Right to Defend
April 18, 2004As Israel murders one more Hamas Leader – Ratansi was blown up with his son and body guards – the US refuses to condem it on grounds that the Israelis’ have the “right to defend” themselves. This is a very scary moral…
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Idiot talk
April 14, 2004The prize for the quote that made me laugh the most goes to George Bush. In a televised address to the US people he said: “It’s not a civil war. It’s not a popular uprising, They want to run us out of…
All the tribes against the Outsider
April 10, 2004Pic reference: New York Times The unthinkable has happened. Shia’s and Sunnis’ in Iraq have put behind them decade old divisions and come together to fight for independence. I never thought that I would see a full blown struggle for independence in…
Cross Cultural Communication Cockups
April 6, 2004I am a member of a network board – where an Indian described the Chinese Government as Chinks and the Japanese Government as Japs. Caused a bit of furore with some of the more politically correct bandwagon who descended on him and…
A thought for Today
April 1, 2004It is my conviction that my countrymen will truly gain their India by fighting against the education which teaches them that a country is greater than the ideals of humanity.” …..Rabindranath Tagore in ‘Nationalism’
To Yahoo Groups or not Yahoo Groups?
December 26, 2003I think that i am trying to catch up with 6 weeks of not blogging on one night. What to do? my fingers wont’ stop typing:)There is this almost euphoric feeling of pouring out my thoughts. Besides I blogged in my mind:))…
Oh what a 6 weeks
December 26, 2003My first blog in almost 6 weeks. And what a 6 weeks it has been. Work has begun. and how! Almost everything that we pitched at over the last 8 months is paying off one way or the other. And it is…
Producing TV in Mumbai
November 11, 2003Just finished our first major assignment for a to be launched channel. Our first major success since starting up this March. When i quite a well paying job to start my own company – there was shock among my friends. “you are…
The Hindu rate of Growth
November 5, 2003The South Asian Country with the highest birth rate is not India. Not Pakistan. Not even Bangladesh, but Nepal. The land locked, arid monarchy sandwiched between India and China. And the only Hindu country in the world. One of the oft used…
Free Blog Sites
October 13, 2003A few days ago i wrote about the Perseus report on blogging – which reveals that most blogs started on free blog sites such as this, or xang, or blogspot – well are defunkt. people don’t come back after signing up. My…