to a guy who seemed to have had a bad hair life.

6.
The Electoral College was so naïve that not one
of them was aware of any of the above facts, despite repeated exposures and oft
rehearsed by acute Nationalists everywhere including on this blog.

7.
Parnab Da was known to be a very Loyal Naukar
and is expected to take over from another domestic servant and a convicted murderer.

I wonder what needs to happen for the BJP to win at National
Stage.

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All;
There is hardly any comment at happening in Haryana, at Manesar. Just because it is congress ruled state? shame on you Psuedos.

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All;
Chalte raho Modi Bhai, Hathi chale bazar ..

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Businessman explaining the reason for having two wives

“Monopoly is always damaging
and
competion improves service.

Good morning friends.

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Manesar: Class struggle of the 21st century.

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-mainstream-maverick/entry/manesar-class-struggle-of-the-21st-century

Both 1857 and Manesar incidents arose out of cultural slights inflicted by an insensitive foreign/part-foreign management. At the other end of the spectrum, it can be seen that like the Manesar incident, the cultural aspect of 1857 carried a slew of wage related issues, and other socio-economic grievances, nursed by soldiers against the British East India Company.

It can be seen clearly that though India runs on the workforce of UP, Bihar, Delhi and Haryana, the people of these regions have historically resisted the homogeneity, uniformity and conformity demanded by global corporate culture. These workers demand their own indigenous-capitalist ethic, different from the west. They are in no mood to comply. Be it Gujarat or whatever take, Maruti Suzuki anywhere—Gujarat is not India. But UP, Bihar, Delhi and Haryana do constitute India. The country is finished without these states. As the author signs off this article, news about certain Jat sections of the Haryana establishment dividing Jats and Gujars and undermining workers’ solidarity is pouring in—massive police repression has been unleashed on workers. Without a proper enquiry, workers are being blamed for the Manesar violence. Such tactics however are not going to work—after twenty years of enormous liberalization, India is on the threshold of a gigantic working class unrest. Indian people regard economic reform and the English speaking managerial elite with disdain. They have tasted wealth—but they also know that, foreigners and their lackeys have amassed riches a thousand times over. With people of north Indian origin—their culture of constructive violence and non-submission to power intact—leading this battle, the stage is set for new class struggles of the 21st century. Like the Anna Hazare movement of August 2011, the Manesar incident has taken all political parties by surprise. Their political response system is simply, not attuned to the new, 21st century Indian reality.

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Name-change game.

Akhilesh changes names of UP districts, Mayawati fumes

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/akhilesh-changes-names-of-up-districts-mayawati-fumes-388423.html

The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday renamed eight districts which had been earlier named by Mayawati, leaving the BSP supremo fuming. The decision to change the names was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar will be known as Amethi, while Rambai Nagar will be called Kanpur Dehat. The names of Bheem Nagar, Prabuddha Nagar and Panchseel Nagar have been changed to Sambhal, Shamli and Hapur respectively.

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Eight arrested for stripping, beating couple in Rajasthan

http://www.firstpost.com/india/eight-arrested-for-stripping-beating-couple-in-rajasthan-388406.html

Eight people of a village caste council in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district were arrested on Monday, a day after they publicly beat and stripped a married woman and her boyfriend after tying them to a tree over their illicit relationship, police said.

The incident took place at Kolar village near Sarada town in Udaipur, some 400 km from Jaipur.

“We have lodged a first information report (FIR) against about a dozen identified people. Eight of them were arrested Monday,” said Udaipur’s Superintendent of Police Hari Prasad Sharma.

Prakash Meena, 25, had an illicit relationship with a married woman in the village. They had eloped about 10 days ago. The villagers located the couple on Saturday evening and held a caste council meeting to decide upon the punishment for their illicit relationship.

“In front of the crowd of hundreds of villagers, Prakash and the woman were tied to a tree and stripped. They were then beaten up,” said the officer. A police team rescued the couple almost after four hours.

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Assam violence, who is behind it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18964870

Security forces in India’s Assam state have been given “shoot on sight” orders amid violence that has killed at least 18 people. The move follows fierce fighting between indigenous tribespeople and Muslim settlers in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.More than 60,000 people have fled their homes for relief camps.There have been tensions between indigenous groups and Muslim Bengali
migrants to Assam for many years.

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Our new President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and his wife
Mrs. Surva Mukherjee have not spoken to each other in 55 years of their married life.

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Anna threatens ‘jail bharo’ if demands not met

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Anna-threatens-jail-bharo-if-demands-not-met/Article1-894752.aspx

Stepping up pressure ahead of the indefinite fast from Wednesday, Anna Hazare today issued a new threat of a ‘jail bharo’ agitation if the government does not concede to their demands in three-four days. Hazare’s video message came a day ahead of his Team’s fast from tomorrow in Jantar Mantar demanding setting up of a Special Investigation Team to probe corruption allegations levelled by them against Union Ministers, a fast track court to try cases against MPs and bringing a strong Lokpal Bill.

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Should one laugh or feel sorry for them?

Read on.

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Tireless champion of fearless liberalism

Narayan Lakshman

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3675342.ece?homepage=true

Alexander Cockburn, the liberal columnist who smote down conservatives, militarists and carpet-baggers in America, Israel and the world with his poison-tipped pen, passed away on Saturday after a fierce but private battle with cancer. He was 71. A dissenter in the tradition of Mark Twain and Paul Robeson, I.F. Stone, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, the Scotland-born Cockburn wrote regularly for The Nation, Wall Street Journal and other publications before founding the radical political newsletter, CounterPunch.

Deadly he was, and deadly he must have been considered by the targets of his scathing writing-style. Cockburn (pronounced co-burn) spared no one, certainly not the supporters of Israeli actions in the occupied territories. Nor the Obama administration for its use of drones to carry out above-the-law assassinations.

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Commenting on Hitchens’ controversial book on Mother Teresa, The Missionary Position, Cockburn wrote: “Between the two of them, my sympathies were always with Mother Teresa. If you were sitting in rags in a gutter in Bombay, who would be more likely to give you a bowl of soup?… Hitchens was always tight with beggars, just like the snotty Fabians who used to deprecate charity.”

Among Cockburn’s greatest talents, and doubtless one that won him the significant following that he enjoyed, was his ability to make powerful analytical connections. Even as his cancer raged, he argued in an article earlier this month against a call by sacked General Stanley McChrystal for a compulsory draft policy for the U.S. military.

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Arab Spring? The season has turned

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3675361.ece?homepage=true

In the Syria of today, no leader has emerged from the ranks of the rebels, nor has the opposition won the people over. With no leadership and lots of guns, there is nothing romantic about the ‘revolution’ in Syria.

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Wissam Hassan would never commit murder in private life, he had no aspiration of taking a weapon either. Fourteen months ago, the discontented and frightened youth crossed over from Syria into Turkey traversing the dense yet porous terrain. He fled for his life, he told me in our first meeting in Yayladag˘i, Turkey, and transcended into a new state of being.

As a refugee of the “Arab Spring,” unwilling to submit to Assad’s regime, he found home in one of the many rebel safe houses in Turkey’s Hatay province. Fourteen months ago he held his first automatic weapon and six months ago he fired his first bullet. He hasn’t stopped since. “The guns keep flowing,” he said. In a society ruled by the sword, might had to be matched with might and as lawlessness gripped the Syrian state, he became a foot soldier in the battle for power determined to rid Syria of a decaying political leadership

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Let us first rid ourselves of delusions. There is no Arab Spring, the term itself coined in Washington to reflect a period of openness in the Middle East in 2005 is an immensely popular and appealing gimmick-ridden campaign. There indeed was a bona fide revolution in Tunisia, but the Egyptian, Yemeni and Libyan cases have brought the sweetness of the Arab Spring into question. There has been no fundamental shift in power; people’s power has failed to replace the old system where powerful generals continue to preside over power in Egypt and thugs run Libya into the ground.

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In a recent conversation with Adib Shishakly, once a Gandhian philosophy-espousing founding member of the opposing SNC, I was alarmed at his request. “What we need are anti-tank missiles. There is no space for dialogue,” he said. Would the rebels he helped arm lay down their weapons once the conflict was over? He had no definitive answer. Would he and other members of the SNC genuinely unite to lay the groundwork for a new Syria? He hoped so but Wissam Hassan, the rebel with the gun, wasn’t as optimistic. To him the opposition are disconnected Europeanised technocrats incapable of leading and not worthy of leadership.

Tragically, one cannot simply change from one system to another. In the Syria of today, no leader has emerged from the ranks of the rebels, no flag-bearer of the opposition has won the people over and Bashar continues to rule with his eyes shut.
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Don’t pay toll on Mum-Pune Expressway today: MNS

13:46 Don’t pay toll on Mum-Pune Expressway today: MNS : Just
in: MNS workers have shut down toll plazas on the the Mumbai-Pune Expressway
urging citizens not to pay toll. MNS party workers have been forcing vehicles to
ply without paying the toll (Rs 165 for cars), today. The MNS has also begun
agitations at the Thane and Vashi toll plazas.
The party has been agitating
against toll taxes for a while, saying on the basis of a survey it had
conducted, the cost of the project has been recovered a long time ago and there
is no need for citizens to pay toll any more.
This is one agitation that
should get complete support from citizens

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The navy war-room leaked happened when Mr. Pranab Mukherjee was the defence minsiter. Some documents were leaked on a USB pen drive from the Directorate of Naval operations in New Delhi (also called the Navy war room). The documents, which dealt with Indian defence purchases, were related to India’s future defence preparedness plan and were passed on to civilian (and billionare) ABHISHEK VERMA (*), Retd. Lt. Commander Ravi Shankaran and Kulbhushan Prashar.

After the leak was exposed, the Navy conducted its in-house investigation, and in December 2005, it sacked three commanders in the navy, Vijendra Rana, Vinod Kumar Jha and Captain Kashyap Kumar, WITHOUT any trial. ?????

When questioned why the involved civilians had not been charged criminally, defence minister Pranab Mukherjee, told CNN-IBN’s Karan Thapar in 2006: “Why does action have to be taken against them (civilians)? This is commercial information. People want to have commercial information. They deployed their services.”

Abhishek Verma (*) is now singing in Tihar jail and has named a senior Congress Working Committee member during his interrogation by ED.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_dna-exclusive-arms-deal-fire-touches-congress_1718837

The other prime accused has been allowed to leave the country and is country in London.

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Maharashtra CM is doing a good job. He needs the support of the high-command of his party. I hope she backs him up.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/final-decision-on-ties-with-cong-by-thursday-ncp/274051-37-64.html

The NCP-Congress stand-off has Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan at its centre. Chavan has reportedly initiated probe into scams allegedly involving certain NCP leaders including NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s nephew, Ajit Pawar.

Chavan has refused to back down and the Congress too has refused to give in to Pawar’s demands of reining in the CM.

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Talked to a senior executive of Maruti today in course of work. Seems that they are now seriously hedging their bets. Tata’s quick success with Nano in Gujarat has convinced them they need to have a production facility in Narendra Modi’s state.

So construction on the Gujarat factory will start soon. In case there is industrial trouble in Haryana in the future they will keep increasing the production at the gujarat plant.

Funny, how Modi is scoring all the aces, while the Congress has only one policy on how to get its dulha onto the PM’s chair…

All the media bandmasters are clapping for the COngress’ dunce… while the public and investors are applauding Modi….

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Ashish;
I could not believe the writing of Mishra. What kind of a wretched person he is?? Look at his photograph with Ansari, the smugness and expression of Khaya Piya, is clearly discrnible. It is he, who deserve all the treatment, which he is suggesting for others. This guy is even worst than Jihadis and should meet the worst possible end.

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During an election campaign while giving a speech Rahul Gandhi said
” There is no place for corrupt people in Congress party ”
Some one from crowd shouted ” Houseful already “?

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BJP objects to film containing video clipping of 2002 Gujarat riots.

Objecting to the screening of a documentary film containing footages of 2002
Gujarat communal riots at an exhibition in China, BJP has asked the Ministry of
External Affairs to seek an explanation from Indian Ambassador in Beijing S
Jaishankar for inaugurating the same.
BJP also took strong objection to a Chinese artist’s version of the
prevailing situation in the South China Sea at the exhibition wherein the
Chinese sense of insecurity has been depicted and India’s oil exploratory
company ONGC shown in bad light.
“These are completely objectionable and BJP takes strong objections to this.
We demand that the Ministry of External Affairs immediately call the Indian
Ambassador to China and seek an explanation from him as to how he could
inaugurate something where the image of India is being shown in such poor
light,” BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said.
“I think the Ministry of External Affairs should be pro- active to show that
it can act on its own officials which are there to spread goodwill about India
and not such bad picture, she said.
She also reminded that during the Indo-US nuclear deal, the then Indian
Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen had spoken about the opposition parties in
Parliament as “headless chickens”.
“Such kind of instances don’t help the situation at all and Congress party
and UPA government should realise it cannot continue with this kind of defaming
of India, outside particularly,” said Sitharaman.
She said the Indian Ambassador to China had inaugurated the exhibition in
which these two “very serious” issues came up.

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All;
As per Tribune express,scores of people arrested in pakistan, mostly passport officials and a politician, running fake passport/ visa criminal ring. They were planning to send people to LONDON, on these documents.Do not know, how many fakes have reached there for olympics and otherwise. It seems that this expertise, which Pakistanis/ ISI were using to send their spy/ terrorist to india , has now outsorced to other government departments of pakistan.

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Court Seeks ATR on Graft Complaint Against Dikshit

http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=769856

A Delhi court today asked the Delhi Police to file status report on a complaint
against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Transport Minister Arvinder Singh
Lovely for alleged corruption in grant of fitness certificate to commercial
vehicles.

Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed the
Anti-Corruption branch of Delhi Police to file its status report within six
weeks detailing the steps it has taken on the complaint filed by RTI activist
Vivek Garg.

Besides Dikshit and Lovely, the complaint also named former
Transport Commissioner R K Verma and a company which was granted contract for
lane tests of commercial vehicles, M/s ESP India.

Garg, through his
counsel Vivek Gupta, told the court that the Delhi government gave away the
contract for lane test of commercial vehicles for fitness certificate to a
private firm without inviting any tender.

“Due to corrupt and malafide
intentions of the said ministers (Dikshit and Lovely), officer (R K Verma) and
company (ESP India), no tender bid was called and the contract was given in
contravention of the law,” Garg alleged in his complaint.

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The complainant told the court the premises being used for the lane test by the
company belong to Transport Department and the entire payment for machines and
infrastructure is made by the government but the revenue generated by the
private firm is not shared with the state.

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AP report on Amir Khan’s “Satyameva Jaayte”

he should be honored and congratulated – no journalists pursued these; no writers pursued these..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-movie-star-forces-india-to-confront-its-dark-side-and-meets-with-great-success/2012/07/23/gJQAWDsu3W_story_1.html

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32 dead in Assam. HT reporting it to be sectarian strife??? Afraid to call it communal strife??. Oh, government is different, and communal riots can take place only in BJP ruled states.

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My one post was deleted.
Gist was, Assam strife is sectarian strife as in India, only BJP ruled states can get communal strife. Thanks HT for this distinction.

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I fail to understand that why congress is hell bent on using communal politics. Not since last decade or so but since last 60 years. Even, if we take its charge that BJP is a communal party, then, its track record is even worse. Assam is the living proof. Manohar says that this is a world wide phenomenon, they do jobs which locals do not do, blah, blah. Show me one country in world, including Pakistan, which allows this kind of laissez faire. Infiltrating muslims are certainly threat to Indian security and for the benefit of manohar, we do not lack poor peole in our country, who are more than keen to settle anywhere in India, which can provide them means. bloody, Indian government plays with national and citizens’ security and well being to score some brownie points with professional secularists and west and Arabs. Read the M.F. Hussain, this Mishra.
I strongly feel, that if congress strickly remains secular, in word and deed, it can match any party and will come ” Sukhaarru”. Dificult to translate this word.

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All;
Read one good article in Tribune, where columanist says that governance has been reduced to winning election., Kudos to him. How, fit that description to our situatiion, 100%.
I simply can not understand, please help me. A person, can eat, two rotis and some salan, dal or gosht. He/ She needs 6 feet long bed to sleep. If his/ her children are badmash, then why she/ he needs to collect money for them. Ultimately, what you do, while you are in office, for greater good, is all that counts. How these people can have a good sleep, baffles me.

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Parveen Ji;
Kahan kho gaye?
Aapse to hindustan ki Asli Khushbu milti hai. With apologies to Shenoy sahab, recently Manglore is more dear to me than Muradabad.

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This is one disadvantage of living in North America. I can not interact with people like Manohar, Pathak G and one more person, on real time basis.
Boiling, but let it pass.

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All;
I see 8 posts of mine, and no reply. Am I working for HT? Anyway, Friends and Manohar/ Pathak G, going on a tour for work and will not be here for some time. Thanks and enjoy this Nonk- Jhonk.

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Why Girls Live Longer Than Boys?

.
Scientific Studies Have Proved That

Shopping
Never Causes HEART ATTACKS, But,
.
Paying the bills does.

Good morning friends.

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Congratulations to Mr, Pranab Mukherjee – Hon’ble President of India.

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Modi should be blamed for Assam problem.

Modi tries Gujarat formula to woo Assam voters

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-02/guwahati/29374450_1_assam-narendra-modi-gujarat-chief-minister

“I came to your state to seek your votes for development and stop
infiltration. If you continue to allow Congress to rule, Assam will stay
underdeveloped and illegal Bangladeshis would one day decide the political
destiny of the state,” said Modi. He added that infiltration has become such a
problem for indigenous Muslims that they have started worrying about the loss of
their livelihood.
“Do you want you to be ruled by foreigners. If not, then vote for BJP. We
will put an end to infiltration,” said Modi while addressing people who had been
waiting for the Gujarat chief minister for hours in a field full of puddle
because of heavy rain.

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Guys check this link. Pakistan flag hoisted at Mohanpur, Assam.

http://twitpic.com/abgpoq

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African man ‘raped to death’ by 5 ‘jealous
wives’

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/jul/250712-african-man-raped-to-death-by-five-jealous-wives-forces-sex.htm

A wealthy Nigerian businessman was ‘raped to death’ by five
of his wives because he was paying too much attention to the sixth one

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roots of assam violence too deep for easy solutions….65 years of nonaction..

http://news.oneindia.in/feature/2012/assam-riots-roots-too-deep-for-indian-state-1-1041175.html

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They thought he was “ Mera Wala CAG “ but he was not. He bared all of them.
They tried “Mera Wala CVC “. They failed . The SC did not let them.
Then they said “ Mera Wala President of India “ and they got him but at a price. Had to cede more financial muscle to arch rivals Mulayam and Nitish too.
They sent 3 Ministers incuding the gentleman now the” Mera Vala President of India” to the Airport to make him “Mere Wale Baba Ramdev” . Baba Ramdev saw through the game so they gave him lathis in the middle of the night.
They sent Salman Khurshid to Anna in the secrecy of the night , to make him “ Mere Wale Anna” but failed again. So they sent the NSUI goons to hound him.
But still not bad … as long as they have “Mera Wala PM of India ” After all Mere to srif Mere hain …aur kisee ke nahin.

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A fan sympathizes with Randeep Hooda and Arunody Singh – actors working in the forth coming movie Jism2 – after watching the promos of the movie where they are shown kissing Sunny Leone ‘ Poor guys kissed those lips, that sucked so many dicks.’

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Indira Gandhi helped the Bangladeshi illegal immigrants
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The Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal ) (IMDT) Act was Indian law enacted in 1983 by Indira Gandhi government. It has been struck down
by the Supreme Court of India in 2005.

Known as the IMDT Act (1983) it described the procedures to detect illegal
immigrants (from Bangladesh) and expel them from Assam. It was
applicable to state of “Assam only” whereas in other states, detection of
foreigners is done under The Foreigners Act, 1946.

The act basically made it difficult to deport illegal immigrants from Assam.
It has been alleged to be one of the main reasons of rapid rise of muslim
population and demographic change in Assam.
—- Under the Act, the burden of proving the citizenship or otherwise rested on
the accuser and the police, not the accused; whereas under the Foreigners Act
prevailing in the rest of the country the onus is on the accused.
— If a suspected illegal migrant is thus successfully accused, he was required
by the Act to simply produce a ration card to prove his Indian citizenship.

Supreme Court’s Views:

The Act was challenged in courts. In 2005 a three-judge Bench of The Supreme Court of India held that the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act,
1983 and rules “has created the biggest hurdle and is the main impediment or
barrier in the identification and deportation of illegal migrants” and struck
down the Act.
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More information can be obtained here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_Migrants_(Determination_by_Tribunal)_Act_(IMDT)

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THIS IS FROM FB:
Prasad Patkar@Prasad_Patkar
@sardesairajdeep Same goers for the media, Mr.sardesai Be it Gujarat or Assam, a riot is a riot &should be covered by the media equally.

Rajdeep Sardesai
@sardesairajdeep

@Prasad_Patkar ..21 died in Assam, more than a 1000 in Gujarat. Scale and intensity plus logistics determine media coverage.

Rajdeep Sardesai@sardesairajdeep

Sorry for my tweet last night comparing death tolls in Assam and Gujarat.
Was wrong and insensitive.

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=============================================================== ~~~HOW CONGRESS, PRANAB AND MAMTA MISUSE PUBLIC MONEY ~~~ ============================================================== West Bengal remains one of the poorest states because of the poor quality of leaders it has produced. But when it comes to splurging on themselves– they are as bad as Lalu and co
Congress of course uses public money for private good. Here is an excellent example.
From NDTV———————————–
Mamata Banerjee flies in private jet, sent by Pranab Mukherjee, to attend his swearing-in ceremony Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Updated: July 25, 2012 18:31 IST New Delhi:
Of the many people that flew in from Kolkata to attend President Pranab Mukherjee’s swearing in ceremony, was West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She came by private jet, sent to her by her host, Mr Mukherjee, and flew back to Kolkata on the same plane. The Congress reportedly sponsored the private jet ride.
This was the only event that Ms Banerjee deigned to attend. She was not th

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Seriously funny…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172967/Indian-government-spends-700-000-buy-letters-prove-national-hero-Gandhi-gay.html

Excerpts:

According to the book, Gandhi allegedly told Kallenbach: ‘How completely you have taken possession of my body. This is slavery with a vengeance.’
Kallenbach was born in Germany but emigrated to South Africa where he became a wealthy architect.
Gandhi was working there and Kallenbach became one of his closest disciples.
The pair lived together for two years in a house Kallenbach built in South Africa and pledged to give one another ‘more love, and yet more love… such love as they hope the world has not yet seen’.
At the age of 13 Gandhi had been married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji, but after four children together they split in 1908 so he could be with Kallenbach, the book says.
At one point he wrote to the German: ‘Your portrait (the only one) stands on my mantelpiece in my bedroom. The mantelpiece is opposite to the bed.’
Although it is not clear why, Gandhi wrote that vaseline and cotton wool were a ‘constant reminder’ of Kallenbach.
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I can’t comment on it because being a Sanghi, I was a partner in crime with Nathu Ram Godse!!

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The rumour mill is working over time regarding a pending deal between Sonia/Jagan,

They say there is a deal being worked out; hence Jagan Reddy’s withdrawal of his bail application.

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Manohar is missing since last evening. Has he gone to Delhi to support
Team Anna ?

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Elections to elect President are over. Mr. Mukherjee our new President gave
the customary speech which every President gives when elected. As was
expected he mentioned poor people of India, inflation and terrorism in his
speech. He will be called on 15th Aug. and 26 Jan which is also a custom for our President to take part in celebrations of these days. The only important job for which he was chosen by Congress party will be when results of General elections are out in 2014. Till then to pass his time he can visit few countries
with his family members, relatives and friends. He is also fond of reading so
he can read some books by written by Wendy , Martha and other similar
writers. He has been trouble shooter for Congress for very long time and he
deserves some rest now.

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Mr. Joshi  comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: “I have great news: I’m a month overdue. I think we’re going to have a baby!

The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can’t tell anybody.”

The next day, Mrs. Joshi receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.

” Am I speaking to Mrs. Joshi ”

“Yes… speaking”

Reliance guy, “You’re a month overdue, you know!”

“How do YOU know?” stammers the young woman.

“Well, ma’am, it’s in our files!” says the Reliance guy.

“What are you saying? It’s in your files …HOW?????”

” Yes ………… . We have a system of finding out who’s overdue ”

” GOD!!!!!!… …….. This is too much…….. ..”

“Madam, I am sorry… I am following orders…. I have to inform you are overdue”

“I know that … let me talk to my husband about this tonight. …. He will speak to your company tomorrow ”

That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull,rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.

“What’s going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue? What business is that of yours?” the husband shouts.

“Just calm down,” says the lady at the reception at Reliance, “it’s nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.”

“PAY you? And if I refuse?”

“Well, in that case, sir, we’d have no option but to cut yours off.”

“And what would my wife do then?” the husband asks…..

“I don’t know. I guess she’d have to use a candle.”

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Basically – Yeh Saal Lag Gaya Hai !!!
This is an appeal to push your elected representatives very very hard at whatever level you can and – irrespective of whichever political shade they belong to – for a very very serious and rapid action on managing Climate changes.
Something that we thought could be in slightly distant future is already here. 2012 Monsoon has basically screwed up and gone hopelessly weak . As anecdote – I have my own doubts if the Mumbai supplying dams will ever clock above 70 p.c. of their capacity this area. And – trust me – this is overly optimistic outlook. Rest of Maharashtra – excluding Konkan and a few isolated packets – is looking even more terrible .
It is all looking very bleak and more depressing if we look at the overall India picture. To be specific food security might not be an issue yet . We have our own grain surpluses. Availability of Water for drinking and other consumption is something that appears terribly worrisome, no matter how you look at it.
2009 did warn us. And yet we ignored. 2012 might get even more terrible.

Our window for managing climate un-certainity is getting only shorter and shorter. Perhaps already to a point where we are forced to prioritise in terms of basic necessities starting with Water at the top of list.
Another thing – no matter how accurate – climate forecasting is not going to be of help here. Forecasts can only give you a few months (actually less than three if I were to go by recent history) of actionable period. That is not going to be sufficient. Our only hope is to manage un-certainity making worst case analyses to the point of modelling a two years of mixed drought period followed by a year of hard rain.
Another thing – the current public discourse hints at political class hopelessly sleeping at wheel as the bus rapidly slides downhill.
Please treat this as extremely urgent and push really really hard at whatever level you can for action on managing climate un-certainity.
p.s. : For those who still think Climate un-certainity is not a big issue here is something for you folks. The Greenland rapid ice melt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/greenland-ice-melt-nasa_n_1698129.html

No corner of the planet is isolated.

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Assam burning – 40 killed, 200,000 in relief camps.
While our central govt is discussing power sharing between NCP/Congress! Of course they were quick to assess/inform Bengla Desh does not have any hand (great! our govt knows who is not behind, does not know who is behind)

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