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December 2012

December 27, 2012

Visual Details of Hindustani Classical Music (Infographic)

Hindustani Classical Music - the North Indian Classical - is a complex art and science. ...

December 27, 2012

Difference between a Yes Man and a Leader

A ‘yes man’ is a dangerous man. He may rise very high, he might even...

December 27, 2012

Prisoners of Conscience, a movie – from the years of Emergency in India in 1975

Today, the country is again seeing a repeat of the emergency - albeit, undeclared one. ...

December 27, 2012

Greater Jwala Hindu Temple near Baku, Azherbaijan has Sanskrit and Punjabi inscriptions

The influence of Hinduism beyond the normal borders of India has been well known. Here...

December 26, 2012

Important lesson for India from Sweden, the World’s Rape Capital (30 times more rapes a year than India)!

Sweden recorded 63 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants this year. That was 30 times that of...

December 26, 2012

Mary Kom is Yahoo! India’s first-ever Person of the Year 2012

Yahoo India's Person of the Year 2012 is the Indian boxer - Mary Kom! In...

December 26, 2012

8 Indian CEOs make it to the HBR list of Top Performing Global CEOs

India based corporates are going global and Indian CEOs are being recognized as leaders as...

December 24, 2012

Haal chaal THEEK thaak HAI, PM-ji aap ki dua se sab THEEK thaak hai!!

Dr. Manmohan Singh finally spoke. And when he ended his listless speech, he ended it...

December 24, 2012

AP Congress Chief: “Just because India achieved freedom at midnight does not mean that women can venture out after dark”

Just when you think you have heard it all in terms of complete insensitivity of...

December 23, 2012

Delhi Protesters had to be engaged, heard, and spoken to… instead they were Lathi charged!

I agree with Kiran Bedi here. All those 5 people were missing. This bloody Government...

December 23, 2012

Violence and Political Intrigue at India Gate as Gangrape Protest turns wild

India Gate was ground zero today, as the protesters were treated badly. Lathi charged and...

December 23, 2012

Swami Vivekananda on Prosperity of Christian nations and their Evangelism

Here is Swami Vivekananda on the so-called prosperity brought by Evangelical Christian nations and their...

December 22, 2012

Why are Indians prudish?

Someone asked this question on Quora in this way: The older codes of Indian law...

December 22, 2012

Zakir Naik and Peace TV: the Jihadi Devil gets the boot!

Agniveer is a Hindu educational organization, which does detailed analysis of Vedas and scriptures. It...

December 21, 2012

Income Tax Appellate decides “Hinduism is neither a Religion, nor a Community”!

It seems the Government Agencies in India seem to go in to some kind of...

December 21, 2012

iTimes launches it re-purposed avatar as an “Interest-based Social Network”

Times of India has now launched an interesting "Interest-based Social network" by repurposing its iTimes...

December 21, 2012

Why Markandey Katju’s assessment of Modi doesn’t make sense

After Modi's victory, there is a lot of discussion and debate on both sides of...

December 20, 2012

75% of India’s $500 billion Black Money is held outside the country

India is rather high in the black money hoarding list. India is among the top...

December 20, 2012

Neem-Papaya juice found effective in Dengue prevention and cure

This is a rather interesting find - cure that occurs in nature - which can...

December 20, 2012

Tihar Inmates beat up Delhi Gang rapist and force him to eat human excreta and drink urine!

Wow, even the hard core criminals can't stand the inhumanity of this guy. Serves him...

December 20, 2012

Modi wins: First time anyone has won repeatedly in a democracy despite an openly and viciously Hostile mainstream media!

Narendra Modi has finally won the Gujarat elections for the third consecutive time. As of...

December 19, 2012

Why is US State Department shielding ISI and its Jihadi ex-DGs in NY District Court?

"For three decades, consecutive US administrations, Republicans and Democrat, as well as the governments in...

December 18, 2012

Why is a society of Sunny Leones, Power-Money, Ramdev/Hazare-bashing so clueless about the Rape Epidemic?

When Gautam Buddha was setting up his Sangha, he admitted only male monks. He is...

December 16, 2012

Rehman Malik is a proxy of ISI and Pak Army: Hamid Mir

We have talked about how stupidly has Rehman Malik been speaking around in India. Here...

December 16, 2012

Will Egypt become the next Pakistan or India?

Three weeks ago, the prime minister of India appointed Syed Asif Ibrahim as the new...

December 15, 2012

Varanasi, oldest continuously inhabited city in the world: a Documentary

This is a beautiful documentary on Varanasi by two New Yorkers. I think they have...

December 14, 2012

Rehman Malik’s “Weather remark” on Capt Kalia: May the Bhasmasur of Pakistan bless that Nation’s head!

Saurabh Kalia, along with 5 sepoys went on a routine patrol on the Bajrang Post...

December 14, 2012

Pakistani Media and its perception of “Indian Media’s Onslaught”

This, as we discussed earlier, is a very common topic on the Pakistani channels. And,...

December 14, 2012

Lindsey Lohan’s work against Child Trafficking in India

Lindsey Lohan hasn't really handled herself well through her life. So, it was nice to...

December 14, 2012

Chanakya on role of Ashram in revolt against corrupt Rulers

The objection of monks taking up a role in Nation's politics is useless. And this...