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February 2007

February 11, 2007

Chinese Girls: Their Journey for Freedom

In the second half of the last century, rise of China from an opium eater...

February 10, 2007

Racist Quote of the Month

"I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in...

February 10, 2007

"Talibanist" California Cop Gives Lady Driver a "Sticky Ticket"!

After reading this story, I couldn't believe that this happened in the US and in...

February 09, 2007

A Hindu forced to become a Muslim in Malaysia

Remember we talked about discrimination against the Hindus yesterday? According to the law, when one...

February 06, 2007

The Richest Beggar in Bombay!

I had a story on the rich beggars - well.. here is the richest of...

February 05, 2007

Beggary and the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid!

This story is a case study for Prahlad's "Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid"...

February 02, 2007

India Grows; Its Farmers Die; While Politicians/officials Fight Semantics!

While India's businesses grow by leaps and bounds.. somewhere in India the progress is not...

February 02, 2007

Bush's Secret Agenda to Steal Iraq's Oil!!

As pointed out by VK in his comments (Thanks VK!) - I went through the...

January 2007

January 30, 2007

How racist are Indians?

We have been talking of the racism that Shilpa Shetty faced recently on the Big...

January 29, 2007

Death of the Youngest Iraqi and the Kidnapping Dramas!

The bloodbath by the Shias and Sunnis goes on in Iraq. Here is a dispatch...

January 27, 2007

A Savage War of Peace: Parallels between French-Algerian War and US-Iraq War

Recently it came out that George Bush is reading a special book. It is titled...

January 26, 2007

Democracy isn't a lollipop!

TN Seshan is the guy who gave credibility to the elections in India. He, in...

January 23, 2007

Hamlet on the backroads engaged in BPO Work!

Tom Friedman wrote a book "The World is Flat".. heck that was an understatement! Here...

January 22, 2007

The Islamic Hardliners in England!

Last night I watched a program by Christian Amanpour on the tensions and "war" within...

January 21, 2007

A kid who is brilliant or a criminal mind?

Just look at this kid - he steals and drives the car... and then goes...

January 21, 2007

New York 911 has new changes

Slashdot refers to a plan for new funtionalities of 911 - pictures and videos (from...

January 17, 2007

India's Poverty: Possible Solutions IV

Continuing on the discussion of India's poverty. I recommend everyone here to read two books:...

January 17, 2007

Breast Milk Donation for the Hungry in Africa

An intriguing story of a mother sending off her extra .. breast milk (a common...

January 17, 2007

India's Poverty: Possible Solutions Part III

When I said in my last post about my heart being a "capitalist" heart.. I...

January 17, 2007

India's Poverty: Possible Solutions Part II

Indian society is developing at a fast pace.. but the poverty is not coming down...

January 16, 2007

The Creeping Back of Power of Al Qaeda and Taliban in Pakistan

I have said repeatedly on Intentblog that those who think that the threat in Afghanistan...

January 16, 2007

I had made a post on Zoroastrianism last week and how its principles seemed so...

January 15, 2007

The Road to Solve India's Poverty

Vijay Sappani has written a blog post where he mentions a report by a Canadian...

January 15, 2007

Saddam Half Brother, Ex-Official Hanged

Man, the current Government is out on a witch hunt.. or so it seems. Another...

January 13, 2007

Shortage of Chinese Women to increase to 30 million by 2020.

The coming decade is a good time to be a woman in China! The woman...

January 13, 2007

Oprahs of Smaller Pockets!

Oprah has a school in South Africa. A controversial one given the vanity and flimsiness...

January 10, 2007

Pakistani Brother Kills his sister for Studying and Working because "Allah Willed it"!

When the political parties in India try and appease the Muslim clergies and the society...

January 09, 2007

"Your Future is So Bright, My Eyes are Burning!" Oprah to South African Orphan Girls…

Oprah Winfrey has started a school in South Africa which is going to educate many...

January 05, 2007

Saddam's Execution: Forgiveness vs Vengeance

I came across this nice post on Saddam and how Forgiveness is the way forward...

January 04, 2007

Spate of Me-too Hangings by Minors after Saddam's Hanging Video

Saddam's hanging video was a bad example of journalism from all quarters! But some of...