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It is important to understand the abysmal levels to which India’s journalism has fallen to these days. This helps us take everything peddled by these Tabloids-masquerading-as-Newspapers with a lot more than a “pinch of salt”! How TOI and The Hindu made a Mockery of a Young Girl's Death [https:
For far too long India has been a bought country. Foreign products, ideologies and agendas have been pushed either by force or lure or simply under the garb of mending the native regressive ways. While weakness of character, resolve and battle-readiness has made us slaves of colonial militaries; money and
By all counts, Rajiv Gandhi was one of the most horrendous choice for India’s Prime Minister. He oversaw by far one of the most terrible massacres, and started the mess in Sri Lanka. Was responsible for Bofors scandal, and unleashed the sorry phenomenon of his incompetent and thoroughly corrupt
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is the flagship rural employment program of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Congress Government. It is also the greatest mechanism created in India to suck greatest amounts of money since British created their discriminatory laws. It involves a $33 billion investment every year! And
In June, 2011 as social activist Anna Hazare had announced that he – along with his supporters – will go on a fast against the endemic and plundering corruption in India, specifically by the ruling Government, he was greeted with a dictatorial threat. Ruling Party, Congress’ General Secretary “advised” him – “Anna saheb
We are surely very rich, aren’t we? The PM and the rest of the VVIPs want to move around in machines which even Obama thinks is very expensive [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-bought-helicopters-Obama-rejected-as-costly/articleshow/18475123.cms] for him and others in the US! > US president Barack Obama had
India is rather high in the black money hoarding list. > India is among the top 10 developing countries in the world with a black money outflow of $1.6 billion ( Rs.8,720 crore) in 2010, a report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) said. The report, to be released on
जिनमें स्तिथियों को बदलने का साहस नहीं होता, उन्हें स्तिथियों को सहना पड़ता है कल्याणी Chanakya, the TV series, was one of the finest to have come on Indian TV. Every one of its episode and dialog
What to do when the King and the rulers themselves steal from the Treasury of the nation? This is a tragedy that India has faced again and again. And now, this has become plunder! Here is a scene from the TV series “Chanakya” where the Chief Minister catches the swindling
We Indians keep lamenting about the politicians and their corruption. Because they are the easy target. The truth is that even the businesses are as bad. It now comes to light [http://www.financialexpress.com/news/shocker-indian-companies-second-worse-only-to-africa-in-world-on-fraud/1037573] that outside of Africa, India has the highest Corporate frauds in the
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 do not permit depositing more than Rs 50,000 a day in an account. So, HSBC was upto a lot
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Centre for being “casual” in handling 2G case before it. It asked the government to explain why entire the 2G spectrum, licenses for which were cancelled by it, were not put on recent auction. The apex court refused to take on record Centre’
Some days you read something that bring tears to your eyes, despite the evil that you may have seen in the world.. specially in India. What is happening in India in the name of greed and profit is so mindboggling and shameful. While the corporates using their middlemen [http://timesofindia.
Anyone who has been to India – specially on a Highway in a car – knows that his or her being alive has to rank as the greatest miracle in this world. One can possibly explain in complete minutiae the nuances of Quantum Physics in flat 10 minutes, but it impossible to
We saw recently [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/corruption-charges-against-italian-chopper-company-in-india-brought-by-italian-authorities/] that Italian chopper deal of Fe.. with India was in trouble in Italy because of corruption. Now it comes out [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chopper-deal-kickbacks-india-changed-tech-requirements-to-help-italian-firm/1024929/] that the requirements were tweaked to help this Italian firm win the contract!
In the 3rd season of Indian Premier League, there was a major controversy, where Rendezvous Sports World Group defeated Adani group and Videocon to win the ownership of Kochy IPL franchise. It was later known that Sunanda Pushkar, then girlfriend of Shashi Tharoor, surprisingly had received a “sweat equity” of
Deal after deal one finds corruption links back to ONE country – Italy. Is it a mere coincidence? When even the source country – Italy – is investigating the corruption and pointing to Indian middlemen [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lens-on-chopper-firm-s-india-head-over-commission/1021740/0] .. Indian Government is quiet. > The India head of helicopter manufacturer
Robert Vadra – Tax Evasion worth Crores?First Post has a very interesting post on how, not only has there been some messy transactions between DLF and Robert Vadra, but Vadra’s company Skylight has even evaded taxes worth Rs 14.1 crores! Some facts: * In Balance sheet of 2008-9 ending
Robert VadraThe entire episode of Robert Vadra & DLF Combine vs Arvind Kejriwal is very interesting. Not just because of the allegations and evidence that Kejriwal has produced. But because it is NOT news. This was known for very long now. Why is that important? Because it leads us to focus
I know this is everywhere and talked about a lot, but I have to put this in as it is the greatest WTF moment of this Government’s rule. > “There’s steady rise in the minimum support price of paddy, wheat and sugarcane , reflected in the prices of commodities . When
Baba Ramdev and Anna HazareOn June 3rd, the second round of the new war of independence – this time from Internal Corruption – started as Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare, two self-less contributors to Indian society came together. In the last couple of decades as India’s economy was shinning, the corrupt
Now CBI Director confirms [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Black-money-Indians-have-stashed-over-500bn-in-banks-abroad-says-CBI/articleshow/11871624.cms] what we all knew – that money amounting to billions is stashed in the Swiss Banks. And Indians are the largest depositors in the Swiss banks. > “It is estimated that around 500 billion dollars of illegal money belonging
Sonia GandhiThey say its difficult to hide wealth, when there is so much of it! Now, Business Insider and World’s Luxury Guide has named Sonia Gandhi as the third richest politician in the world! The other two are: * Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz: Claim to Wealth– King of Saudi Arabia
Telenor is one of the companies whose licenses got cancelled by the Supreme Court, after the Government dragged its feet on the 2G scam. Well, Telenor – the Norwegian company that was impacted isn’t happy and is ready to play tough ball with the Indian system. The company will take
Goolam VahanvatiGoolam Vahanvati is the first Muslim Attorney General of India. And if, what is being said is true of him, he might be the most corrupt. If A. Raja the Telecom Minister is the one who has been behind the bars because of being made the “poster boy” of
India's Supreme CourtA democracy has special checks and balances. One of the checks is the way one of the three branches of the Government – Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary – can make sure that the country is not been taken apart by the other two working in connivance. In India’s case,
Mulayam Singh Yadav: "Who are you to Question us?"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
Mayawati’s Government is in serious trouble over a rural health program [http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Lucknow/CAG-puts-Rs4-900-cr-tag-on-UP-health-scam/Article1-800325.aspx] , where Rs 4900 crores has gone missing and there is nothing to back it all up! > Where have Rs4,900 crore of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds gone
Maharaja Welcomes YOU... in ishtyle!Do you feel that your Air India flight landing is a bit bumpy? Or the pilot doesn’t seem quite sure when he comes out for his “bio-break” whether he has been pushing the right buttons? You know that look, right? Or worse, he is
What happens in the Home Ministry offices and corridors directly impacts the security and well being of the country. We have seen how Chidambaram and his wife have been defending the terrorists and smugglers while P. Chidambaram was the Home Minister or to be one. (Chidambaram, Tapuriah, Hassan Ali, and
In a new book called “Corruption in India: The DNA and RNA”, authors Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari have estimated that India’s public servants loot Rs.92,122 crore ($18.42 billion), or 1.26% of the GDP due to corruption. They have used data from Central Statistical Organisation
> “If rape is inevitable, just lay back, relax and enjoy it” – Clayton Williams (Unsuccessful Republican Gubernatorial candidate, 1990) In a TV interview, a senior IPS police officer charged the UP Government, headed by Mayawati of being corrupt and threatened to expose the corruption and the embezzling of the funds. Soon
Rudolph Elmer is an ex-employee of the Julius Bar Bank in Switzerland. In January, he handed over a the names of 2000 tax evaders to Wikileaks. In his last position he was overseeing the Caribbean operations until he was dismissed in 2002. He became a whistle blower in 2008 when
Mayawati has a special offer in her inbox. And the offer comes all the way from Europe. Wikileaks’ Julian Assange is offering to get her [http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_julian-assange-takes-a-dig-at-mayawati_1584020] brand new British sandals in exchange for political asylum in India. Julian Assange’s Wikileaks had mentioned
> The Bombay High Court, while hearing the murder of RTI activist, Satish Shetty in Maharashtra on 7 May 2010 ordered the State government to immediately provide police protection to any person or organisation that complains of threat or use of force or has been attacked for filing applications under the
> “Chidambaram is ‘khodsal’ (a Marathi word which means a mischievous or a dishonest person),” Said Anna Hazare of Indian Home Minister, P. Chidambaram. When he was asked to explain what he meant, Anna further added that [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/anna-hazare-slams-p-chidambaram-calls-him-mischievous/articleshow/9839395.cms] > “I call him
The basis and the rationale for the powers of India’s members of parliament is not that they have been elected to that building, but because they are representative of the the people at large. It cannot be the privilege of these members to behave and conduct themselves the way
The basis and the rationale for the powers of India’s members of parliament is not that they have been elected to that building, but because they are representative of the the people at large. It cannot be the privilege of these members to behave and conduct themselves the way
In Sikkim a farmer was fasting for a week along with Anna Hazare. Yong Tshering Lepcha lost 14 kg [http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/chunk-ht-ui-homepage-breakingstory/Nation-s-victory-thousands-begin-march-from-India-Gate/Article1-738915.aspx] during his fast. > “Truth has prevailed and this is how people like Anna Hazare have inspired even a farmer like me. He
Now the strongest of them all, the WWF wrestler Khali has extended his weight behind Anna Hazare. A person who diet includes [http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006042505162]five kg milk, five chickens and two dozen eggs along with chapatis, juice, and fruit daily, is backing an
[audio:KirabBedi-Bhed-Bakri-Ghulam.mp3] When you listen to Kiran Bedi you detect her frustration. And though the propah middle class and a media bought over by the Government will spin it negatively, it does resonate the frustration of the ordinary people. That this fight is “Now or Never” is true. Because,
It seems there is no dearth of women wanting to dance naked for some cause – worthy or not – in India these days. Earlier there was Poonam Pandey [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/blog/marketing-genius-poonam-pandey-girl-who-dared-bare-indian-cricket-team] , who hit upon a novel idea to do the same if India won the World
After the 999th abuse by Shishupal, Krishna killed him, as he had been warned not to go that far with his tirade. It was not because Krishna liked to kill others or he lacked patience. He was fine with going to Hastinapur to meet the Kauravas one last time and
[audio:sanjha vidhaan.mp3] It is true that India is a democracy and the common rules and laws should be followed. If the rule of law is thrown aside then only anarchy will follow. However deficient our institutions may be, they still have to respected. And there are counter checks
67 of the banned or restricted pesticides in other countries, are being used within India [http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2339998.ece] with the authorization of the Government. Most troublesome is the use of endosulfan widely in India. > Update: in 2016, this foolish man was also criticizing Organic
IN October 2010, Switzerland’s Federal Act on the Restitution of Assets of Politically Exposed Persons obtained by Unlawful Means (commonly referred to as the Return of Illicit Assets Act or “RIAA”) was passed by both houses of the Swiss Parliament. It became effective on February 1, 2011. Although Switzerland
Buddha’s Message and Promotion Ashoka was a valiant warrior and a terrible foe. But in 260 BC, he met Buddha after the Kalinga War, where many thousands were killed. And that chance meeting changed Ashoka forever. Not just Ashoka, but the entire South Asia, and indeed the mankind. Those
Democracy is not a free ride. All those who feel that they can “sit through” the whole journey of nation’s life without participation cannot remain on the bus called Democracy for long. And if, there is large enough mass of people on the bus who regard participation in Governance
It is amusing to watch how the Government and certain forces are frightened of the Spiritual leaders coming out against corruption in the country. And they use the media blatantly for propagating their agenda. And it helps if they have an army of brain-dead citizens writing blogs which have no
When a person eats food, one doesn’t really care about what is in the food that one eats. Specifically, in the western countries. But should one? Is our food good? Or is the food the very source of disease that is affecting the health of people in the developed
It is a coalition of the corrupt and the plunderers. And the Congress – with Chidambaram and Dr. Manmohan Singh as the cheer-leaders, apologists extraordinaire, wise men-with shady dealings – seems to be at the forefront of the effort to plunder the nation at level unprecedented even during the Islamic invasions or
As if he was waiting for it, and happy that it came, India’s Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in a show of brazen partisanship – welcomed the filing of the affidavit [http://news.worldsnap.com/india/godhra-chidambaram-backs-bhatt-on-modi-affidavit-103045.html] in the Supreme Court by IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, where Bhatt accused Gujarat
P. ChidambaramAs we speak, there is a very fundamental flaw in India’s Governance. The Head of the Executive branch of this Parliamentary Democracy has never been elected by any one to any constituency by vote. Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India is not an elected member. He
Nittoor Srinivasa Rao, a Gandhian who participated in the Freedom Struggle and the Chief Justice of the High Court of Mysore became the first Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). Lived a simple life and died 12 days short of his 101st birthday. The road from Nittoor Srinivasa Rao in 1964 to
(Shared by Rohit Malik with our school alumni group) I had the privilege of being there at Jantar Mantar, and to witness a real revolution unfolding in front of me. It was a chapter straight from our History books. The satyagrah movement, revolutionaries lining the streets, chants of Vande Matarm,
The tragedy of India these days is that those who are literary inclined have somehow become the gatekeepers of nation’s conscience. At least, with great use of their word play, they paint such a picture. Dig deeper and their own core seems limited. I had talked of Javed Akhtar’
Anna Hazare is a War Veteran who is now on a crusade with an enemy which is internal. While he fought the Pakistanis in 1965, he has been fighting the internal rot in the political and bureaucratic system since. He is on a “Fast unto Death” in Delhi for getting
Today, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India announced that he takes full responsibility for the decision of CVC, which has been termed unlawful by the Supreme Court of India. Sound good. So… what now? Rarely in history, since Bhishma Pitamah’s disastrous role in Mahabharat, has anyone combined
A facebook friend, Jaya Nair, had an interesting wall message, which talked of how today’s political climate of greed, hubris and loot will affect what and how we learn in schools. > In coming years the revised school curriculums expounding lateral thinking will have a chapter under Modern India pertaining
On September 21, 2001 Rahul Gandhi and his Colombian girl friend were caught and detained at the Logan airport. The scion of the Gandhi family was in possession of over $200,000 and he had no explanation for it. Only after Atal Behari Vajpayee personally intervened at the highest Governmental
Corruption is a bad thing and it should never be tolerated. But the intolerance for corruption should be universal and not selective. When it is so then things get murkier. An IAS officer [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAS-officer-who-allegedly-leaked-sensitive-info-quizzed-close-aide-arrested/articleshow/6976511.cms] is close to being arrested because he was
How do Indians think? As vast and as diverse our nation is, it is nevertheless interesting to get a feel of its pulse. I am not sure if the surveys can go an honest and a good job, but the findings do present an interesting picture. Let’s look at
The entire 2G spectrum scam is a sham. Lets look at the numbers first, they are saying that the numbers that the CAG arrived at were notional but true – Can somebody please answer: If DoT gave away 6.2 MHz for 22 circles, i.e.136.4 MHz of spectrum
I am not saying whether it is right or wrong – for that is NOT the way to look at this. But just curious if this is the job of the CID of India when it is being hounded by terrorists day in and day out!?? So, now the refrain [http:
Displacing farmers out of their farmland is the neo-liberal economic growth model – prescribed by World-Bank so that India can throw away its agrarian economy and embrace the new world order. The govt already have established its control over water, forests, seeds, agriculture markets – and now it wants to take away
Is India poor? Its a good question but when you look at the records of how much black money the corrupt and the rich have stashed away in Swiss banks, you realize that the amount of “dirty money” is more black money than the rest of the world combined!! The
A few policemen in New York city saw a homeless Guatemalan immigrant dying on the roadside. What do you think they did? (i) take him to hospital emergency (ii) stood around joking about him and laughing away while he was dying? Well, it was the second! They were taped chuckling
Just in…. after so many other scandals.. here is another scandal that involves the thoroughly corrupt Bush Administration! See the process below in a Drishtikone presentation…. What is happening is this [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402939.html?hpid=topnews] : > The lucrative arrangements are known
For all the talk against adultery and severe – actually inhuman – punishments in Islam and specifically carried out in Arab states, the Arab men are remarkably adulterous! Everyone knows about the Sheikhs from Saudi Arabia and other countries – how they travel to Asian countries to satisfy their urges. Now, here is
For all the talk against adultery and severe – actually inhuman – punishments in Islam and specifically carried out in Arab states, the Arab men are remarkably adulterous! Everyone knows about the Sheikhs from Saudi Arabia and other countries – how they travel to Asian countries to satisfy their urges. Now, here is
Suchitra Krishnamurthi [http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/12/the_power_of_pi.html] talks about the power of the Pink color.. and provides links to this story of women of Banda area in UP who are dressed in pink (or is it purple?) and call themselves “Gulabi Gang” [http:
Suchitra Krishnamurthi [http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/12/the_power_of_pi.html] talks about the power of the Pink color.. and provides links to this story of women of Banda area in UP who are dressed in pink (or is it purple?) and call themselves “Gulabi Gang” [http:
Today I talked about Belgium having no National Government running the country for last 6 months. Now here is an example of an entire FAKE Municipal Government office running in Jhansi in UP! They had employed people and were issuing certificates and doing work normally until the people in that
Today I talked about Belgium having no National Government running the country for last 6 months. Now here is an example of an entire FAKE Municipal Government office running in Jhansi in UP! They had employed people and were issuing certificates and doing work normally until the people in that
This is the lowest any employer can possibly get to! And who do you expect but WALMART! Walmart is the lowest of the lowest in human principles… it just looks at its profits. PERIOD! This one company is so much responsible for totally upstaging US with China as the major
This is the lowest any employer can possibly get to! And who do you expect but WALMART! Walmart is the lowest of the lowest in human principles… it just looks at its profits. PERIOD! This one company is so much responsible for totally upstaging US with China as the major
This is a usual problem with the Indian legal system. I believe some analysis should be done and the areas where more cases are pending and which create major mess (say, like property) should have a distinct and separate legal sub-system created.. just for it! It is time to branch
This is a usual problem with the Indian legal system. I believe some analysis should be done and the areas where more cases are pending and which create major mess (say, like property) should have a distinct and separate legal sub-system created.. just for it! It is time to branch
It took US until 1960’s to give women permission to vote, while India gave it as soon as we were independent! Here is a mad woman, Ann Coulter, as crazy as they can possibly come – who is the toast of Republican crowd – who believes that women should not vote
Kalahandi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalahandi] in Orissa is one of the poorest districts and where people regularly face starvation – which the Government vehemently denies! The truth is that the food hardly reaches the starving and hungry. But even that knowledge does not provide the utter unhuman behavior of
Remember in our school we were told that Marconi discovered wireless? Well, it turns out that was nonsense! It was really Jagdish Chandra Bose. Marconi usurped the credit to himself.. and the Western world complied because Bose was a citizen of colonized people! (MIT paper [http://web.mit.edu/varun_
Remember the racket in fake currency run in India sponsored by the "friendly neighborhood" ISI (Pak Intelligence agency)?? (Headlinesindia [http://www.headlinesindia.com/national/index.jsp?news_code=48631] . Yahoo [http://in.news.yahoo.com/070729/48/6irxs.html]) Well.. you know all that is correct and you are truly
Har Shaakh par uloo baitha hai; anjaam-e-gulistaan kya hoga. Barbaad-e-gulistaan karne ko; bas ek hi uloo kaafi hai. (There is an owl on every branch; wonder what is the future of such a garden. For to destroy a garden completely; Only ONE owl will suffice!) Yesterday US President George Bush
Did you know that Mahatama Gandhi was an athlete? That he was participating in the Indian National Games for 20 km walk event as late as February 2007? The Indian Olympic Association President has even issued the late Mahatama Gandhi a certificate of participation for the event! Amazing these days
Congress has led and governed the country in a very questionable fashion since our independence. Even now. If this story [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cia-helped-in-toppling-communist-govt-in-kerala/top/43293-3.html?xml&news=How%20CIA%20ousted%20Left%20govt%20in%20Kerala&pubDate=Thu%2C+21+Jun+2007+03%3A29%3A14++0100&keyword=ibn_
Good for these F***ing B***ards!! Both of them should be should be disallowed to practice any further! In fact more and more such stings should happen. > The Supreme Court Bar Association on Monday suspended senior advocates R K Anand and I U Khan, who were shown by a
Finally someone shows what we all suspected forever! These lawyers – specially the senior ones have been taking money and compromising on justice! I am not sure what this Anand guy – he is a senior lawyer, btw in Delhi – talking to his opponent lawyer on how to help him.. I am
What is wrong with people? Why does one have such a mean streak in him/her? These idiots were millionaires.. so why would they treat someone so bad? I can understand that they would not want to pay someone enough.. because they are so blinded by money.. but denying food?
Here is a joint report [https://www.drishtikone.com/content/files/papers/download/manufacturingindiareport.pdf] on India from Wharton Business School and Boston Consulting Group on India. It discusses how despite the growth – the infrastructure in India is in shambles! > The casual visitor to India might find it hard to
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