Hindustan Times
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had said several months ago that if there were a Nobel prize for dirtiness (or lack of hygiene), Indians would be toppers every year. Read more
(10 votes, average: 2.6 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged chilli pieces, Commonwealth Games, curry leaves, drumstick, Environment Minister, hindustan times, hygiene, jairam ramesh, Lalit Bhanot, news, Nobel prize, Organising Committee, Tam-Brahm, Venkaiah Naidu
As the nation awaits the Ayodhya verdict with jittery nerves (the UPA government has put out half page advertisements calling for peace; the Bharatiya Janata Party has cancelled its executive meeting in anticipation of problems after the judgment), I cannot help but recall Bal Thackeray’s momentary large-heartedness over the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi issue. Read more
(19 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ashok Singhal, Ayodhya verdict, Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi issue, Bal Thackeray, Bombay riots, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Floor Space Index, hindustan times, Jamaat-e-Tabligi, serial bomb blasts, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sainiks, Shiv Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad
I was living with one of my aunts in Bombay when the betting scam first broke round the country. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Australia, betting scam, Bombay, bookies, Churchgate, coach, cricket, cricketers, England, I S Johar, match-fixing, Pakistan, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, South Africa captain Hansie Cronje, transcripts, West Indies cricket team
Sonia Gandhi’s first ever full-blown political rally was in Maharashtra – in the tribal district of Nandurbar. Sharad Pawar was astonished at the numbers the adivasis turned up in to hear Mrs Indira Gandhi’s daughter-in-law. Read more
(17 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akola, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Bal Thackeray, bjp, Congressmen, Indira Gandhi, Lok Sabha, Maharashtra, Nandurbar, political rally, Pramod Mahajan, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Kesri, Sonia Gandhi, Vidarbha
