Ego Post :)
March 31, 2008One of my photographs is used for the cover of the magazine/webazine Pragati. go over and check out the issue — it has some interesting perspectives on the last budget, especially the loan waiver. The original is here.
Month: March 2008
Excerpts – Annihilation of Caste 3
March 30, 2008Dr.Ambedkar in Annihilation of Caste: It is a pity that [tag]Caste[/tag] even today has its defenders. The defences are many. It is defended on the ground that the [tag]Caste System[/tag] is but another name for division of labour and if division of…
Oxymoronic Thoughts….
March 30, 2008This from the RSS – [tag]The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh[/tag] not Really Simple Syndication According to RSS, everybody has a right to pray for his deity in his style. But every Indian should accept that [tag]Ganga[/tag] is a holy river and [tag]Ramayan[/tag] and…
Diplomatically Speaking
March 28, 2008….the Chinese Ambassador to Canada : ''The [tag]Dalai Lama[/tag] has been telling lies to the world for decades,'' ''What has happened in Tibet was instigated by separatist groups led by Dalai Lama clique.'' ''Any remarks made accusing [tag]China[/tag] of so called [tag]human…
WTF ?
March 27, 2008Two stories on further education. One is about a 12th standard topper who quits formal education. …Urvi Pithadia, 17, has been forced to discontinue her studies just a week after joining junior college. Nobody there volunteered to help the wheelchair-bound girl in…
Ficci Frames 2008
March 26, 2008[tag]Ficci Frames 2008[/tag] began yesterday in [tag]Mumbai[/tag]. This year's theme was sustaining development. As, usual it was great for the networking. I caught with quite a few people that I had lost touch with. Met some new ones. Bonded with old colleagues….
The Window Garden
March 26, 2008This is from my window garden ….. The plant grows in a plastic bag… in the vicinity some buildings are being demolished and rebuilt and the dust is phenomenal…. yet, nature endures…
Holi at Home
March 25, 2008Holi, this year, was at Lonavala. The Holi Fire -in the village Holi Party at home… It is probably the first time i have done anything for Holi. Normally, I run and hide from the festival…. but it was actually good fun…
Hunger Strike against Dams
March 17, 2008This from Ani Sikkim Runcha The indefinite hunger strike reached its 7th day today withTenzing Gyatso Lepcha also being admitted to STNM hospital today. While Dawa and 2 others are still in STNM hospital, two are continuing their indefinite hunger strike at…
Restricting Big Brother…
March 17, 2008Last week a call center person was at the receiving end of my ire. He called me up and told me that abc was the outstanding on my credit card and I could avail myself of a personal loan to pay it…