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Happy Independence day - India at 60

Happy Independence day!!!
India has completed 60 years of independence and has achieved a lot in those 60 years. Still a lot remains to be done and as always I am hopeful that things will only get better from this point onwards. I wish India a bright, independent, prosperous and most importantly a peaceful future to [...]

February 5, 2009   Posted in: India  No Comments

What Is Wrong With Our Teachers?

Right after the news of death of a student because of teacher atrocity comes the report of electrocuting and beating kids to punish them for their “own goodâ€. There is this other teacher who paraded a kid naked for taking a dip in the school tank. At least this one got one year jail. [...]

February 5, 2009   Posted in: corporal punishment  No Comments

Another Student Dies Due To Excessive Beating By Teacher

This is shocking!
What do teachers think of themselves? Do these jerks think that the school is their kingdom and everybody their subject? Look at this…
Seventeen-year-old Arpit Kanwariya’s invigilator — a Sanskrit teacher named Indira Samar — beat him with a bamboo stick for keeping his ‘legs out of the desk’ while writing a test on [...]

February 5, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Sunjay Dutt’s Case - A good sign.

I think the sentencing of six years of RI for Sanjay Dutt is a good sign. Like they say, if you do the crime you have to do the time. It seemed in India never can a celebrity be sentenced but seems like times are changing and Sanjay Dutt’s sentencing would cast some fear in [...]

February 5, 2009   Posted in: Sanjay Dutt  No Comments

Help Vinay fight Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Thanks to Gazal for pointing this out to me. Vinay is suffering from AML and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. There is an entire website dedicated to this cause.  When I had heard about nirali, I had urged everybody to go and register in the national bone marrow registry. Sadly she is [...]

June 9, 2007   Posted in: AML, Leukemia  One Comment

The Rajasthan Story Of Caste Politics.

What is happening in Rajasthan is pretty shameful but not unexpected. The Gurjars have come out on the streets and their demand is that their OBC status be changed to ST. The protests have turned violent and as usual loss of life and public property follows. This includes pelting stone, burning police stations, road [...]

May 31, 2007   Posted in: Caste, Dausa, Quota Reservations, Reservations  17 Comments

Sardar’s Slippers

AFRAID THAT SOMEONE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR
 
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May 29, 2007   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  6 Comments

Women Drivers

May 27, 2007   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  6 Comments

Chai Noon

You need to have flashplayer enabled to watch this Google video

May 25, 2007   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  One Comment

Why Mayawati as CM could be a good thing…

The recent elections in UP have had the results that could be good for UP in more ways than one.
The first and foremost that there is no hung assembly in UP. Thus providing a chance to focus on other things than just survival politics that had become the headache of every party in power.I hope [...]

May 23, 2007   Posted in: Caste, Mayawati, U.P., UP Elections  2 Comments