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August 2008

August 18, 2008

Buddhist artifacts of 2000 years back found in Gujarat

Gujarat once had a big presence of Buddhism. Hsieng Tsang had also documented that in...

August 17, 2008

Steps to solving the Gujarat blasts case

Here is a very informative graphic from HT on how the Gujarat blasts case was...

August 17, 2008

Sa re ga ma pa and the political mess on the Independence Day special

Sa re ga ma pa - is my favorite TV show. Period. Its the original...

August 17, 2008

Jan Gan Man – beautiful rendering

I know I am late by a day but it is still worth it. This...

August 16, 2008

India's moon and space ambitions

Just a sidenote: Any country that has a real space program and can send satellites...

August 16, 2008

Gujarat blast case solved – a village Mufti and Software professional were Masterminds

Gujarat blasts case has been solved. In all 10 men were arrested. One person is...

August 16, 2008

Independence Day gift of life from Indian docs to Pakistani student

Tayyab Niaz is a 20 year old Mechanical Engineering student in Multan. He had developed...

August 12, 2008

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hai

This is the week of India's Independence day. I will bring to you my favorite...

August 12, 2008

Indian Air force tests itself against the World's best

Indian Air-force fliers are in Nevada at the Nellis airbase as India had been invited...

August 11, 2008

Asian geopolitics and Self Preservation

Most of the times, the analysis of geopolitics and national interests are often couched in...

August 06, 2008

Dabbawalas: A Six Sigma org without documentation that runs on Zero sigma infrastructure!

Dabbawalas are a big organization and have earned praise and wonder from many. They have...

August 06, 2008

Brahma breed of cattle – journey from India to the heartland of US steakhouses

Indians don't eat beef much (mainly Christians and Muslims - along with some Hindus eat)....

August 05, 2008

SIMI's ban lifted a week after it bombed the heck out of India

August 6, 2008: Well, finally Supreme Court has slapped the ban back on SIMI. ============...

August 05, 2008

Even God cannot save India – Supreme Court of India

I have long maintained that India's democracy and the little respect that we have left...

August 02, 2008

Harkishan Singh Surjeet finally leaves the stage: Thank God for small mercies!

Image via WikipediaThe Indo-China War of 1962 remains a watershed in Indian politics - internally....

August 01, 2008

Trashing of History – CPI ishtyle – and our collective amnesia

Quisling . Tojo's dog . agent of imperialists . Imperialist Dog. Who do you think...

July 2008

July 31, 2008

Why Human Spirit has little future in India

This guy is one, who is the most loathed of the terrorists (if there could...

July 31, 2008

Is Nuclear Deal a smokescreen?

All that horse trading was ultimately for useless gains in the Nuclear deal. It was...

July 31, 2008

Explosive defused on route of Amarnath

Image via WikipediaAnd now, a bomb was found on the route of Amarnath pilgrimage. I...

July 31, 2008

And the world remained silent Part II

This is part two of the same movie. It is made by Ashok Pandit, a...

July 31, 2008

And the world remained silent! Part I

Sometimes it sickens me when certain communities keep justifying their "violent streak" on the difficulties...

July 31, 2008

Minds behind Indian Serial Blasts

The masterminds behind the bomb blasts are Rasool Khan Parti and Mohammad Sufiya Ahmed Patangiya...

July 31, 2008

Analysis of the Bomb terror in India

Three more bombs were found in Surat. With that the number of bombs found is...

July 29, 2008

Conquest of Goa and our blind generation!

Tale of India's conquest and its decline is so horrendous and so depressing that everytime...

July 27, 2008

4 Failed States in India's neighborhood

In the latest "Failed States Index, 2008" by Foreign Policy, four countries in our neighborhood...

July 27, 2008

Now, Ahmedabad attacked!

Indian MujahideenThe IB believes the outfit was floated by youth from Hyderabad, as a faction...

July 26, 2008

Nehru's arrogance and scorn for which we keep paying

In the world of geopolitical maneuvering either you should become a powerful "bad-ass" or side...

July 26, 2008

Betrayal of the jawan who died un-named

"Dear Comrade, On the eve of my visit to China, I venture to write to...

July 25, 2008

The Hypocrisy and the breach of norms of Dr. Manmohan Singh's Vote of Trust speech

Yesterday, India's PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh gave a stirring speech (reproduced below) after winning to...

July 23, 2008

Indian politicians – Role Models for Prostitutes in the world

A guy sees a hot looking female. He goes up to her and asks her...