Perhaps not many know that I started this weblog sometime in the second week of September, 2001. I owe my inspiration to the chef du jour, MadMan. I used a free service, Blog City for about two years before getting my own domain, which is where this blog now lives. The kind folks at Blog [...]
Why does one come across so bloody many posts in different blogs, conversations, and even–rarely–in the mainstream media, which are littered with the word ANYWAYS instead of “anyway.” Will somebody tell the morons that “ANYWAYS” doesn’t exist in the lexicon?
Thanks for listening.
Our Naxal/Maoist friends have struck again. In Jharkhand.
Fifteen persons were killed by suspected naxalities at Bhincaghati in Giridh district, Deputy Inspector General Neeraj Sinha said on Monday. The deceased were said to be villagers and details are yet to be known, Sinha, before rushing to the spot, said.
Over a 100 armed naxalities raided the [...]
for exposing the seamy side of the US. Says Rediff Columnist, TVR Shenoy.
The question intrigues me given the vastly different ways in which the people of Asia and those of the United States reacted in the face of immense calamity. The tsunami that struck nations on the Indian Ocean rim caused thousands of deaths but [...]
In my previous entry, I had linked to an article that damned the New Orleans Mayor for failing in his duties. It turns out that he alone is not to be blamed.
As radical environmentalists continue to blame the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation on President Bush’s ecological policies, a mainstream Louisiana media outlet inadvertently [...]
Is Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans.
Charged with so heavy a responsibility, Mayor Nagin punted, then passed the buck. The National Hurricane Center called Nagin Saturday night asking him to evacuate New Orleans, and President Bush also begged him to get his people to safety. As mayor, the final decision was Nagin’s. He was [...]
In the sinister manner that only the Congress has patented, it is reushering the Nehruvian Stalinist era.
ONGC isn’t the only PSU the Government is interfering with and its chief Subir Raha is not the only one who may have to head for the exit door. The Petroleum Ministry now plans to evict all independent [...]
This comes quite late in the day, more than a month after I wrote the first part. I had concluded the first part with a promise to examine the manifestation of classical music in (Indian) popular culture. Actually I’ve decided to alter the script a bit. I’ll slightly enlarge the scope to include not just [...]
This great post by Primary Red serves as my inspiration.
The New Orleans disaster is the third in a series of confidence-shaking events this millennium. [.] Before 9/11, the world thought American intelligence was nearly omnipotent. After 9/11, this belief became untenable.
Before Iraq, the world thought American military was impossibly formidable with super-sophisticated civilian leadership. [...]
The Desipundit team has been doing some great work of collating some of the notable posts in the Indian blogdom. That they do it daily is astonishing–and admirable–enough but the sheer volume of quality posts per day is especially noteworthy. For varied perspectives on almost every conceivable topic under the sun, do get your daily [...]
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