Archive for August, 2007

Praise Be…

Posted by gargi on 08 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: And Finally ...

… one of my students actually knew that today is the anniversary of the Quit India Movement. As i said in class today … a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away …. India achieved independence !

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Oops, There are Guns missing!

Posted by gargi on 07 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: And Finally ...

This from today’s Guardian
The US has lost track of about 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces since the 2003 invasion, some of which will have ended up in the hands of insurgents, according to an official report published in Washington. Among the missing items are AK-47 rifles, pistols, body armour and helmets.
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Ouch

Posted by gargi on 06 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: India, Media, Print

This, a headline from the ET - India's most widely circulated business broadsheet : Some SC/STs too made it on merit replace the word SC/ST with any other ethnic/religious/gender grouping and tell me what is right/ wrong with this headline. media bias anyone or am I being oversensitive?

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