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2012-11-12T21:36:04-06:00

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Diwali – Journey from Darkness and Untruth to Light and Truth

Last updated on: November 12, 2012 at 9:36 pm By Desh Kapoor

Fulfillment of light as embodiment of Truth is the greatest aspiration held in Spiritual journey, which the Hindu way of life celebrates. The light comes from clarity of one’s perception of reality, and darkness stems from conditioning of mind and senses clouding the experience of life. Darkness is not evil, and Light is not just Good. Darkness is the prevailing of ignorance of Untruth, and Light is the experience of Truth. Mind conditioning, which is facilitated by the gathering of... Read more

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Diwali

2012-11-12T12:48:18-06:00

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BSNL server vulnerable to hacking; shows a 19 yr old

Last updated on: November 12, 2012 at 12:48 pm By Desh Kapoor

In a recent incident, Nikhil Thakur – a 19 year old ethical hacker – broke into Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) – and got access to some confidential databases. By his action he tried to show to the establishment, how vulnerable these websites are and how much risk the customers of this company are facing. Before he hacked into the site, he had sent an email to the Chief Executive of the BSNL, but never received a reply. That the... Read more

2012-11-12T12:08:03-06:00

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The Changing American Electorate and the "Establishment"

Last updated on: November 12, 2012 at 12:08 pm By Desh Kapoor

In a very interesting and informative essay in The New Yorker, there are two paragraphs which sum up the entire change that is coming in the American politics and the complete disbelief or lack of understanding by the Republicans, as well as their memories of the “glorious past”, which some of them want to reconstruct. First is about how the electorate in US is achanging: Last Tuesday, Romney won three-fifths of the white vote, matching or exceeding what several winning... Read more

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Mitt Romney

2012-11-11T20:59:03-06:00

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Gujarat has highest number of Muslim Cops per police station amongst all Indian States

Last updated on: November 11, 2012 at 8:59 pm By Desh Kapoor

All the Modi baiters have a problem. They have been promoting the story that Gujarat’s administrative machinery is heavily weighed against the Muslims, and so – the Muslims are scared and not safe in that state. Is that really so? Well, in answer to an RTI filed by Times of India, the Government of India has confirmed that Gujarat has highest number of Police officers in the Police stations amongst all the Indian States. The data, shared by the home... Read more

2012-11-11T17:08:01-06:00

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Girish Karnad – Ahmednijad of Indian Secularists – his Denial of Islamic Genocide of Hindus and Promotion of Negationism

Last updated on: November 11, 2012 at 5:08 pm By Desh Kapoor

Girish Karnad recently went after the author VS Naipaul at the Mumbai LitFest and argued why it was wrong to honour Naipaul with the Lifetime Achievement award. He targeted Naipaul for his “faulty” understanding of the Muslim contributions to India and how Naipaul was stuck in a narrative that suggested Muslim Invaders ravaged the pristine India and made it poorer. Referring to the analysis of Indian culture and music by certain Indologists, Mr. Karnad said the whole matrix was already... Read more

Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

2012-11-10T08:14:55-06:00

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Is Belly Button just a "Birth Scar" or something more important?

Last updated on: November 10, 2012 at 8:14 am By Desh Kapoor

An average belly button is not as harmless as it may seem. Any average Belly Button – or Navel – has over 50 species of bacteria. Strangely, the bacteria differ in different people, making it as a total of thousands of species that have been identified. Some of the species are common, but most are different. As we looked at belly buttons we saw a terrible, yawning, richness of life. The average belly button hosted 50 or so species and... Read more

Health & Medicine

Belly Button

Navel

2012-11-09T22:54:33-06:00

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Is Russia going back to its USSR days and Cold War with US?

Last updated on: November 9, 2012 at 10:54 pm By Desh Kapoor

While Cold War with USSR has long been over thanks to Gorbachev; but is it intelligent to wish all that will never come back? Or is Russia, in a nostalgic flashback trying to get its colonies back? Russia agreed to provide military and technical support to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the form of direct assistance. The Kyrgyz army is particularly in need of such support. The army is still equipped with howitzers left from the Great Patriotic War. Analysts have... Read more

2012-11-08T13:14:47-06:00

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Few Insights from Obama's election victory for 2nd Term

Last updated on: November 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm By Desh Kapoor

Barack Obama’s election victory for the 2nd term is historic, at least that is obvious. But there are many insights that one can get if one was to look at the election, the issues being fought for and the implications of the results. Making the Voice of the Marginalized Matter: Most of the commentators are certain that the reason why Obama won in many traditionally “Red” states – including Virginia – is because he had the “ground game” right. Which... Read more

2012-11-08T11:07:49-06:00

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Samsung Galaxy SIII beats iPhone 4S hands down globally!

Last updated on: November 8, 2012 at 11:07 am By Desh Kapoor

While the whole world is going gaga over Apple and iPhone, it is Samsung with its Galaxy powerhouse phones which are kicking some serious ass behind the scene. Strategy Analytics estimated Samsung sold 18 million S III models in the third quarter, compared with iPhone 4S sales of 16.2 million. And the competition for Samsung is more and different. If one likes Apple, then the only thing they can go for is iPhone. However, like me, if you want to... Read more

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Technology

Samsung SIII

2012-11-08T10:49:35-06:00

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Gujarat is the best state for Economic Freedom

Last updated on: November 8, 2012 at 10:49 am By Desh Kapoor

Economic Freedom is a new measure of where an economy is headed. Based on work done by renowned economists – Milton Friedman and Michael Walker – an Economic Freedom of Indian states index was developed to understand where that state was headed. Economic Freedom of the States of India 2012 report demonstrates the significant differences in economic governance that exist in India. It thus has focused attention on state-level reforms to improve inclusive economic growth. The Index is based on... Read more

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