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Lindsey Lohan’s work against Child Trafficking in India
Lindsey Lohan hasn’t really handled herself well through her life. So, it was nice to see her go to India and do something useful. Here is a tweet by Lindsey...
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US will be a nation of minorities by 2024
America is changing. And it was obvious in this year’s election as the African American and Hispanic vote beat the majority of White vote (70% of it) to elect Barack...
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Is Russia reconstructing Soviet Union again?
Interestingly, Hillary Clinton has recently hinted that it may be happening. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States was trying to prevent Russia and its allies from turning...
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Honey Laundering: Chinese honey sold in US as “Made in India” to evade duties
Have you heard about “Honey Laundering”? Well, its a complete operation and art that the Chinese have now perfected. And countries like India are sitting ducks! So China is exporting honey...
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Famous people who missed Titanic disaster narrowly
Guglielmo Marconi – the father of long distance radio transmission, developer of radio telegraph system and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1909 was offered a free passage on...
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Paris Hilton dances to Chammak Challo at orphanage and visits Siddhivinayak Temple
Paris Hilton seems to be having fun in India – dancing around and doing some spiritual stuff for herself. American Socialite Paris Hilton grooved to Kareena Kapoor and Shah Rukh...
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The most successful airplane Hijacking ever in the history of aviation!
I came across this very interesting hijacking incident, where the hijacker not only hijacked the plane, but also got his ransom and then, of all surprises, jumped from the plane...
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FBI uses “Likes” and “Shares” and Skype audio, video chat recordings to indict a terror suspect
While indicting their suspect for a terror plot, where four men – Sohiel Omar Kabir, Ralph Deleon, Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales and Arifeen David Gojali – were on their way...
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America’s unofficial trade war against India through Work Visas might be coming to an end
For the last few years, US consulates across India have excessively scrutinized visa applicants in the H-1B and L categories. These refer to highly skilled professional workers and inter-company transfers,...
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Is India the answer to America’s Health Cost Woes?
This video is very instructive in where the health care is headed, if US hospitals and health care system doesn’t get its act together. Just like the IT programming, the...
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HSBC running is doing Hawala – money laundering – operations in India and US!
Hawala is a transaction where a person gives the operator money in Indian Rupees and his agent collects money in another currency at a special conversion rate. Remember Indian laws...
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Abraham Lincoln was Himalayan Yogi in past life and how Thanksgiving has a Hindu link!
Richard Salva talks in his book “Soul Journey: From Lincoln to Lindbergh” about an interesting statement by Paramahansa Yogananda where he discussed Abraham Lincoln and his past birth, as well...
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15 Humorous and Insightful Thanksgiving Quotes
Here is a compilation of some humorous and insightful quotes on Thanksgiving. (Thanks to my friend Anindita) “Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries...
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Thanksgiving and its history in numbers (Infographic)
Today Thanksgiving is being celebrated throughout the US. Here is an interesting infographic on Thanksgiving and its history.
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Changing Skyline of New York since 1876
What an interesting set of images chronicling the changed skyline of New York City. Courtesy: Lee @ tier1dc.blogspot.com
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Poetic Justice: Romney ends up with 47% vote.. EXACTLY.
It appears very likely that when all the votes are counted, Mitt Romney’s final take will be 47 percent to President Obama’s 51 percent. Post Opinion writer Greg Sargent calls...
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Why I have no sympathy for Palestinians
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has again fired up in Middle East and the violence is ever the more terrible. The “intellectual liberals” around the world are projecting the strikes by Israel...
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Over 100,000 Republicans want to Secede from US; because they voted for Romney not Obama!
Over 100,000 Americans from 20 states are petitioning to SECEDE from the United States of America. Must have been sponsored by China? Or Al Qaeda? Right?!! Naaaaah! Because they VOTED...
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The Changing American Electorate and the “Establishment”
In a very interesting and informative essay in The New Yorker, there are two paragraphs which sum up the entire change that is coming in the American politics and the...
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Is Russia going back to its USSR days and Cold War with US?
While Cold War with USSR has long been over thanks to Gorbachev; but is it intelligent to wish all that will never come back? Or is Russia, in a nostalgic...
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Few Insights from Obama’s election victory for 2nd Term
Barack Obama’s election victory for the 2nd term is historic, at least that is obvious. But there are many insights that one can get if one was to look at...
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America has CHANGED!
President Barack Obama has won the US Presidency for the second time. While some would argue about the campaigns and the “Ground games” and the ads brought out etc, my...
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Has NJ Gov Christie handed over Presidency to Obama?
In the final analysis, Obama may consider the coming of Superstorm Sandy as the greatest boon for his second term of Presidency. These past few days, Obama has impressed a...
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Superstorm Sandy: 90 dead, millions without power, NYC residents grabbing food from Garbage Dumpsters!
The devastation by the Super storm Sandy has been mindboggling. A recap: 90 people are dead (link). Worst hit was Staten Island amongst all the boroughs. 36 in New York...
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Drone Strikes in Pakistan have become more efficient every year
A lot of Pakistanis talk against drones and how they are a blot on their nation’s sovereignty. Many say drones – and they are right – are one of the...
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India mention in US Presidential Debate: Complete Silence?
The last Presidential Debate in the US on Monday (10/22) was on Foreign Policy. One wanted to know what the candidates thought of their countries ties and relationships with the...
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Lessons from Chinese Corruption versus past corruption in Japan, US and South Korea
In today’s program by Fareed Zakaria, I saw something very interesting – discussion on corruption in China. China has been hit by corruption scandal involving a high ranking official Bo...
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Obama and Romney’s 2nd Townhall Debate in Pictures
Yesterday, Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney sparred in the 2nd Debate, which was in Townhall format. Candy Crowley of CNN anchored the debate and her one Fact Check of Mitt...
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Political Opposition to Obama is really Over the Top Racism from Republicans!
It is no secret that Republicans have a huge number of supporters who are racist to a point of being mean and even violent. While I have seen some effects...
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Was Osama Operation a Payback by India for 26/11?
In a very influential online magazine, there is an interesting article on the Operation Neptune Spear – where the US Navy Seals killed Osama Bin Laden. This is what the...
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Neil Armstrong, Once in a Blue Moon Adventurer
At 20:17:39 UTC on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong, stepped on the Moon. With his feet on the moon surface, he said - ”Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” First human feet had touched the surface of...
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Is US readying for a War against Iran in August?
US has already stationed three large aircraft carriers - USS Enterprise, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Abraham Lincoln – in the Persian Gulf. It is sending another one...
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Infosys Financial Results and its Future Contradictions
One is trying to understand Infosys and where it is going. Honestly, I cannot make out the logic behind some of what is happening in there. Read the following and...