(Based on what little I know) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deserves a Bharat Ratna, for putting up with all the bull$#!+ that the Left parties are throwing at him.
And death to coalition politics.
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(Disclaimer: I am not a terrorist. I am not plotting anything.)
Now that Senator John McCain has virtually locked up the Republican nomination, it is surprising that Mike Huckabee is still staying in the race. Even more surprising is the fact that even in a dead race (like in Wisconsin), Sen. McCain is receiving only 55% [...]
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When Hillary Clinton said, way back in New Hampshire, that Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have a soul,” I figured that would be the sort of thing the Russian wouldn’t be pleased about. But when I called the foreign ministry the next day for comment, it was Orthodox Christmas, and I let it slide.
He was asked [...]
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Gabby Logan eulogizes Sir Alex Ferguson in this article in The Times, drawing our attention to the fact that the Scot has, over the years, transformed himself into an elderly statesman of the English Premier League, a voice of reason that the footballing fraternity would miss once he eventually chooses to retire.
In his 22 [...]
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I must concede that every time there is a debate among the Democrats, Senator Obama comes up with the choicest of quotes to put Senator Clinton in her place. So much so that someone can actually come up with a book based just on his campaign speeches and debate performances, and call it The Quotable [...]
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… looked downcast after her unexpected third-place finish in Iowa last night. Almost as if she would have cried if she were not in front of a crowd. And when she delivered her concession speech, it seemed as if she did not want to be there at all, as if she were saying “No, I [...]
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It is very clear - Surya currently leads the race to become the next superstar of Tamil cinema. One can arrive at no other conclusion after watching Vel.
Surya’s introduction scene in the movie is cliched - and he uses even more cliches when he talks about how to hold the aruvaal. But once the dust [...]
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A week or so ago, I received the editorial of the Thuglak magazine from a friend as an email forward. In it, the magazine lambasts the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, for his (mis-)handling of and his attitudes concerning the Sethusamudram project.
Titled “Arrogance, is your name Kalaignar?“, this was a fantastic piece [...]
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If current trends continue into November 2008, the Clintons will re-enter the White House as President and “first laddie”. The Economist presents a detailed analysis of Mrs. Clinton’s political machine, her chances and what another round of Clinton-ization means to America. A good read.
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Today I ran into someone who claimed to have had a few years of formal training in Carnatic music. When I asked him if he would rate Tyagaraja’s “Endharo Mahanubhavulu” as a favorite kriti of his, he said, “What was that?” “Not even heard of it” was next response to the quizzical look on my [...]
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What do we do when the adoption barrier to a system is the selfsame people for whose benefit the system is being implemented?
Let’s say that a CIO wants to implement a Web 2.0 system in his organization to help employees collaborate better among themselves. The technology to be used, the physical infrastructure etc are all [...]
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Ending days weeks of silence, the UPA’s ninth-choice candidate for President, Mrs. Pratibha Patil has revealed in Chennai today that she has nothing to do with the allegations levelled against her. This ends weeks of speculation and doubts on her faculty of speech. During such time, the only other statement ascribed to her by the [...]
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The Ashes is becoming more and more humiliating for England with every passing day. And two guys are doing their best to ensure it. Not McGrath and Warne, nor is it Ponting and Hussey.
Will Luke and Martin Williamson are the folks that commentate on Cricinfo.com during the Ashes, and their attack of England is scathing, [...]
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That Queen Elizabeth would podcast her Christmas message became a popular news story. However, the message itself was excellent. It combined the wisdom and the fears of a conservative family woman who has seen the world transform rapidly, mostly for the worse — terrorism, insecurity, the disintegration of the family. A short, but good read [...]
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Recently, ComputerWeekly, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, conducted a poll to find out the most influential companies, people, hardware and software in the computer industry.
The list for the Most Influential People contains many household names — Bill G, James Gosling, Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee… I thought they missed out the Google [...]
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This is the man now hailed by Arabs from Syria to Egypt as the new Nasser. He is also the terrorist whom Israel must kill to claim victory in southern Lebanon. And, for all the rumours, he is believed to have stayed in Beirut throughout this war, racing between hiding places in unmarked family saloon [...]
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Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita (Ch. 4, V. 8 ):
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.
In the glorious traditions of Adi Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhvacharya, Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda [...]
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One of my favourite footballers is Gary Lineker. I don’t remember watching him much; I was 3 when he won the Golden Boot in Mexico 1986. And my memories of him from Italia ‘90 are also vague.
Lineker, who presents football games on TV these days, has many claims to fame. He belongs to a select [...]
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I have nothing against fat men. I belong to that tribe anyway. But Ronaldo… what was he doing on the pitch that night? A sordid display that had disinterest written all over it. Carlos Alberto Parreira might be committing a grave mistake playing him in front of top-draw playmakers like Ronaldinho and Kaka. He simply [...]
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Last week, I was speaking to a neighbour who had come home for vacation from the USA. The conversation beat upon the normal lines, and moved (predictably) to the battle for Washington 2008.
From whatever little gyan we get from our local media, we might be led to believe that Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton would be [...]
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