Wednesday, November 11, 2009
rajeev on rediff regarding dharma, temple entry, last stand of 13 kumaon, anti-sikh pogrom
nov 11th, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
amazing, yanks actually executed a jihadi
nov 10th, 2009
and that too, one named mohammed. what, CAIR was sleeping? and the saudis couldn't work out some arrangement?
see his "twinkie defense":
Muhammad's attorneys had asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they said Muhammad had brain damage and neurological problems, as well as psychotic and delusional behavior, exacerbated by the Gulf War Syndrome he suffered as a sergeant in the first Iraq war.
i am sure major dr hasan is taking notes.
The lips firmly to the bottom – aka “strategic reassurance”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902793.html
feed them to the wolves - this is what Obama’s policy actually means to neighbors of China. It should come as no surprise; the blighter was their candidate all along.
Say what you will about Bush, but he never turned away the Dalai Lama and did make a studied pretence of standing up to the barbarians – remember that US spy plane that had to land on the mainland? What a circus that was, complete with hysterically shrieking han she-wolf of the dead chinese pilot.
Also it is strange that the Yanks defer to Russians (which, to clarify, is fine with me) while the hans push them around
All in all – we are quite alone in the world. Even the pygmy nations like Lankans now push us around.
feed them to the wolves - this is what Obama’s policy actually means to neighbors of China. It should come as no surprise; the blighter was their candidate all along.
Say what you will about Bush, but he never turned away the Dalai Lama and did make a studied pretence of standing up to the barbarians – remember that US spy plane that had to land on the mainland? What a circus that was, complete with hysterically shrieking han she-wolf of the dead chinese pilot.
Also it is strange that the Yanks defer to Russians (which, to clarify, is fine with me) while the hans push them around
All in all – we are quite alone in the world. Even the pygmy nations like Lankans now push us around.
Maoists helped by China
nov 10th, 2009
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| Home Secretary G K Pillai said the Naxals were getting arms from India's neighbour, China. This is the first time the Centre has officially admitted to any body from China to have had a hand in the Naxal movement. |
Press Release - VHP of America condemns the gruesome and barbaric attack in Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5th, 2009.
nov 10th, 2009
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From: rishi
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2009
VHP of America condemns the gruesome and barbaric attack in Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5th, 2009.
On behalf of the Hindu American community of USA, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) of America (VHPA) extends its deepest condolences and expresses its heartfelt sympathies to the friends and families of the victims of this cowardly, gruesome and mindless terror attack at the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, on November, 5th 2009, committed by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist.
VHPA is outraged and saddened by the murder of murder of 12 brave American soldiers and 1 civilian, at Fort Hood, Texas. We express our best wishes for the well being of the thirty eight soldiers, wounded in this attack. We salute Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley who stopped the rampage by shooting the gunman despite being shot herself and saved lives.
VHPA shares the distress and grief of the families of the departed souls, and assures them that the Hindus of America stand united with their brothers and sisters in this time of grief and sorrow.
Incidentally, Hindus around the world have been and continue to be victims of similar attacks. The Fort Hood attack drives home the need for all Americans to unite in solidarity and support for the families of the brave men and women we lost. This is also the time when we must reiterate our resolve to defeat terrorism, and the religious inspirations that fuel them, throughout the world.
In view of this gruesome attack, and the one earlier this year, in Little Lock Arkansas, outside an Army Navy recruiting center where two soldiers were killed, VHPA hopes that all steps are taken at the administrative level, so that such incidents do not befall our brave men and women in future.
Contact Details: Vijay Narang Director, Media Relations, VHP of America
director_mr@vhp-america.org
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) of America (VHPA), founded in 1970 and incorporated in the state of New York in 1974, is an independent, nonprofit, tax- exempt and volunteer-based charitable organization serving the needs of Hindu community in USA . It aims to build a dynamic and vibrant Hindu society rooted in the eternal values of Dharma and inspired by the lofty ideal of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , i.e. the entire creation is one family.
For more information on VHPA, please write to media@vhp-america.org or visit http://www.vhp-america.org
From: rishi
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2009
VHP of America condemns the gruesome and barbaric attack in Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5th, 2009.
On behalf of the Hindu American community of USA, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) of America (VHPA) extends its deepest condolences and expresses its heartfelt sympathies to the friends and families of the victims of this cowardly, gruesome and mindless terror attack at the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, on November, 5th 2009, committed by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist.
VHPA is outraged and saddened by the murder of murder of 12 brave American soldiers and 1 civilian, at Fort Hood, Texas. We express our best wishes for the well being of the thirty eight soldiers, wounded in this attack. We salute Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley who stopped the rampage by shooting the gunman despite being shot herself and saved lives.
VHPA shares the distress and grief of the families of the departed souls, and assures them that the Hindus of America stand united with their brothers and sisters in this time of grief and sorrow.
Incidentally, Hindus around the world have been and continue to be victims of similar attacks. The Fort Hood attack drives home the need for all Americans to unite in solidarity and support for the families of the brave men and women we lost. This is also the time when we must reiterate our resolve to defeat terrorism, and the religious inspirations that fuel them, throughout the world.
In view of this gruesome attack, and the one earlier this year, in Little Lock Arkansas, outside an Army Navy recruiting center where two soldiers were killed, VHPA hopes that all steps are taken at the administrative level, so that such incidents do not befall our brave men and women in future.
Contact Details: Vijay Narang Director, Media Relations, VHP of America
director_mr@vhp-america.org
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) of America (VHPA), founded in 1970 and incorporated in the state of New York in 1974, is an independent, nonprofit, tax- exempt and volunteer-based charitable organization serving the needs of Hindu community in USA . It aims to build a dynamic and vibrant Hindu society rooted in the eternal values of Dharma and inspired by the lofty ideal of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam , i.e. the entire creation is one family.
For more information on VHPA, please write to media@vhp-america.org or visit http://www.vhp-america.org
Fwd: Link to Vande Mataram: Once Again A Battle Ground
nov 10th, 2009
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Link to the article.
Vande Mataram: Once Again A Battle Ground - Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan
http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/vanda-mataram-once-again-a-battle-ground-sadhu-v-rangarajan/
From: Ishwar
Link to the article.
Vande Mataram: Once Again A Battle Ground - Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan
http://bharatabharati.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/vanda-mataram-once-again-a-battle-ground-sadhu-v-rangarajan/
Vande Mataram
nov 10th, 2009
the fatwa shows once again that mohammedan institutions have no allegiance to the indian nation. what they have said is patently unconstitutional, and they should be asked to leave for pakistan.
they deserve the choice they offer others: "convert, flee, or die".
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Vande Mataram: Soul of our Nation and Nationalism
B R Haran
07 Nov 2009
Vande Mataram
Mother, I salute thee!
Rich with hurrying streams,
Bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Green fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.
Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease.
Laughing low and Sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.
- Sri Aurobindo (from his English translation of Vande Mataram)
Muslim Clergy against Vande Mataram
During the centenary of (singing of) Vande Mataram in September 2006, Darul Uloom, the foremost seminary of Muslims at Deoband, gave a decree that the National Song is un-Islamic and that Muslims must not sing it. This decree was upheld on 3 November 2009 by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, which passed a resolution saying, "The fatwa of Darul Uloom opposing recitation of Vande Mataram is correct."
The Home Minister, who went there on an invitation from Jamiat, condemned the demolition of the disputed structure over Bhagwan Ram's Janmasthan. Though the disputed structure was not in use by the Muslim community, the secular brigade has been repeatedly lying that it was a 'Masjid' and Chidambaram repeated the same lie and described the demolition of this religious affront to the Hindu community as "a manifestation of religious fanaticism and an act of extreme prejudice."
While Chidambaram praised the Darul Uloom for issuing a fatwa against terrorism in February 2008, he conveniently kept quiet on the Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad blasts and the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack which happened after issuance of the so-called fatwa. Although the continuing terror acts proved that the fatwa was nothing but the Islamic game of "Taqiya", Chidambaram sought ulema cooperation in the fight against terror. The Jamiat for its part condemned suicide bombings and killings of innocents as 'unpardonable sin', but termed "Jihad" a "constructive phenomenon" without explaining what 'constructive' means.
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italian rightwinger calls mohammed names on TV
nov 10th, 2009
even mohammedans have to acknowledge that what she said is accurate. so what is the problem?
this, interestingly, is the kind of thing the goldstone report will prohibit. that is, you cannot say anything mohammedans don't like. oh yeah, freedom of speech means you only say things i like (sort of like the woman in "v").
also, ironically, this is the other side of the picture regarding something mohammedans are very proud of. they ask those whom they want to convert: "did krishna or christ exist? do you have proof? but mohammed did exist. therefore mohammedanism is the true faith". (ok, we won't quibble about the non sequitur or the lack of logic, but this is their claim).
well, the other side is that yes, mohammed did exist, or so you yourselves claim. yes, mohammed did have many wives. yes, mohammed did have sex with a 9 year old. these are alleged historical facts that the entire body of mohammedan mythology celebrates. (i say alleged because i have no way of researching them independently.)
also, mohammed did grab his daughter-in-law, and allah conveniently added a new clause to the koran saying that is is just fine for old fathers-in-law to covet young daughters-in-law and rape them. this is the logic whereby the mullahs last year in india exonerated an old goat mohdan who raped his daughter-in-law. they told her that henceforth she belonged to the old goat, and her erstwhile husband was now her son!
so, if you shout from the rooftops that mohammed was a real human, well, expect shouts from the other side about the things he did that you yourselves have documented.
what, are you embarrassed about the many wives or the rape of a young girl, a 9 year old? nooooo! how could you be, since mohammed was the perfect human! therefore you should be happy that other people bring out these delicious events in his life, so that you yourself can emulate him (assuming you are a mohdan male).
obama will keep ft hood shooter alive and feed him biriyani
nov 10th, 2009
obama and manmohan will exchange notes on how to pander to mohammedan terrorists who were caught red-handed. they may even discuss biriyani recipes. they should be giving 'dhimmitude 101' lectures as well.
i guess "nadal malik hasan" is american for "ajmal qasab" or the pakistani who shot up parliament, i have forgotten his name.
stanford: The Global Politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan on 12/3
nov 10th, 2009
i can well imagine what the 'abbasi center' will have to say: us should get out of af-pak.
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superb article by fouad ajami in wsj: comparing communism and mohammedanism
nov 10th, 2009
and saying mohammedans need to get out of their system just like those under communism did.
more from the wsj on fort hood: and prejudice
nov 10th, 2009
the elephant in the drawing room: they are all afraid to say the obvious -- "mohammedan terrorism".
remember how easily the term "hindu terrorism" rolls off the keyboards of all of india's ELM's congenital idiots? that is, even when nobody is killed, there are no shouts of glory to god, and there is no evidence of any conspiracy.
can we say "prejudice", boys and girls?
fort hood guy was in touch with jihadi "spiritual advisor"
nov 10th, 2009
why are jihadi preachers called "spiritual advisors"? they should be called what they are: "terrorist preachers", or if you are too wimpish, "radical preachers".
they wouldn't recognize 'spiritual' if it were presented to them on a platter with watercress around it.
Warning Signs Ignored for Fort Hood Shooter
All the warning signs were there before Major Nidal Hassan went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas. These were all ignored as others feared speaking out due to political correctness.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Aparthied in kerala continues unabated....even for dead!
nov 9th, 2009
a hindu life is not worth anything. but mohammedan and christist lives are.
let us remember maniappan ramankutty, beheaded by taliban in UPA I with absolutely no efforts by e ahamed, foreign minister (apparently for semitic affairs). but a mohammedan whose eye was to be removed (eye for an eye) was saved -- against sharia. a christist who was held as hostage was rescued.
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Why this Religous Discrimination in Compensations as well?
October 17 2009 : Four children have drowned in the Eruthumkadavu river in Kasargode. The dead have been identified as Ajith -12, Ajeesh -15, Rathan Kumar -15 and Abhilash-17, students of Mahjans school, Neerchal.
November 3 2009 : Ten year old Sajo Thomas drowned in Neyyar river in Amboori Thiruvananthapuram
November 4 2009 :Eight children have drowned in the Chaliyar river in Areekode , Malappuram. The dead have been identified as V Sirajudheen, Thoufeeq, Shameem, Suhail, Shihabudheen Muhammad Mushtiq ,Thoiba and Shahid.
Within a Month we lost 13 Children in a similar fashion- Now HK would like to invite your attention to the amount given as compensation by state government.
Five Lakhs Rupees each for those who died in Mallapuram and Thiruvananthapuram and One Lakh rupees for those who died in Kasargode.
The loss of their Children is equally painful for their parents and family whether they are from a Hindu, Christian or Muslim family. No amount of money from any one could replace the loss of young kids.
But why this double standards even to the dead bodies of Hindu Children? If this is not blind hatred towards Hindus- Then what is this? Is this the equality you Communists are preaching
October 17 2009 : Four children have drowned in the Eruthumkadavu river in Kasargode. The dead have been identified as Ajith -12, Ajeesh -15, Rathan Kumar -15 and Abhilash-17, students of Mahjans school, Neerchal.
November 3 2009 : Ten year old Sajo Thomas drowned in Neyyar river in Amboori Thiruvananthapuram
November 4 2009 :Eight children have drowned in the Chaliyar river in Areekode , Malappuram. The dead have been identified as V Sirajudheen, Thoufeeq, Shameem, Suhail, Shihabudheen Muhammad Mushtiq ,Thoiba and Shahid.
Within a Month we lost 13 Children in a similar fashion- Now HK would like to invite your attention to the amount given as compensation by state government.
Five Lakhs Rupees each for those who died in Mallapuram and Thiruvananthapuram and One Lakh rupees for those who died in Kasargode.
The loss of their Children is equally painful for their parents and family whether they are from a Hindu, Christian or Muslim family. No amount of money from any one could replace the loss of young kids.
But why this double standards even to the dead bodies of Hindu Children? If this is not blind hatred towards Hindus- Then what is this? Is this the equality you Communists are preaching
japan's midsize companies which are world-beaters
nov 9th, 2009
i had been aware of the reactor steel-container company, but didn't know there were so many leading companies in the middle-segment (much like germany's "mittelstand") that were such leaders. it is not clear if japan will be able to maintain its leadership though, as a) its population ages, b) they move away from an innovation-based society to a wealth-based society.
is there a similar opportunity for india's medium-sized companies? one or two companies that seem to have made a transition to the big time -- bharat forge, suzlon, moser baer. maybe there are others doing 'frugal engineering' that are in the pipeline.
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14793432&source=hptextfeature
Japan's technology champions
Invisible but indispensable
Nov 5th 2009 | TOKYO
From The Economist print edition
A host of medium-sized Japanese electronics firms have developed
dominant positions in many areas of technology. Can they keep them?
ABOUT 40 nuclear reactors are under construction around the world,
designed by half a dozen companies from America, China, France, Japan
and Russia. But to obtain a huge, solid-steel vessel to contain the
radioactivity, all must turn to a single firm, Japan Steel Works, on
the northern island of Hokkaido. Though smaller or welded vessels
exist, only the Japanese company has the technology to forge the
critical $150m part from a single 600-tonne ingot.
Few companies find themselves in such a privileged position. But Japan
Steel Works is only the most visible example of an insufficiently
appreciated feature of corporate Japan. The country has a host of
medium-sized firms that dominate specialised global markets. Some of
these are in simple engineering: Shimano earns around $1.5 billion a
year by supplying 60-70% of the world's bicycle gears and brakes; YKK
makes around half the world's zip fasteners by value, and used to
control far more. But it is in the arcane corners of electronics,
engineering and materials-science that Japanese companies reign. The
technologies are largely invisible to consumers, but the firms enjoy
outsize market shares because they are essential for making particular
products.
For example, around 75% of motors for hard-disk drives in computers
come from a firm called Nidec; 90% of the micro-motors used to adjust
the rear-view mirror in every car are made by Mabuchi. Often the
products are components, materials or equipment used to make other
equipment: TEL makes 80% of the etchers used in making an LCD panel;
Covalent produces 60% of the containers that hold silicon wafers as
they are turned into computer chips.
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i had been aware of the reactor steel-container company, but didn't know there were so many leading companies in the middle-segment (much like germany's "mittelstand") that were such leaders. it is not clear if japan will be able to maintain its leadership though, as a) its population ages, b) they move away from an innovation-based society to a wealth-based society.
is there a similar opportunity for india's medium-sized companies? one or two companies that seem to have made a transition to the big time -- bharat forge, suzlon, moser baer. maybe there are others doing 'frugal engineering' that are in the pipeline.
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14793432&source=hptextfeature
Japan's technology champions
Invisible but indispensable
Nov 5th 2009 | TOKYO
From The Economist print edition
A host of medium-sized Japanese electronics firms have developed
dominant positions in many areas of technology. Can they keep them?
ABOUT 40 nuclear reactors are under construction around the world,
designed by half a dozen companies from America, China, France, Japan
and Russia. But to obtain a huge, solid-steel vessel to contain the
radioactivity, all must turn to a single firm, Japan Steel Works, on
the northern island of Hokkaido. Though smaller or welded vessels
exist, only the Japanese company has the technology to forge the
critical $150m part from a single 600-tonne ingot.
Few companies find themselves in such a privileged position. But Japan
Steel Works is only the most visible example of an insufficiently
appreciated feature of corporate Japan. The country has a host of
medium-sized firms that dominate specialised global markets. Some of
these are in simple engineering: Shimano earns around $1.5 billion a
year by supplying 60-70% of the world's bicycle gears and brakes; YKK
makes around half the world's zip fasteners by value, and used to
control far more. But it is in the arcane corners of electronics,
engineering and materials-science that Japanese companies reign. The
technologies are largely invisible to consumers, but the firms enjoy
outsize market shares because they are essential for making particular
products.
For example, around 75% of motors for hard-disk drives in computers
come from a firm called Nidec; 90% of the micro-motors used to adjust
the rear-view mirror in every car are made by Mabuchi. Often the
products are components, materials or equipment used to make other
equipment: TEL makes 80% of the etchers used in making an LCD panel;
Covalent produces 60% of the containers that hold silicon wafers as
they are turned into computer chips.
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'going mohammedan' -- tunku varadarajan says something sensible for a change
nov 10th, 2009
running amok (lit. going crazy and killing people with a kris, a knife, originally a malay expression) is not necessarily a mohammedan specialty alone. but shouting 'allahu akbar', writing fundamentalist global-conquest, jihadi stuff on the net, and preparing himself for suicide bombing is indeed a mohammedan specialty.
every time a mohammedan does something violent, everyone says it has nothing to do with mohammedanism. on the contrary, it has everything to do with mohammedanism.
the problem is mohammedanism, not mohammedans. any apostate mohammedan is a great guy.
Sy Hersh on Paki nuclear arsenal
nov 9th, 2009
what is really scary is why obama and the rest of the nonproliferation ayatollahs are doing this: they have written india off.
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/11/16/091116fa_fact_hersh
Bringing growth to India's villages
nov 9th, 2009
this is what i have been talking about, san and vineet. the solution is not in creating monstrous 'satanic mills' and urban ghettos and uprooting people, but in uplifting rural folks right there in the villages.
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| Bringing growth to India's villages By Shilpa Kannan India Business Report, BBC World News The World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit is under way in Delhi, with the theme of India's Next Generation of Growth. As the world emerges from the economic slump, what does India need to do to raise that next generation? It is a cold and foggy morning as the Singh family gather around for their breakfast, close to an open fire to keep warm. Sitting amid acres of lush green farms, it is easy to forget that this village is less than two hours from the national capital, Delhi. In this farming community, life revolves around crops and monsoons - and the irregularity of the two. So it is not easy for Lokender Singh, 29, to step away from farming and find a job. But finding a job is what he and many of his young cousins dream of everyday. He says it's not easy to run a family with the income from the farms. "When the rains are good, we have a good harvest and when it's dry, like this year, we don't even get our cost back," he says. "We all want a steady source of income, which is why it's important to find jobs. "But we don't want to migrate to cities, like many others, because our families and our land are here. How can we leave all this behind?" Youth boom The government's efforts to push technology-led economic growth are not helping Lokender and others like him. And he is not alone. Soon, more than half the population of India will be under the age of 25, and the bulk of this working population will be from rural areas. If the country wants to tap into this demographic dividend for its future economic growth, the challenge will be to create jobs in such far-off areas and stop the inhabitants migrating to urban areas. In the last 10 years, economic growth has been led by white-collar jobs in sectors such as IT and outsourcing, banking and services. There is very little scope for workers from rural areas. Fortunately, with the financial slowdown, more and more employers now understand the potential that rural India holds. In spite of the downturn in the last year, rural parts of the country have registered a significant growth in almost every sector, from cars and mobile phones to banking and retail. So companies are rushing into rural areas, desperate for a bright, young workforce. Local knowledge These firms include Global AgriSystem, an agribusiness consulting group that is building a cold storage chain across the country. Employees need to understand agriculture, crop cycles and local dialects. So management degrees and English-language skills are not the hiring criteria here. Chief executive Ajay Kulshrestha says more than 70% of his employees have been hired from the countryside. "We need people who can understand the socio-economic conditions and can communicate to farmers, labourers and vendors," he says. "Young graduates from non-urban areas are hard-working, keen to work and easily fit into our kind of work environment.
"The cost factor is also huge - we can hire graduates here at half the cost and train them to higher posts in the organisation. The attrition levels are lower too." Opening the cyber-door As urban employers struggle to reach rural employees, human resources websites such as Ruralnaukri.com and Villagenaukri.com are invaluable. There are nearly 13 million new entrants to India's workforce every year and the internet now gives access to the growing workforce. Ruralnaukri.com chief executive Ajay Gupta says providing employment is the easiest route to creating middle classes who have the power to influence the economy. "The government cannot pay poor families money and build infrastructure, hospitals and services all at once," he says. "But if we sort out the problem of employment, all the others will fall into place automatically," he adds, recalling the adage that it is better to teach people fishing than to give them fish. "If a person has a job, then he brings money to the family and they can buy anything they want - food, shelter, transport. "So employment will be the key for economic transformation." Making the transition Back in the farms, groups of women sit around washing and cleaning bags of carrots before packing them off to cities across India. Overseeing their work is Lokender Singh, who has found employment as a supervisor in charge of operations at Global AgriSystem. More than two-thirds of Indians still depend on agriculture for their livelihood, so it is rare to find farmer's sons making the transition into nine-to-five jobs outside farms. As a result, the other local farmers now look to Mr Singh for career advice for their children. There are more than 600,000 villages in the country and this is where the potential workforce lies. And the next phase of growth will come from companies that are capable of tapping into this talent. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8346080.stm Published: 2009/11/08 17:40:06 GMT © BBC MMIX |
Voice of India Features Newsletter - 08 November 2009
nov 9th, 2009
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Sri Lanka Claims Andaman Islands
nov 9th, 2009
no doubt emboldened by the hans, sri lanka wants the andamans. manmohan singh will give them away, just like the wise jawaharlal gave the cocos islands to the burmese, who then gave them to the chinese.
nobody respects the neighborhood village idiot and sissy.
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Lanka moves in on India's Andaman Island
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/11/49706_space.html
Thursday, 5 November 2009
by Saman Indrajith
India`s Andaman Islands will come within the area which Sri Lanka is hoping to claim in keeping with its sea bed rights from the UN Commission on the limits of the continental shelf.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday told parliament that Sri Lanka`s claim would be discussed with India before making final submissions to the UN Commission. He was responding to a query raised by UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake.
He said that Sri Lanka had a right to claim approximately around 25 times the size of the country`s land mass (1,725,800 square kilometres of the sea bed).
But the precise outer limit would be determined on the basis of technical and scientific data provided by Sri Lanka to the UN Commission.
He said Sri Lanka`s submission was expected to be taken up for consideration around 2025.
The minister said that many countries, including Sri Lanka, had been unhappy about the long delay in scheduling UN hearings.
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Lanka moves in on India's Andaman Island
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/11/49706_space.html
Thursday, 5 November 2009
by Saman Indrajith
India`s Andaman Islands will come within the area which Sri Lanka is hoping to claim in keeping with its sea bed rights from the UN Commission on the limits of the continental shelf.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday told parliament that Sri Lanka`s claim would be discussed with India before making final submissions to the UN Commission. He was responding to a query raised by UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake.
He said that Sri Lanka had a right to claim approximately around 25 times the size of the country`s land mass (1,725,800 square kilometres of the sea bed).
But the precise outer limit would be determined on the basis of technical and scientific data provided by Sri Lanka to the UN Commission.
He said Sri Lanka`s submission was expected to be taken up for consideration around 2025.
The minister said that many countries, including Sri Lanka, had been unhappy about the long delay in scheduling UN hearings.
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the island
Bloody events will reinforce suspicion that Muslims cannot be trusted
nov 9th, 2009
there is no question that they cannot be trusted if they have to fight against other mohammedans. they won't.
remember vijayanagar. the 'secular' king had two generals who were mohammedans. when the mohdan bahmini sultans were fighting vijayanagar at the battle of talikota, the mohdan generals turned coat, killed the 90-year king atop his elephant, beheaded him and impaled his head on a spear. seeing this, the vijayanagar army panicked and was routed.
the same can be said of barack *hussain* obama as well. anybody remember how he genuflected to the saudi king a few months back?
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Bloody events will reinforce suspicion that Muslims cannot be trusted
Ben Macintyre: Commentary
At the edge of almost every British cemetery on the Western Front is a corner of a foreign field reserved for non-Christian soldiers: the Hindu, Buddhist and, in many cases, Muslim servicemen who fought and died in British uniform.
Yet the bloody events this week in Texas and Afghanistan will inevitably reinforce a longstanding suspicion that Muslims cannot be trusted, undermining efforts to recruit more into the ranks.
In Helmand, an Afghan police officer killed five British soldiers and fled. In Fort Hood, Major Nidal Malik Hasan shouted Allahu Akbar (God is Great) before opening fire. The two events were separated by thousands of miles; the first was an act of terrorism, while the motives of the second are still being established. But both will bolster a perception that loyalty to Islam will often outweigh loyalty to comrades, uniform, or country.
"His name was Hussain, wasn't it?" said my taxi driver yesterday. "What did they expect?"
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Will Manmohan acknowledge the Modi model?
nov 9th, 2009
yeah, when pigs fly.
the flunky who was the 'mask' of liberalization for narasimha rao can never recognize anything that's good for india.
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| An open acknowledgement from a Congress prime minister of a BJP chief minister's success — and that too Narendra Modi — ought to happen. The Prime Minister is wise enough to understand that a WEF forum is not an election rally in Moradabad or Malda. |
Sunday, November 08, 2009
The 'Land of the Rising Sun' embarks on ambitious Space-based Solar Energy project
...It wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves...
...The solar cells would capture the solar energy, which is at least five times stronger in space than on Earth, and beam it down to the ground through clusters of lasers or microwaves...
cartoonists on obama's nobel prize
nov 8th, 2009
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Interesting cartoons on Obama's Nobel prize.
European court bans "corpse of dead arab nailed to stick" in classrooms
nov 5th, 2009
we need this in india too -- no more corpse stuff in the classroom, or in any other public places. those bleeding, mutilated corpses scare little children, and are disgusting.
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Italy's crucifixes in classrooms 'violate rights'
(AFP) – 11 hours ago
STRASBOURG — Italy violates parents' right to educate their children along secular lines by displaying crucifixes in classrooms, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.
The judgment sparked anger in Catholic Italy, with the country's education minister attacking the decision, insisting the crucifix was a "symbol of our tradition".
The Strasbourg court found that: "The compulsory display of a symbol of a given confession in premises used by the public authorities... restricted the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their convictions."
It also restricted the "right of children to believe or not to believe," the seven judges ruling on the case said.
The case was brought by Soile Lautsi, who was also awarded 5,000 euros (7,400 dollars) in damages.
The ruling drew immediate criticism in Italy, where Lautsi's efforts to change tradition have come up against stiff resistance from the Catholic establishment.
Years of legal wrangling saw the case eventually thrown out by judges in Italy, who ruled the crucifix was patriotic and a sign of the country's tradition, not simply a symbol of Catholicism.
Italian Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini lashed out at the European court on Tuesday for its decision.
"The presence of the crucifix in classrooms is not a sign of belief in Catholicism, rather it is a symbol of our tradition," said the minister, cited by ANSA news agency.
"No one, and certainly not an ideological European court, will succeed in erasing our identity," she added.
Lautsi first brought the case eight years ago when her children, Dataico and Sami Albertin, aged 11 and 13, went to a state school in the spa town of Abano Terme near Venice.
She was unhappy crucifixes were present in every classroom and complained to the school.
After education chiefs refused to remove the crosses, she spent several years fighting the decision through the Italian courts.
The case was heard by a regional court in the northern Veneto region, which passed it to the constitutional court, according to a statement from the European rights court.
This court ruled it did not have the jurisdiction to judge the case.
It returned to the Veneto court, where it was dismissed on the grounds that the crucifix was "the symbol of Italian history and culture, and consequently of Italian identity," the European rights court said.
Lautsi appealed to the council of state, which also slapped down her complaint on similar grounds. This paved the way for the battle to head to the European Court of Human Rights.
On Tuesday, the Strasbourg court found the display of crucifixes "could reasonably be associated with Catholicism".
This did not fit in with "educational pluralism", which was part of European rights charters recognised by Italy, the court said.
The presence of a crucifix in classrooms could also be "disturbing for pupils who practised other religions or were atheists, particularly if they belonged to religious minorities."
The court ruled that displaying crucifixes in classrooms breached articles 2 and 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
How India beat China in auto exports
nov 8th, 2009
this is good stuff. 'frugal engineering' to the fore. (hey, rp, there *is* something to it, after all :-)
this is good stuff. 'frugal engineering' to the fore. (hey, rp, there *is* something to it, after all :-)
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Yes "V" Can!
"V", a sci-fi suspense thriller about deceptively friendly extraterrestrial alien Visitors, is airing on the ABC television network and seems to be a thinly-disguised critique of the Obama administration:
Here's a link to an altered video which is a little more direct about the comparison:
Here's a link to an altered video which is a little more direct about the comparison:
And here is a link to the first 8 minutes of the series premiere episode:
"the disadvantages of an elite education"
nov 8th, 2009
is this guy basically just passing wind, or does he make -- some sort of -- sense?
there is a new fashion in decrying education. i think it's bogus, and it's yet another post-modern, post-colonial, politically-correct bit of nihilism. it appeals greatly to those intellectual pygmies from the JNU stable, and a lot of faculty who get their views from the evening news soundbites and congenital idiots like burqa dutt and rajdeep sardesai.
so this woman thinks she's funny.
nov 8th, 2009
yes, moderately funny. but not so funny as she thinks she is. (a bit like another kerala christist journalist female, pamela philippose, who thinks she's uproariously funny and clever. she ain't).
but i am more intrigued by this kerala christist woman nisha susan, who became such a celebrity after the mangalore pub incident. she i believe started the 'loose women's association' or something like that.
what, i wonder, does she have to say to the fact that the mangalore pub incidents were basically intended to cut down on love-jihad, in that it was mohammedan men who were chatting up, plying with alcohol, and intending to take compromising photos of hindu and christist girls.
now that the christist have also come out in strong condemnation of mohammedans doing love-jihad on their girls, i wonder if nisha susan is feeling contrite.
on the contrary, i suspect she's a seriously unattractive female. these are the ones who usually fantasize about being 'loose women', partly because nobody wants to have anything to do with them, loose or otherwise.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
US Armyman Goes on Shooting Spree
The fact that the shooter was Muslim has every leftist and apologist for Islam running forward to call this the act of a deranged loner. Deranged, yes - but was he really an exception?
Jobless tribal youths turn temple priests in Bhadrachalam
nov 5th, 2009
and a good thing too. else they would have become christists or communist terrorists.
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Jobless tribal youths turn priests
BV Ramana Reddy & B Satyanarayana Reddy
03 Nov 2009
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Jobless+tribal+youths+turn+priests&artid=wF0rHyhh29c=&SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==&SEO=
BHADRACHALAM:
Almost 60 temples in Bhadrachalam division of Khammam district are all
set to have archakas to conduct the daily poojas, which these temples
have missed over the last many years, for lack of archakas.It is
estimated that more than 80 temples, some even as old as 100 years and
above have been lying unattended, thanks to lack of priests to look
after and conduct the daily poojas.
Looking at this, an NGO organization, Seva Bharathi, decided to revive
these old temples and give them back their glory. They set out to find
interested priests, who would work in these remote villages, some deep
inside the forest adjacent to villages.But, they could not find even one
willing to go to these villages and work. Subsequently, they hit upon an
idea, following which they decided to pick up unemployed tribal youths
from the villages close to these temples and teach them the rituals of
worshipping the deities.The only condition needed was that these youth
need to have been educated at least upto 5th standard in Telugu medium
and be able to read a newspaper.
Though the NGOs members set out quite apprehensively, doubtful of
finding somebody interested, they could zero in on almost 40 such youths
from many of these villages, who showed interest.Subsequently, all these
people were sent to the vedic school for training at Tirupati in the
Sweta Bhavan which is run by the TTD. All these 40 students, all tribals
from Bhadrachalam, Kunavaram, VR Puram and Chintur mandals of Khammam
district, learnt reading slokas, Yoga, Kesanamathi (a ritualistic
procedure) besides pooja methods being followed in Tirumala and
Bhadrachalam temples
From: sri
Jobless tribal youths turn priests
BV Ramana Reddy & B Satyanarayana Reddy
03 Nov 2009
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Jobless+tribal+youths+turn+priests&artid=wF0rHyhh29c=&SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==&SEO=
BHADRACHALAM:
Almost 60 temples in Bhadrachalam division of Khammam district are all
set to have archakas to conduct the daily poojas, which these temples
have missed over the last many years, for lack of archakas.It is
estimated that more than 80 temples, some even as old as 100 years and
above have been lying unattended, thanks to lack of priests to look
after and conduct the daily poojas.
Looking at this, an NGO organization, Seva Bharathi, decided to revive
these old temples and give them back their glory. They set out to find
interested priests, who would work in these remote villages, some deep
inside the forest adjacent to villages.But, they could not find even one
willing to go to these villages and work. Subsequently, they hit upon an
idea, following which they decided to pick up unemployed tribal youths
from the villages close to these temples and teach them the rituals of
worshipping the deities.The only condition needed was that these youth
need to have been educated at least upto 5th standard in Telugu medium
and be able to read a newspaper.
Though the NGOs members set out quite apprehensively, doubtful of
finding somebody interested, they could zero in on almost 40 such youths
from many of these villages, who showed interest.Subsequently, all these
people were sent to the vedic school for training at Tirupati in the
Sweta Bhavan which is run by the TTD. All these 40 students, all tribals
from Bhadrachalam, Kunavaram, VR Puram and Chintur mandals of Khammam
district, learnt reading slokas, Yoga, Kesanamathi (a ritualistic
procedure) besides pooja methods being followed in Tirumala and
Bhadrachalam temples
it's good to be grumpy. yeah, well, i knew that all along
nov 5th, 2009
as a frequently "grumpy old man" [re movie with jack lemmon, walter matthau and ann-margret] i am pleased that, finally, the world has recognized that grumpy is semi-good.
Congress ruled Maharashtra witnesses one communal riot every 20th day
nov 5th, 2009
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'Maharashtra witnesses one communal riot every 20th day'
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/maharashtra-witnesses-one-communal-riot-every-20th-day/525786/
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/maharashtra-witnesses-one-communal-riot-every-20th-day/525786/
Oct 06, 2009
Maharashtra has witnessed on an average one communal riot in about every 20 days during the last five years, according to the state police data. Replying to an RTI application, Maharashtra police said a total of 96 riots have happened in the state between the period April 2004 to 2009.
"A total of 525 cases have been registered in this regard of which investigations have been completed in 298 cases," said Rashmi Shukla, first appellate authority, office of the Director General of Police said.
In the RTI query, applicant Ajay Marathe had sought reports of frequent riots from different districts of state.
"Every now and then we get to hear about communal riots happening in some or the other corner of the state. Come any festival and there is thick layer of police patrolling in every nook and corner of the state. It includes the state reserved police, riot controlling squad, rapid action force along with the local police," Marathe said.
"Reports of communal riots are heard more in the district of Thane. There were riots in Rabod area here and nine policemen were transferred," he claimed quoting from the RTI reponse.
Maharashtra has witnessed on an average one communal riot in about every 20 days during the last five years, according to the state police data. Replying to an RTI application, Maharashtra police said a total of 96 riots have happened in the state between the period April 2004 to 2009.
"A total of 525 cases have been registered in this regard of which investigations have been completed in 298 cases," said Rashmi Shukla, first appellate authority, office of the Director General of Police said.
In the RTI query, applicant Ajay Marathe had sought reports of frequent riots from different districts of state.
"Every now and then we get to hear about communal riots happening in some or the other corner of the state. Come any festival and there is thick layer of police patrolling in every nook and corner of the state. It includes the state reserved police, riot controlling squad, rapid action force along with the local police," Marathe said.
"Reports of communal riots are heard more in the district of Thane. There were riots in Rabod area here and nine policemen were transferred," he claimed quoting from the RTI reponse.
Comments
Thank You Indian Express
By: Jaideep Shah
For standing by your slogan JOURNALISM OF COURAGE and putting these facts out in the open.Congress is the most communal party in India and this proves it. Maharashtra which has been misruled for the past decade by this party is a shining example on why people should think 10 times before casting their vote for Congress. Now, when will we see Godhra style hype for these 96 communal riots in Congress ruled Maharashtra?Let me begin:1. I want a SC appointed SIT to investigate the matter.2. I want Vilasrao Deshmukh and Aashok Chavan to be vilified.3. I want Maharastrians to be called names for voting the Congress repeatedly.Can we do this now?
Give credit where its due
By: Campbell Davis |
We'll see a 'Godhra style hype' when more than a thousand people die in these '96 communal riots in Congress ruled Maharashtra'. Don't get me wrong, Congress has demonstrated time and again its utter incompetence in dealing with communal riots, but remember a lot of them are either directly incited by the BJP or the RSS; or as a result of the indoctrination and rumour-spreading of the Sangh Parivar.
Congressi Slime
By: Daljit | 07-Oct-2009
Vote BJP/SS, as it has always been the congressis policy of inciting people and causing communal riots for their petty gain. The congress itself without the dirty GHANEHRU blood is not so bad. But whenever these slime GHANEHRUS are in pwoer, they suck the nations blood like leaches. Thw worst GHANEHRU's were/are Indira, MAINO AND THE MORON RAOUL
India is still in 1947
By: YD | 07-Oct-2009
"Come any festival and there is thick layer of police patrolling in every nook and corner of the state.", it is not difficult to guess who start rioting. Well this is Gandhi/Nehru vision of India and "secularism" Congress style.
Congis Penchant for creating THUGS
By: G.Sriniwasan | 06-Oct-2009
In Maharashtra,except for a short span of 05 yrs by the BJP/Sena combine,the Congress has ruled the states.Just as they created a Bhindranwale in Punjab to arrrest the popularity of Akalis,the Congis created a THAKRE for their political ends.Today,the State of Maharashtra has gone to DOGS,the Congis have milked the city of Bombay.Solution lies in creating a seperate state of Bombay and an unbiased police force and ensure there are no more religous conversions in the state.
George Bush, Indian Hero
nov 5th, 2009
whether bush is an indian hero is a debatable thing.
but sonia has a world view, enlightened or otherwise? that is, something distinct from the vatican's?
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Sonia's "enlightened world view"? Shouldn't Nature set an
upper bound for ass kissing?
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> George Bush, Indian Hero
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> At a recent event in the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, I found myself with
> my arm around his waist and his arm around my shoulder, posed for a photo
> opportunity. George W Bush, the much reviled former President of the United
> States, was in an expansive mood that evening. Aside of his "base" in
> America, this was fawning that had to be seen to be believed. He is the
> unquestioned hero of India's elite. A senior member of the ruling Congress
> party said he would recommend him for the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian
> award.
>
>
>
> In his early sixties, Bush is sprightly and amazingly friendly. He mingled
> with guests and stayed on to have what I consider the Taj's most fabulous
> spread. Bush has been a divisive item in my immediate family and my friends
> in America. They hate him for the "shock and awe" bombing of Iraq; his
> assent for the atrocities in Guantanamo. It is truly terrible. For me
> though, those are American problems. Why should I get worked up about it?
>
>
>
> Having worked closely with the US mission in Delhi and the Prime Minister to
> steer the Indo-US civil nuclear deal to its completion, I was proud to shake
> hands with him, be photographed with him. Bush, for India, has been the best
> ever US President. Bill Clinton, whom the Indian establishment still
> admires, set the trend. Bush accomplished what seems to have not occurred to
> Clinton. He brought India into the global mainstream. If Richard Nixon is
> held in esteem for opening China, Bush should be acclaimed for his outreach
> to India.
>
>
>
> "President Bush, thank you for your support," I said to him. Hated, reviled
> and caricatured among my liberal intellectual and activist friends in the
> US, Bush to me has been an icon; he overcame the traditional US highbrow
> establishment's "attitude" about India. Between my friends in the US embassy
> in Delhi and in the Prime Minister's office, we worked to see the deal
> through. It wouldn't have happened without the unflagging support of Bush
> and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
>
>
>
> With the Prime Minister committed to the deal, the diplomats in the US
> Embassy in Delhi led from the front. They overcame bureaucratic hurdles on
> both sides to push the deal. We always knew there would be opposition. For
> one thing, there was the Left, a key supporter of the Congress-led UPA
> government. It was also not very clear that the Congress Party was
> enthusiastic about the deal. Once assured of US support, the Prime Minister
> put his government on the line and the Congress Party fell in line thanks to
> Sonia Gandhi's enlightened world view.
>
>
>
> In the event, much drama happened. There was a vote in Parliament and the
> deal was sealed. Of course, Dr Singh is the hero and Sonia Gandhi, who
> backed him. Nobody can, however, deny that Bush's enamored view of India was
> the driving force. Not to forget, the Congress managed to win another term
> in 2009.
>
>
>
> That's why I was thrilled to meet him, never mind that my friends in America
> won't talk to me. They may have questions about Bush; for India, he is the
> greatest US President ever. It showed that evening.
>
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Sonia's "enlightened world view"? Shouldn't Nature set an
upper bound for ass kissing?
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> To: Info <info@comma.in>
> Sent: Sun, November 1, 2009 11:25:37 PM
> Subject: George Bush, Indian Hero
>
>
> This article is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com
> )
>
>
> you can reach the person managing the list at info@comma.in
>
>
> Saturday, October 31, 2009
>
>
> Delhi Journal
>
>
>
>
> George Bush, Indian Hero
>
>
>
> At a recent event in the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, I found myself with
> my arm around his waist and his arm around my shoulder, posed for a photo
> opportunity. George W Bush, the much reviled former President of the United
> States, was in an expansive mood that evening. Aside of his "base" in
> America, this was fawning that had to be seen to be believed. He is the
> unquestioned hero of India's elite. A senior member of the ruling Congress
> party said he would recommend him for the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian
> award.
>
>
>
> In his early sixties, Bush is sprightly and amazingly friendly. He mingled
> with guests and stayed on to have what I consider the Taj's most fabulous
> spread. Bush has been a divisive item in my immediate family and my friends
> in America. They hate him for the "shock and awe" bombing of Iraq; his
> assent for the atrocities in Guantanamo. It is truly terrible. For me
> though, those are American problems. Why should I get worked up about it?
>
>
>
> Having worked closely with the US mission in Delhi and the Prime Minister to
> steer the Indo-US civil nuclear deal to its completion, I was proud to shake
> hands with him, be photographed with him. Bush, for India, has been the best
> ever US President. Bill Clinton, whom the Indian establishment still
> admires, set the trend. Bush accomplished what seems to have not occurred to
> Clinton. He brought India into the global mainstream. If Richard Nixon is
> held in esteem for opening China, Bush should be acclaimed for his outreach
> to India.
>
>
>
> "President Bush, thank you for your support," I said to him. Hated, reviled
> and caricatured among my liberal intellectual and activist friends in the
> US, Bush to me has been an icon; he overcame the traditional US highbrow
> establishment's "attitude" about India. Between my friends in the US embassy
> in Delhi and in the Prime Minister's office, we worked to see the deal
> through. It wouldn't have happened without the unflagging support of Bush
> and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
>
>
>
> With the Prime Minister committed to the deal, the diplomats in the US
> Embassy in Delhi led from the front. They overcame bureaucratic hurdles on
> both sides to push the deal. We always knew there would be opposition. For
> one thing, there was the Left, a key supporter of the Congress-led UPA
> government. It was also not very clear that the Congress Party was
> enthusiastic about the deal. Once assured of US support, the Prime Minister
> put his government on the line and the Congress Party fell in line thanks to
> Sonia Gandhi's enlightened world view.
>
>
>
> In the event, much drama happened. There was a vote in Parliament and the
> deal was sealed. Of course, Dr Singh is the hero and Sonia Gandhi, who
> backed him. Nobody can, however, deny that Bush's enamored view of India was
> the driving force. Not to forget, the Congress managed to win another term
> in 2009.
>
>
>
> That's why I was thrilled to meet him, never mind that my friends in America
> won't talk to me. They may have questions about Bush; for India, he is the
> greatest US President ever. It showed that evening.
>
> Copyright Rajiv Desai 2009
>
> Bookmark and Share
>
> Posted by Rajiv N Desai at
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Taxing foreign inflows
oct 5th, 2009
a lot of FDI is not necessarily a good thing. while it may mitigate the evil effects of the UPA's disastrous printing of money, it may make the market look more attractive than it is.
however, let us note that the chindu has been gloating about the large amounts of FDI flowing into china as an indicator of how wonderful that country is.
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From: Giris
From: Giris
| Brazil's recent decision to impose a two per cent tax on portfolio inflows has wide ranging implications for global finance and for countries such as India. The move is aimed at arresting the sharp appreciation of its currency, the real, which since the beginning of the year has gained 36 per cent against the dollar, undermining Brazil's export competitiveness. The intellectual basis for the tax is found in the work of the influential U.S. economist and Nobel prize winner, James Tobin who in the early 1970s proposed a small tax — even as low as 0.1 per cent — on foreign exchange transactions to reduce volatility in the markets. Until the Asian crisis, the idea was not popular and even after that it had only sporadic political support. Recently, however, the G20 has asked the IMF to examine such proposals. |
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
great series of documentaries on computer science
oct 4th, 2009
just look at the names: "triumph of the nerds: the accidental empires", etc.
hat tip 'good morning silicon valley'
India to Export Thorium Reactors
India is making plans to export its thorium reactors to international customers. Unfortunately, it will be at least a couple of decades before India's thorium program begins to make a dent in the national energy supply requirements.
Columbia to Go the Blackwater Route
Apparently Obama doesn't mind emulating the Bush-era Iraq tactics in Columbia, signing an agreement with that country to give not just US military personnel, but even mercenary contractors immunity from prosecution over there.
Using Text Messages to Promote Savings
TIME reports on the use of text messaging by banks to encourage depositors to contribute more towards their savings, saying that it's yielded good results. With India's cellphone-heavy society, this could be a good way to encourage Indians to save, among other things.
GM Reversal on Opel: Pyrrhic Victory?
Thwarting the GM sale of Opel to a German-Russian consortium was a key goal of the Atlanticist lobby, to block Russo-German industrial consolidation. They have now won a victory in accomplishing this, through the use of Whitehouse intervention in appointing boardmembers to GM. The Germans are of course quite angry, while the Russians aren't too pleased either.
It remains to be seen how long their celebration will last though, as the hard realities of the business world catch up to them. Like the Muslims, the Atlanticists aren't very savvy at business.
It remains to be seen how long their celebration will last though, as the hard realities of the business world catch up to them. Like the Muslims, the Atlanticists aren't very savvy at business.
The Mind of the Arabic Speaker
Here's an interesting finding from a study of brains of Arabic speakers - their literary language is treated as a second language compared to the regular common vernacular language. I think that shows the contrast of a higher literary intellectual expression existing very separately from a more primitive language base. I guess that's consistent with the fact of so many who have adopted Middle Eastern culture have a strong tendency toward being animalistic morons.
China: India's no. 1 enemy
The Kaangress minister Jairam Ramesh who coined the term 'Chindia' should read this article everyday after he wakes up. Hat-tip Bharat-rakshak.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
NYT Hates on Bloomberg
The poison pen artists at the NYT are sharpening their knives against rival news mogul Michael Bloomberg, accusing him of hardball tactics in the New York mayoral race. Lashing out at him, they accuse him among other things of hiring a Bollywood star to get out the Asian vote. I wonder who?
GM Suddenly Reneges on Opel Deal
GM suddenly backs out of its deal with the German govt on its planned sale of Opel to a German-Russian consortium of Magna and Russia's Sberbank. It seems very strange that the new boardmembers appointed by the US govt have quickly moved to scuttle such a long-awaited deal. It looks like All The President's Men were given their marching orders from above.
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