Posted by gargi on 30 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: And Finally ..., Diary
Stumbled Upon this here….
Check out the remaining posters, they are truly funny.
which is pretty much what I did as far as dusting my books in concerned. And this weekend is the battle of the dust cloth….. but may be I will do it the next weekend !!
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Posted by gargi on 29 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Pakistan
image : the BBC
President (non General ) Musharraf takes charge……again
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Posted by gargi on 26 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Caste
Narendra Modi has done it again…….This is his latest gem:
In a recent book written by him and published by the state information department Modi says, “Scavenging must have been a spiritual experience for the Valmiki caste”.
The book titled Karmayog is yet to hit the stands.
In the book, he goes on to say, “At some point [...]
Posted by gargi on 26 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: And Finally ...
Stumbled upon this….
excerpts include
DOOM is released, slowing the network to a near stop, and worker productivity to a total stop. Parents rejoice as the release of the game frees them from all responsibility for how their kids behave.
First piece of spam appears in USENET newsgroups and is quickly removed. “Well, that should be the last [...]
Posted by gargi on 25 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: India, Politics
Elections in India make for great quotes. And, it is always fun to see what they said last time and contrast it what they are saying now!
Narendra Modi on Sonia Gandhi, now :
“I have nothing personal against Sonia, our differences are ideological,”
Given that Mr.Modi had earlier said this about Mrs. Gandhi :
Sonia Gandhi [...]
Posted by gargi on 25 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: India, Politics, Society
It is not often that one gets the chance to praise the Central Government. This is one of the rare times, and the reason is their conduct on the Tasleema Nasreen issue. This is the Government position :
“The right to grant permission to stay in India is a Central government prerogative that has been given [...]
Posted by gargi on 22 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: And Finally ...
I stumbled upon this, here :
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Posted by gargi on 21 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Europe
This from CNN IBN
Britain’s first state-funded Hindu school has come up with a unique definition of ‘practising Hindus’ as part of its admissions policy — those who pray daily, do voluntary work at temples, follow a vegetarian diet and abstain from intoxication.
My brothers and I would manage 25%. My mother , would get 75% , [...]
Posted by gargi on 21 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: India, Society
The local banana seller… J.B.Nagar Market, Andheri E, Mumbai….
When we use the term business person or entrepreneur, we usually see this image of a suited male who speaks English and does business.
But, she is also an entrepreneur - she takes risks, she carries inventory, she services customers, she faces competition, she makes profits, [...]
Posted by gargi on 19 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: India, Politics, Society
This from CNN-IBN:
Many refugees of Nandigram have confirmed that they had been brutally raped. Fear looms large in her eyes, the fear of CPI-M cadres. Forty-year-old Akreja Biwi doesn’t want to go back home anymore.
Last Sunday, as the CPI-M recaptured Nandigram, nearly 100 of the party cadres allegedly looted her house, raped her and her [...]
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