Salute at 60

Video of Republic Day Celebrations here

The slumdog debate

….mafia gangs are deliberately crippling children for profit.
Fleeing broken families and avoiding domestic abuse, children from rural places in the country flee to bigger cities – not necessarily to ‘make it big’ but to just survive somehow to begin with, and things go nightmarish. Beggar mafia, drug abuse, child abuse, forced amputations and more. ‘Truth’ [...]

War and Peace

….an image of hope.
The Sunday Observer.

And in more news on the ongoing war in Lanka, on which the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu keeps blackmailing the Indian govt, Veersaingham Anandasangari (of Tamil United Liberation front) writes -

The Government of Sri Lanka is fighting a group of ruthless terrorists who had, apart from many others, [...]

Republic day speech in 1950 (draft)

Draft of Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s speech for the inauguration ceremony on the eve of India being declared a Republic,  in a correspondence to Jawaharlal Nehru.
His address to the “320 million men and women inhabiting India”, in 1950.
Google Books result, the draft on page 16 of the book -Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Correspondence and Select Documents. Edited [...]

Arundhati – Skewed view

Much has been heard and said about the biggest Telugu ‘hit’ of the year, and from reeling from a dizziness effect equivalent to 6 Tequila shots, but costing much cheaper than Tequila (one movie ticket=12$ in the worst theatre possible) , let me put my view in two or three sentences.
Take a Ramsay brothers movie [...]

World Affairs – skewed view

In a recent discussion prompted by your favorite blogger – Browsekid – (you are reading that blog, in case you didn’t notice), ‘prominent’ leaders of the world turned to a general discussion about that would the father of a 10 year old daughter do in regard to his responsibilities and  what they would like to [...]

Happy Sankranthi

Dear Readers,
Happy Sankranthi. My memories of Sankranthi include food, kites and celebrations. Coastal Andhra (where agriculture is a common form of livelihood) livens up for Sankranthi for community gatherings and fun activities for all families in a neighborhood. I’ve witnessed and been a part of intense kite flying contests in childhood (usually holding the charkha [...]

O

Last month, the year ended on a very entertaining note when me and a couple of grad school friends stepped in to see the one of the greatest entertainment shows I’ve ever witnessed in my life. Cirque Du Soleil’s – the “O” in Bellagio, Las Vegas.
A concoction of a hundred elements – dance postures, music, [...]

‘Detox’ your brain

The actual report below is about ‘detox’ with respect to body, how some products claim to  ‘remove toxins’ from your body to keep you healthier, smarter,  lovelier, sexier, funnier and punnier.
TOI Reports…

“Don’t waste your money buying dodgy products that claim to ‘detox’ your body instead, eat healthily and trust your liver and kidneys to do [...]

What’s up 2008

Blogging’s been on a long lazy holiday, I don’t remember the last time I had a post that I bothered to look back again at.  And I don’t know if anything will be worth looking again into, that I’ll post in the near future. It’s hard to find motivation or inspiration – but a New [...]