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2013-02-20T08:27:10-06:00

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Secular Media’s Selective Amnesia as thousands of Muslims attack Hindu Villagers in 24 Parganas in Bengal

Last updated on: February 20, 2013 at 8:27 am By Desh Kapoor

There have been large scale violent attacks by the Muslims on Hindus of that area. People have been killed, houses burnt, businesses looted and temples desecrated. Administration had given a free reign to the fanatics until it was too late. The question is why is there only few mentions of this carnage in the National News – that too in remote columns? Bias: Secular and Communal Given how the newsreports go, had the Hindus attacked the Muslims, the news would... Read more

2013-02-19T21:41:37-06:00

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Monsanto vs Indiana’s Soy Farmer case: Critical for the future of Agriculture in the world!

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 9:41 pm By Desh Kapoor

This is the legal case between a small farmer and Monsanto, the Agriculture Giant of the Genetically Modified seeds. The arguments of both the sides are very strong and very interesting! For the future of agriculture in the US and indeed around the world, the result of this case will be very significant. In fact, critical! A suit between biotech giant Monsanto and an Indiana farmer has reached the high court. Gwen Ifill dissects the case with Marcia Coyle of... Read more

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2013-02-19T13:14:00-06:00

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Are we hard wired to Avoid Exercise?

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 1:14 pm By Desh Kapoor

Are we wired for being against the exercise? It seems that there are individual differences because of the threshold we have in our body for exercise. And that can make it easy for some and difficult for others. So what is the way out? Start with baby steps… and slowly building up. An interesting discussion from WSJ podcast. Image Credit: Mikebaird Read more

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2013-02-19T11:35:42-06:00

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Secrets of Happy Families: Wisdom from Empirical study runs counter to traditional wisdom

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 11:35 am By Desh Kapoor

For his new book, The Secrets of Happy Families, Bruce Feiler used his experience as an investigative reporter to discover new techniques and ideas to make contemporary family life more functional, more meaningful and more fun. Rather than turning to traditional experts, he interviewed creative thinkers from the fields of business, sports, technology, television and the military and much of what he found countered age old-wisdom about what it takes to have a fulfilling family life. Guest host Maiken Scott... Read more

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2013-02-19T09:55:47-06:00

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Story of Ali Mohamed: Osama’s spy in US who infiltrated the FBI, CIA and the US Army!

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 9:55 am By Desh Kapoor

What an extraordinary tale of infiltration of the US Intelligence agencies and Armed forces by an Al Qaeda spy working for Osama Bin Laden. His motivation or ideal? “With Political domination, Islam cannot survive” This is the true story of Egyptian spy Ali Mohamed. He infiltrated U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and FBI, and joined the U.S. Army. At the same time, he took orders from the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization and later joined forces with al Qaeda.... Read more

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2013-02-19T08:32:56-06:00

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Indian IT companies headed for a rough future

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 8:32 am By Desh Kapoor

Experts are predicting that the high profit margins experienced by the Indian IT companies will erode in the next 3-5 years. And would settle at just around the 11-15% mark. Within the next two years, experts predict that operating margins will fall to below 20% (the average is 25% now for Infosys, TCS, Wipro and HCL Tech) and settle at a level that just about takes it past single digits. For comparison, in the quarter to September, the average operating... Read more

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2013-02-19T00:50:11-06:00

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Markandey Katju: Rushes out of Interview in Anger on being questioned; is he fit to run Press Council of India?

Last updated on: February 19, 2013 at 12:50 am By Desh Kapoor

Justice Markandey Katju who has been locking horns with Arun Jaitley and BJP in general has been flouting all the norms of being impartial as the person at helm of the Press Council of India. Well, he has recently been showing anger against Narendra Modi as if he is on some crusade ordered by Sonia Gandhi and Digvijay Singh. His charge against Modi is that Modi is dictatorial and doesn’t listen to anyone. But, when this Katju guy is asked to... Read more

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2013-02-18T23:40:49-06:00

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Filmfare Awards: When Pakeezah and Bobby lost Best Film and Music category, and Mughal-e-Azam lost to Parakh

Last updated on: February 18, 2013 at 11:40 pm By Desh Kapoor

I was watching the Filmfare Awards nite on Sony yesterday. Of course these days Filmfare or any other movie awards shows are not just about who won and who didn’t. They are more about performances and MCing. Well, in yesterday’s 2013 award show, I would say that Hrithik Roshan’s performance of the Ganpati song was hands down one of the best ever. As much credence that is given to these movie awards, I wanted to see which movies had really... Read more

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2013-02-18T22:25:43-06:00

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Raj Mohan Nair, the Electric Man from Kerala: Super Human who conducts Electricity through his body!

Last updated on: February 18, 2013 at 10:25 pm By Desh Kapoor

Raj Mohan Nair from Kerala is called the Electric Man. He can have high voltage electricity flow through him and feel no impact of it. If such a thing were happening to someone else, he would die instantly from complete organ failure! Read more

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2013-02-18T21:52:39-06:00

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Whiskey: Its history and current industry

Last updated on: February 18, 2013 at 9:52 pm By Desh Kapoor

Whiskey has had a love-hate relationship with mankind. It has been the big thing in the liquor industry for a long time. However, it has been on a decline for last 3-4 decades. Now it seems to be making a comeback in the market. Tom Ashbrook of OnPoint Radio brings a program on the History and the current state of the Whiskey industry. “Whiskey is all right in its place,” said the famous evangelist Billy Sunday, “but its place is... Read more

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