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How Congress creates brands!

The Congress party in India has many a brands to cash in on, to take advantage of and to capitalize on – be it food. This image elucidates as to how the longest ruling party profits from its vast experience of using its leaders for gains. Continue reading »

Kashmir – A Thirsty Territory

Don’t you want to feel delighted, to be back in the valley of Kashmir, in your favourite seasons and see beautiful golden hues and the magnificent chinar! The audiences the world over need to wake up. It’s TIME we realize collectively that Kashmir is indeed a ladder must we climb today before it’s rather too late. Continue reading »

Monkey Monkey Everywhere – a side effect of India’s rapid urbanisation

The authorities in Indian capital Delhi can still do very little about the city’s soaring wild monkey population, even after a deputy mayor toppled from his terrace to his death as he tried to fend off a gang of the animals — a story that drew international media attention just before the Commonwealth Games in India. Continue reading »

perfect example of FOREIGN ownership in Indian media

This is certainly a totally objectionable way of reporting. Continue reading »

Parikrama – The Revolving Delhi Restaurant

Ghoomte Rah Jaoge! Parikrama literally means to go around. And once you enter this restaurant, you really go around Delhi eating, mesmerized…. uhhhhh…. look look… there’s Jama Masjid. And what’s happening atop that building there…!!! Continue reading »

I’m the breeze heralding spring

While I consider Makhanlal Chaturvedi’s ‘Pushp Ki Abhilasha’ the most powerful Hindi poem, one of the longest poems I memorized for its beautiful words and that I often quote is “Hawa Hoon Hawan Main Basanti Hawa Hoon, Suno Baat Meri Anokhi Hawa Hoon”. Here is the Hindi poem ‘Basanti Hawa’ composed by Kedarnath Agarwal, followed by English transalation of just few lines for better understanding for non-Hindi readers.

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Pilgrimage from the grave of Gandhi to Kennedy’s

Would someone tell me the American President’s contributions, if any, to our nature, to world peace! True, in the words of Gandhi, with which the documentary also ends, Obama must become the change he wants to see in the world. Continue reading »

Branson explains ethics & rationale behind Virgin spaceship

The Virgin Galactic founder Friday blogged on the subject, outlining his thoughts on why he thought it was an important initiative to get behind and invest in. Continue reading »

Locked Up In Delhi

Ganesh is the remover of obstacles – but when Clare Matthews fills a statue of the Indian god with a kilo of hash, her problems just begin. Continue reading »

Mumbai Massacre

In their attacks, the terrorists inflicted both panic and horror; and inflicted them for a longer period. The selection of iconic targets also gave a message to all nationalities that India is a terror-prone country from which they should stay out. Continue reading »

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