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Vijay Narayanan on November 23rd, 2008

While it is great to know that Mr. Anand Giridharadas finds his life’s calling in the country that his parents left to seek a better life, it would have been much better had he not jotted down his experiences with the kind of snobbishness that makes one wonder if second generation Indian Americans still believe that [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on July 2nd, 2008

Today’s Morning Joe on MSNBC had some of the funniest moments on a TV news show since Chris Matthews took conservative radio talk show host Kevin James on the issue of appeasement. The topic of discussion this morning was the money that former New York Stock Exchange chairman, Richard Grasso had taken home, roughly $190 [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on June 3rd, 2008

Suryan FM 93.5 is streaming their Chennai radio programs live online. Just go to their website, register for free and start listening (kELunga, kELunga, kEttukittE irunga!). I had already written about Aahaa FM which streams live online. In case you are interested in the URL for the streams: Aahaa FM — mms://74.54.85.4/AahaaFM or rtsp://74.54.85.4/AahaaFM Suriyan [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on April 25th, 2008

Some (crazy) activists throw pies at Thomas Friedman as he begins a speech at Brown University. Ridiculous, but not funny. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Vijay Narayanan on April 17th, 2008

Philadelphia Daily News today endorsed Senator Barack Obama for next week’s primaries in Pennsylvania. In its endorsement, the editorial board states, in no uncertain terms, why the Illinois Senator is better equipped than Hillary Clinton. One of the main reasons behind the paper’s choice seems to be Senator Obama’s reaching out to everyone, irrespective of [...]

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