Indian analyst spooks world economy
Arjun “Spike” Murti, and analyst at Golman Sachs, has stirred up the world markets with his forecasts of oil prices, estimating a barrel of oil to touch $200.
India’s Impressive Space Program
BBC News takes a look at India’s 45 year old, young but impressive, space program. Highlighting it’s latest achievement of deploying 10 satellites in one shot.
Blogs Changing Lives
Riddhi Shah of Hindustan Times talks to Kiruba Shankar, Suman Kumar, Akshay Mahajan and Gautam Ghosh; four people whose blogs have changed their lives.
I wonder why some of the news sites don’t link to the blogs they write about!
Aamir Khan Explains Desicion to Carry Torch
While all around people have started to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony and carrying of the Olympic torch, actor Aamir Khan, keeping with the Olympic spirit, has decided to proudly carry the torch on April 17th.
Respect your banknote
The Reserve Bank of India asks the public to respect the countries banknotes and not use it for making garlands.
“Such actions deface the banknotes and shorten their life, the Reserve Bank stated and added that
banknotes should be respected as they are a symbol of the Sovereign and public should not misuse them so that the life of banknotes is enhanced.”
Indian Supreme Court Redifines ‘Dowry’
The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that customary payments and gifts cannot be categorized as dowry. Justice Pasayat and gang wrote this judgment. These foolish enablers of the dowry system need to be kicked out of the Supreme court.
Kashmir Singh Returns
After being wrongly imprisoned on suspicion of espionage for 35 years in Pakistan, 67 year old Kashmir Singh finally returns home.
“I have no wishes left. I have got everything now.”
Caste System in Indian Public Schools
This Washington Post article portrays a grim picture of how the caste system is still prevalent in India, especially in public schools across India. While the rich upper castes send their kids to private school, it’s often the children from lower caste who end up in India’s ignored public education system. Why is it still so hard for us to get rid of these tags and see every citizen of India as an Indian and nothing else?!
Dubbagol: Another digg clone for the desis
Dubbagol.com is a new digg like site for the desi audience. The interesting catch here is that for every 100 stories submitted, dubbagol will pick a random story, and give out cash to the person who posted the story.
British Bhangra Still Sidelined in Britain
Bhangra music has come a long way in the UK, and even though it is still sidelined by the British establishment, it has overcome cultural racism to go global.
“But despite its massive popularity, the music was and continues to be unrecognised by the official top 40 - though it outsells many of the official top 40 bands.”
Maharishi Yogi dies at 91
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the man who introduced Transcendental meditation to the west, and famous for setting the Beatles on the path to spiritual enlightenment, has died at 91 at his home in the Netherlands.
Can India survive the US economic meltdown?
As the fear of recession grows in the US, VISI TILAK, SHANTANU GUHA RAY and VIVEK SINHA of Tehelka examine the possible impact it will have on the Indian economy. Can the growth in India’s internal economy offset the impact from a crashing US economy, or will our dependence on the US economy take us down with it?
MF Husain in Exile
Shoma Chaudhury of Tehelka takes a look at MF Husain at 93 and his extravagant life in exile in Dubai.
Sipping tea later that night in the Malabar restaurant, Husain says reflectively, thinking of events back home, “Ghalib once said in utter frustration, ‘Change the understanding of my listeners, or else, change my voice’.”
Taare Zameen Par made my eyes moist
Admitting to having cried in a multiplex isn’t the most macho thing you can do on a blog, but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t blinking back tears when I sat through TZP. First, a quick intro to me before we proceed further - Bollywood, for me, is another world in itself, a world in which I nearly live in, a world I constantly jump into and jump out of. I don’t discard what happens on-screen as “it’s just a film, yaar” - no - I like to understand it, and if it makes sense, believe in it.
Online Shopping in India
Here is a list of online shopping portals in India
School Shooting Hits India
Two students at Euro International school in Gurgaon, smuggled an imported .32 Harrison pistol into school and shot dead Abhishek Tyagi, a fellow 14 year old student.
Judge Summons Ram and Hanuman to Court
A Judge in Jharkhand issued newspaper ads summoning Ram and Hanuman to court to help resolve a property dispute. What’s ironic is that the judge presides over a “fast-track” court and the dispute is 20 years old, so much for “fast-track”!
The love story of Dennis Kucinich
Add an Indian Guru, a couple of Indian nuns, and a bust of Gandhi, and you have a modern day fable of how Dennis Kucinich met his wife Elizabeth.