Audacity of the Corrupt: Mulayam’s question to Anna
The entire movement of Team Anna was built on the sentiment of commen men and women wearing “I Am Anna” on their head. That meant what Anna was asking of the political class, every Indian who supported him, also wanted to ask. So to treat Anna’s ask in his campaign as just the talk of [...]
The Business of Death: Cremation vs Embalming
Unbeknownst to many who don’t live in the US, Death is a very lucrative industry. And if the Indians think that the Haridwar-based Sati-Ghat side Panda (pandit) is asking for too much when he demands Rs 2000 (~$40), then one has to look at the proportions of spending one has to do in US on [...]
Anant Agarwal, MIT scientist, creates a 100 core breakthrough computer chip
After Vinod Dham, the father of Pentium chips, there is another Indian – Anant Agarwal – who is creating the next breakthrough in the world of computer chips. Anant, who is the Director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and also has his own commercial venture – called Tilera [...]
Hollywood going after copyright violations: SOPA on the sly?
New large scale actions have been started.
China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar – The Future and Past Follies of India’s Foreign Policy in its Neighborhood
Slowly and gradually and under the very nose of India, Nepal is becoming a vassal state of China. Maoists took over the country and reversed its status as a Hindu State. And now, there is serious talk in that Government of abandoning the special status treaty with India. Because, they want to hedge their bets [...]
Three men loot a restaurant!
One is not sure whether it was a comment on the food of the Diner or the anticipated problems these people expected from it.
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Indian Prime Minister is now on Twitter
The Indian PM is now on Twitter. So, if you want to have a close conversation with him, you can tweet him your mind. GIven his reticent nature he had tweeted only thrice on the first day and garnered 7000 followers already. I am assuming a lot of them were from the PMO office itself [...]
Drishtikone transforms from Drupal to WordPress
Since last few months, I have been analyzing the platform I was using for Drishtikone.com with a view to see how it can be made simpler and also more user friendly. All these years, I have been a hard core proponent of Drupal as a great CMS. It is. But it had certain issues that [...]
Moron Kapil Sibal’s Rajnikanth-like desire for gagging India’s Internet and Social Media
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