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THACKERAY COUSINS: KIN BUT NO KITH

from philippi666 in Government & Organizations

According to a recent news report, Uddhav Thackeray, in his first press conference after the Assembly election results, declared “it will be a golden day if everybody comes together on the issue of the Marathi manoos”. /

10/29/2009
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IS ARMAGEDDON NIGH?

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Unprecedented rains and flooding in South India and the Philippines, two major earthquakes and tsunami warnings – all in the space of a week. Global warming, greenhouse gasses are the usual suspects; and for sure they are major contributors, but is that the complete explanation?

10/08/2009
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WHAT’S IN A NAME

from philippi666 in Government & Organizations

/ This ridiculous controversy about Mumbai vs. Bombay keeps resurfacing with distressing regularity. The latest brouhaha was caused because a character in a Hindi movie referred to this metropolis as Bombay.

10/06/2009
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LOVIN’ YOU AINT EASY

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They seem to have surveys for everything these days. A new gem involves rating men in several countries for their potential as lovers.

10/01/2009
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SHOULD DONALD TRUMP HAVE ALLOWED GADHAFI TO PITCH HIS TENT?

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There is a huge flap currently going on in the United States over the fact that Donald Trump has leased one of his properties in Westchester County to Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi

09/24/2009
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ISHRAT JAHAN – A STATE IN DENIAL

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Even after it has been proved that some of the same police officers who shot Jahan and three other "terrorists" in cold blood, were responsible for similar "encounter" deaths in the past, Narendra Modi's government refuses to accept any culpability on the part of its loyal henchmen. ...

09/22/2009
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ARRESTING HAFEZ SAEED WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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The Indian government and the Indian public need to get over their obsession with Hafez Saeed, founder of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba. The man is a mere symbol, a puppet nurtured and controlled by the Pakistan army.

09/22/2009
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IS FACEBOOK TURNING US INTO NEANDERTHALS?

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Has it occurred to you that Facebook is killing the art of language? Previously, if you liked someone, you needed to express it in words. But in Facebookland, all you need to do is to send him/her a mindless poke, or a hug, or a high five, or a button. What's next...pink elephants?

09/08/2009
JedDiamondPhD

JedDiamondPhD scribbled: One of the drawbacks of being able to reach a lot of people quickly and easily is that we stay on the surface and never touch any one deeply. 09/08/2009

ahmeds027

ahmeds027 scribbled: kinda agree with you but not exaclty yes human contact is deminishing bt then those who matter us we contact them via email eventoday n forwards are amusement for everyone me or whoever 10/22/2009

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For The Love Of God

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Two items in today’s paper got me thinking about this whole business of human beings and deities. The first concerned four members of a family, who drowned while attempting to immerse their Ganpati idol off the sea coast off Mumbai.

09/06/2009
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THE ALLURE OF NEWSPRINT

from philippi666 in Creative Writing

I woke up on Monday morning with an inexplicable air of foreboding. I couldn’t make sense of it till I went to the dining room for my morning cuppa and realized there were no newspapers on the table

08/26/2009
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CAPTURED KOREAN-AMERICAN JOURNALISTS – IRRESPONSIBLE?

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Last week, the news headlines were dominated by the unfolding drama and release of two Korean-American woman journalists who had strayed into North Korea and had been captured by the authorities there. Was the whole sorry episode avoidable? Absolutely.

08/12/2009
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INDO-PAK TENSIONS: THE FARCE CONTINUES

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India’s diplomacy with relation to Pakistan can best be summed up by Shakespeare’s maxim: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. India may tout itself as an emerging superpower, but it presents all the appearance of a lumbering whale being made to jump through hoops, at will, by the minnow P...

08/04/2009
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SHAHRUKH KHAN HANGED WITHOUT TRIAL

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Let me state at the outset that I hold no brief for Shahrukh Khan, nor do I hold any opinion on his guilt or innocence. However, it is really distressing how motley religious groups purporting to speak for the entire community are so readily given gratuitous publicity by the media.

06/22/2009
ahmeds027

ahmeds027 scribbled: i knew it from the moment i heard it that it was a media fabrication, bt then their are enough in india who want cheap publicity opposing and stuff . One only prays media of india turns more respon... 10/22/2009

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SHINEY, YOU’RE OK, MATE

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The Australian government should seriously consider awarding some sort of medal to Shiney Ahuja.

06/19/2009
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IS IRAN HEADING FOR A SECOND REVOLUTION?

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It’s the common malaise that seems to inflict dictators and autocratic rulers all over the world – inevitably leading to their downfall. They overreach themselves with insufficient provocation. R

06/18/2009

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