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July 2006

July 02, 2006

How Derivative Perceptions Affect our Success

"We need to be treated as special kids in special schools" Shonya (name changed) said...

June 2006

June 01, 2006

Eternal Poverty @ the Cost of Reservations!!

What is of significance is that as stated in Karan Thappar's interview For example, a...

May 2006

May 27, 2006

(Reservation Debate) Reverse Racism is NOT a cure for Racism!

One alumni of my alma mater where I did my Masters wrote this on reservation:...

May 27, 2006

Tea-stall owner's son an IAS topper

In this day and age of clamour for reservations and high fees that the educational...

May 24, 2006

Reservations for POK Kids in IITs/IIMs??

Now it is the turn of the POK kids to seek reservations in IIMs and...

May 23, 2006

Facts? Hmm.. Decision is Final! Arjun-the-joker-Singh Grilled!

As Nandi has pointed out this issue of reservations is inherently a facetious one that...

May 18, 2006

Petition Against Reservation in India

The Government of India is now adamant on increasing the reservation for SC/ST/OBC to 49.5%...

May 03, 2006

Portents of another Bloodshed?

Are these the beginnings of another bloodshed in Gujarat? A 32-year-old man was burnt alive...

May 02, 2006

No Immigrant Day, Blackberry and Trendy Jobs!

So yesterday's protests in the US by predominantly Hispanic immigrants was a big success where...

May 02, 2006

A Hard Working Iranian and Anti-Illegal Immigration Boycotts.

The morning started early 3 am - got ready and while I was checking my...

April 2006

April 27, 2006

Indian workers' Dubai dream turns sour!!

Dubai used to be a destination of choice of the Indian immigrants leaving Indian shores.....

April 09, 2006

Hindu Temple in Minnesota Vandalized

Is US going in the right direction? With so many religious overtones to every aspect...

April 09, 2006

Debate on the Reservations in the IIMs

Good the debate on the mindless reservation has started in India - specially in case...

April 08, 2006

Shaking with a Sheikh!

Here is an article by a convert to Islam named Yvonne Ridley about her refusal...

April 08, 2006

Afghan Clerics: West should mind its own business. Come again?

The author of this article on German site Spiegel.de asks this question below - is...

April 06, 2006

50% of IIT/IIM entrants Will be Reserved

This was a small news article on this site - with GRAVE consequences for the...

April 05, 2006

Ashurah: A Barbaric Observance!

There are many gross practices in many religions - but this one called Ashurah takes...

March 2006

March 27, 2006

Man Divorces Wife in Sleep – Clerics insist they are Divorced!

A must read....A man says he wants to divorce his wife in sleep.. and the...

March 26, 2006

Illegal Immigrants in the US Show their Strength!

This is really funny! I can understand that US needs to respect the immigrants -...

March 09, 2006

Negative Perceptions of Islam in US

The world is changing and it is becoming more anti-Islam - part of it has...

March 07, 2006

Bomb Blast in Varanasi

Those bastards are at it again!! The motivation for Varanasi to be the target would...

February 2006

February 23, 2006

Islamic world and Oil Futures

Oil reserves are on the way down. World is clamouring for aternative resources for energy....

February 22, 2006

Bridging the Gap – call for volunteers

This is kind of a "world-wide" blog cultural exchange - where I have 'enrolled' myself...

February 20, 2006

Normal Muslim Bollywood Stories no more?

Last night I watched a rather different kind of Bollywood movie "Iqbal". The reason I...

February 15, 2006

Mail from "A Muslim" to boycott West

Just got this email in my inbox! Wow.. this does seem to have grown to...

February 15, 2006

Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest in Israel

Pickled Politics reports that Jews are getting ready for an Anti-Semitic Cartoon contest.. quotes Leslie...

February 15, 2006

Indian Sailor killed on Ship over Prophet Cartoon Debate!!

This is absolutely nonsensical!! Life of a soldier is FAR more important than ANY argument!...

February 15, 2006

Counter-productive Affirmative Action and Reservations

There have been many discussions and questions on reservations (or Affirmative Action as it is...

February 14, 2006

Indian Army Chief against Muslim Census

Now, even Army Chief JJ Singh has joined in this debate on the Muslim census...

February 14, 2006

Abode of Mohammad Bin Tughlaqs

Mohammad Bin Tughlaq was the son of Ghiyas ud din and came to the throne...