Archive for December, 2005
Bangalore - Why this is the BIGGEST terrorist strike
This time, the terrorists have been extremely clever in locating their target. The strike was not on the common man, but on the intellectual capital in India.
Having struck at one of the best institutes in India, and that too during a major meeting, they have greatly monopolized on their target, and if my prediction goes [...]
Engineering a vibrant Indian economy for the future
Nearing the end of a wonderful 2005, the PM could not have found a better time for announcing plans for bolstering our growing economy.
I’m in the middle of a wonderful vacation with family which is why Indiblog has been lying idle for a few days now; and this is only an interlude for I [...]
All of England is Diseased
I’m down with flu again, for the second time this season, and the third this year if I include the one I had in January. Half of my lab is infected - coughing is the only music I can hear.
Our housekeeper is infected, some of my housemates, my other friends…and everybody else - and for [...]
Agriculture & Manufacturing getting Hot again
Everybody knows that Services is competing with Manufacturing and Agriculture in the Indian economy today to be the engine of its growth.
Customer and Backoffice Services has been the major chunk of the outsourcing industry that has created a new wave of opportunities for Indian graduates. It has also fetched billions in foreign exchange in a [...]
BJP anti-Woman, Congress anti-People
With political parties like these to lead us, we’ve hardly given our famous socio-cultural heritage a chance to survive.
First, Congress. A party that is the epitome of political-criminal nexus in India. After much bad publicity, courtesy the Volcker report, almost all newspapers, intellectuals and political parties have been asking Congress to dispose of Natwar Singh. [...]
Hey Fellow Indians - Let’s Talk SEX
Our Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has had to encourage us Indians to talk about sex, well, safe sex! I wonder if that has happened in any other country, in the West some governments are trying quite hard to wean people away from it!
India - the land that gave the world Kamasutra - is now a [...]
Acharyas, please don’t be Political
The Kanchi Shankaracharya made a big deal of settling the Ayodhya issue by calling the VHP and the Muslims and talking a few times - well, he ended up making a big fool of himself. The sants of Ayodhya call together a meeting for constructing the Ayodhya temple, and then keep meeting and keep meeting, [...]
British attributed Indian crimes to Hinduism
The British invaders of India were an extremely prejudiced lot when it came to India’s culture, religion and people. Consequently, they were not very fond of Hinduism, and wrote highly objectionable stuff on the topic.
When they noticed that Indian criminals were as religious as the common people, they were confused. Not only were thieves, robbers [...]
Thugs killed Millions of Indian travellers
The final review of Mike Dash’s fascinating book - Thug: The True Story of India’s Murderous Cult.
Thugs were a notorious band of marauding murderous highway robbers that plagued Indian roads between the 1600s and mid 1800s (Introduction to Thugs). They used to trick wealthy and not-so-wealthy travellers into traveling with them as a group. When [...]