Archive for April, 2006
2 years in power for UPA - 20 years worth of damage
UPA is planning to celebrate its second anniversary of what they seem to call governance in India.
Let’s see if what they did is befitting of the high meanings of the word ‘governance’. Or if they have brought disrespect and something akin to anarchy in India.
Why all their allies are turning against them and the UPA [...]
Monarchy on the verge of fall in Nepal?
Its been ages now since the King of Nepal killed all of his family and usurped the throne for himself.
If that sounds gruesome to you, don’t be alarmed, for kings all through the millennia and all over the world have involved in killing their closest family and confidants to ensure smooth succession to kingship.
But what [...]
Celebrating Salman Khan’s arrest, belated
I was very heartened to read of Salman Khan’s prompt arrest by a local Jodhpuri court for hunting endangered animals.
Don’t we take it for granted that the Judiciary, especially the lower ranks, is an extremely corrupt organization and where cases are decided based on who is richer and can “give me more”.
But this court has [...]
Silence
In silence I listen:
I listen to what others have to say;
Their words are important to me.
I listen to my heart;
The wellspring of my heart overflows with deep Love.
In silence I contemplate the meaning of existence;
I contemplate Bhagvan;
In silence I hear A U M……
Now Indians Divide and Rule India with Reservations
There was a time when the Mughals invaded India and plundered, slaughtered and converted. Thus came about Indian Muslims.
Then the British invaded India and plundered more, slaughtered less and converted too. But what they did best was they divided India along all sorts of lines - religion, caste, language, region etc.
And Indians despised the British [...]
Reservations: a game where players want to lose
The new fever to have gripped India is Arjun Singh’s or Congress Party’s yet another silly gimmick. Hiking reservations to almost 50% in IIMs, IITs and Central Universities - the cream of the country.
There are presently reservations in these institutions, but hiking them to 50% of the total seats will lead to incredible devaluing of [...]
Save the Indian Farmer
Guest column written by NR Ganesh Babu
Recent reports suggest that hundreds of farmers in Andhra Pradesh have committed suicide. This has been happening for the last couple of years. We have recently seen reports of farmer suicides in Maharashtra. The evil is bound to spread to other Indian States in the near future. This is [...]
Educating BBC on the use of God and god
For background, read the very interesting article on BBC about a highly efficient temple courier service.
In the article, BBC refers to Maa Tarini as ‘goddess’ with a small ‘g’. Now, I don’t know who Maa Tarini is, but I’m pretty sure that She is a Goddess and not a ‘goddess’. So I wrote to the [...]