Archive for November, 2006

Is this the first time?

Is this the first time that a politician in India is convicted?
Shibu Soren was today held guilty of involvement in the killing of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha 12 years ago by a Delhi court in the first such conviction of a Union Minister in a murder case.
Shortly after the verdict, Prime [...]

November 28, 2006   Posted in: Justice, Politician, Politics, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt  8 Comments

Hooray Dalits Have Progressed! They have overtaken Muslims!

 
 

 
The Hindu reports

This gross under-presence of Muslims in virtually every sector is presaged by substantial inequalities in education. Muslim enrolment and retention rates at the primary and secondary levels are lower than the national average and this further magnifies existing inequalities at the college level as well as in the labour market. For virtually [...]

November 15, 2006   Posted in: India, Muslims, dalit  2 Comments

Road Signs

November 14, 2006   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  2 Comments

Perspective - Shopping, Hair Appointments, and Wine.

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner.
The woman took out her bill fold, extracted ten dollars, and asked, “If I give you this money, will you buy [...]

November 13, 2006   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  3 Comments

Dilemma…

Sharique send this in email.
Dear Abby,
I’ve never written to you before, but I really need your advice on what could be a crucial decision. I’ve suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me.
The usual signs… phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going [...]

November 10, 2006   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  No Comments

IT Security at your workplace

Double Talk sent this via email.В  Thanks

November 10, 2006   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes and Humor  No Comments

Wireless

November 8, 2006   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes and Humor  No Comments

Apology To China

November 8, 2006   Posted in: Humor, Humour, Jokes and Humor  No Comments

Income Tax Dept Urges Not To Pay Bribe

Saw this in the Hindustan Times epaper.

November 8, 2006   Posted in: Bribe, Corruption  9 Comments

India Up the Honesty Ladder

This is some good news.
The latest report by Transparency International (TI), the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog, has a surprise. India ranks No. 70 on its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) out of 163 nations. It is a distinct improvement over last year, when India stood at No 88. For the first time, India has reversed its downward [...]

November 7, 2006   Posted in: Bribe, Corruption  12 Comments