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Twitter Greetings

Logging into Twitter is a different experience now. It has really changed for better. Look at the picture posted above, that greeted me when I opened this social networking site to tweet this Tuesday morning. Truly, my association with Twitter is growing. Are you on Twitter? My handle is @neerajbhushan. Let’s connect there, too. One … Continue reading »

Corruption – Rat & Cat Style

There are prizes for guessing what’s going on in this traditional Vietnamese print? Okay, I shall give you some hint too — This painting has something (no no, everything) to do with corruption. Continue reading »

Potters’ Haat in Delhi on Dec.10 & 11, 2011

“This is going to be the first time that we are holding a potters’ market in the Indian capital,” says Rekha Bajpe Aggarwal, a ceramic artist involved in the concept. “Here, the artists would themselves be selling their work directly to the customers.” Continue reading »

115 million kids in hazardous jobs worldwide; Can you bring smile on their faces?

In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work– some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers– and calls for urgent action to halt the practice. What are you doing to stop child labour? Continue reading »

World’s First Online Diary — PTI Diary — goes offline

I am thankful to all who visited ‘PTI Diary’ here on this blog, read it, commented there, recommended & referred to others, tweeted or shared the contents. Out of the several supportive comments that ‘PTI Diary’ had received, one particular comment needs mention here, and I quote: “Great read, Neeraj. Very few people have the courage of conviction to carry on with the crusade to change the system the way you do. I don’t even have the courage to ask you to ‘keep it up’. Most of us are too busy getting ‘settled’ in life, chasing a mirage of a secure job and income. Like many others, I can only offer you moral support and appreciate your effort, though I do know that’s of no real use.” Continue reading »

You’ll grow hair on your palms, says this funny oil advertisement in Delhi Metro

I had not heard about Nuzen until I spotted its advertisement in a Delhi Metro coach, wherein it said, “you may grow hair on your palms, using this oil”. Funny, isn’t it? I found a number of people glued to the such advertisement and particularly … naturally … interested were those who actually keep trying all sorts of oil, hoping against hope. Continue reading »

Mahatma Gandhi & The Caste Census 2011

Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi said, “My Life Is My Message”. And what have we learned from his message is clear from the fact that we are now including caste in our national headcount, to be revealed in a house-to-house search that kicks off next month across India. Productive or Counterproductive measurement !!! What would you say? Continue reading »

Forbes 100: Are Indians uncelebrated; what do we then ga-ga on Page3!

Are Indians so non-celebrated, so non-powerful? It appears so, seeing the latest Forbes’ list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, released Wednesday. Lady Gaga topped the list bumping Oprah Winfrey from the top. Continue reading »

Pete Souza: Obama’s Photographer

Meet Pete Souza — the key link between the public and the US president. He acts from behind the scene… sometimes 24X7, whether aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union or in the White House. Today, he covers Barack Obama like no one does. And he is the one whose pictures of the Situation Room were among the most viewed images across the world, during the raid on Osama bin Laden. Continue reading »

Post-bin Laden, life moves on for President Obama

Do you think Obama is under any stress these days! Let us look at some of the images of the president in the past few days, immediately after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Cool… I would say. Continue reading »