tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117038282024-03-23T11:22:15.356-07:00I love my India'Vande Mataram' in Sanskrit,
'Maa Tujhe Salaam' in Hindi,
'Mother, I salute you!' in English...
An old sanskrit phrase, the freedom cry of people of all the different religions of the Indian sub-continent when they fought for the right to live their way, on their Mother Earth.
We all have a mother, we all know the same love. We are all One in this love.
gott dis from caraffJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-69172722724760790722008-08-05T20:14:00.000-07:002008-08-05T20:17:09.968-07:00Even god can't help India: Supreme Court<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuNuquAztJwKPZ33cwfsAt60R_9Umk7NwTRQEqPQWGbq70fyvyjX3yZkXrvUH_1WFUz2pQhuBSxx5EyrL5Wd7VHruUIpgMumkzZXmpX9KAuylGNiwbBhAnfmdcy3bKJdG_XD56g/s1600-h/supremecourt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231238432558729762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuNuquAztJwKPZ33cwfsAt60R_9Umk7NwTRQEqPQWGbq70fyvyjX3yZkXrvUH_1WFUz2pQhuBSxx5EyrL5Wd7VHruUIpgMumkzZXmpX9KAuylGNiwbBhAnfmdcy3bKJdG_XD56g/s400/supremecourt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />NDTV Correspondent<br />Tuesday, August 05, 2008, (New Delhi)<br /><br /><br />"Even God also can't help this country. God is also silent spectator in the country," the Supreme Court said this in the wake of lack of governance in the country.The apex court was upset with the centre for not doing anything about illegal occupants of government houses and refusing to bring in harsher laws."The Centre and state governments have become non-functional. If we pass some order, those in power say judicial activism, but when they are out of power they come here," said the two-judge Bench.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080060218">more</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-58642326419487840572008-04-12T16:47:00.000-07:002008-04-12T16:57:45.325-07:00you can live in India even if u have no money<strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">all u need is a suit and a fair complexion</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">if u r hungry</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">go to the nearest cathoilc church at 9 PM</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">every church has wedding halls</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">walk in unvited</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">u will not be caught</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">nobody will ask u who u r</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">the brides people will think u r from the bridegrooms side</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">and vice versa</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">sit at any table and enjoy the wedding reception</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">go to the bar and get your self a drink</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">put on a smiling face all the time</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">snacks will be served at your table</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">ask any girl u fancy for a dance</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">she will not refuse</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">have a good time</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">dinner is buffet style</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">eat to your hearts content</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">and walk away when the music stops</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">the law requires all weddings to end at 11 PM sharp</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">dont go up to the stage to wish the bridal couple</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">u will be caught</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">not that it matters</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">they will not create a scene</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Have funn</span></em></strong>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-57181667383573586052008-03-09T19:07:00.000-07:002008-03-09T19:08:17.651-07:00Provokedhttp://www.provokedthemovie.com/Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-70845951475273480382008-03-06T20:55:00.000-08:002008-03-06T20:57:16.479-08:00...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq7lhOQTiUGj5w59Kk4k8niGIILAnelV8jnjmokIBzV7LSv0aAc6iHQk3ZlkY_WldmRkbNs_vcAqGKt1fMm_mNDWj04Edg1c7cRqiu-88efjrj5wolO4ruIjrrcgBAJFr4wOGwg/s1600-h/scan0023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="CLEAR: both; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtDvlBuCFC6dUPD6BePIIbLiwN0v5W0mt3pO6j1U5dWdxU8Kdp9d0li8nHmcCnyl6ab_xNnGhEk9xgRe0jq31DFlpltukeObPQoe1pXE6kh0-07lzT-cMPQfVAt6h5zqoALT4nw/s400/mumbai-party-404_434817c.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><br /><a name="article"></a><br />Mumbai: party capital of India ???<br />Kirsty Lang<br />Last Updated: 3:27PM GMT 26/02/2008<br />Kirsty Lang follows the trail of India's Beautiful People though hip clubs, chic restaurants and trendy art galleries.<br />Reuters<br />I had just ordered a cocktail named after a sexual position when I spotted the giant bamboo egg sitting in the corner of the bar. The light was dim – red and orange silk wrapped around neon – but I could see a glamorous woman in tight jeans and stilettos climbing into it. “That’s the Ladies,” explained my friend and tour guide to Mumbai’s trendiest bars.<br />Seijo and the Soul Fish is in Bhandra, the favourite suburb of the Bollywood set. Inside, it throbs with music, beautiful people and trendy DJs. You could be in Soho or Manhattan. But outside it looks like a run-down, concrete office block: the only clues to its fashionable interior are the BMWs and Land Rovers parked on the muddy, potholed street alongside motorised rickshaws.<br />Bars like Seijo are where the “Page Three” set hangs out. In Mumbai that doesn’t mean topless models but the society page of The Times of India, which features colour spreads on celebrities and the nouveau riche. Getting on to page three is the aspiration of every Mumbai socialite.<br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/759862/Mumbai-party-capital-of-India.html#continue">Article continues</a><br />VEST sent me this</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/759862/Mumbai-party-capital-of-India.html">more</a><br /></p>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-53696222841226225422008-02-17T08:41:00.000-08:002008-02-17T08:42:23.767-08:00WHY PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED OF INDIANS!!!!Indian boy on his first day at school in USA.......... awesome<br />Here is a true story about a Indian boy on his first day at school in the USA. It was the first day of school and a new student named ChandrashekharSubramanyam ¡V CS, entered the fourth grade.<br /><br />The teacher said, 'Let's begin by reviewing some American History.Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'? She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrashekhar, who had his hand-up:'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said. 'Very good!' Who said 'Government of the People, by the People, forthe People, shall not perish from the Earth?' Again, no response except from Chandrashekhar. 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863'said Chandrashekhar. The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrashekhar, who is new to our country, knows more about itshistory than you do.' She heard a loud whisper: 'F**k the Indians,''Who said that?' she demanded.Chandrashekhar put his hand up. 'General Custer, 1862.' At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'The teacher glares around and asks 'All right! Now, who said that?'Again, Chandrashekhar says, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.' Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? S*ck this!'Chandrashekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts tothe teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!' Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said 'You little shit. If yousay anything else, I'll kill you.' Chandrashekhar frantically yells at the top of his voice, 'Gary Conditto Chandra Levy, 2001.' The teacher fainted. . And as the class gathered around the teacher onthe floor, someone said, 'Oh shit, we're f**ked!' And Chandrashekhar said quietly, 'George Bush, Iraq, 2005.'Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-31488853537519709992007-12-14T17:14:00.000-08:002007-12-14T17:18:12.536-08:00the history of Modern India<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9900;">The milestones of independent India<br /></span></em></strong>By Joydeep Gupta<br /><br />Here is a snapshot of the major events in India during the last 60 years.<br /><br />1947: India becomes independent, with Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.In the largest forced migration in history, around 15 million people are displaced and an estimated 500,000 killed in Hindu-Muslim violence sparked by partition. The first war between India and Pakistan breaks out in Kashmir. It ends in 1948, with Kashmir divided along the line of control after an UN-brokered ceasefire.<br /><br />1948: Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari succeeds Louis Mountbatten as Governor General.Hyderabad joins Indian Union after military operation.<br /><br />1949: Ceasefire in Kashmir becomes official with the signing of the Karachi Agreement between India and Pakistan on July 18.<br /><br />1950: India constitution comes into effect. India becomes a republic on Jan 26.Rajendra Prasad becomes the first president of India.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel passes away.<br /><br />1951:India's first Five Year Plan is inaugurated in April.New Delhi hosts Asian Games.<br /><br />1952: Nehru-led Congress easily wins the first election to the Lok Sabha.Air India is nationalised. Indian Airlines, the domestic carrier, is created.<br /><br />1954: Nehru coins the term 'non-alignment' to define India's foreign policy as being equidistant from the US and the USSR.<br /><br />Read More: page 1 <a style="COLOR: #733501" href="http://in.specials.yahoo.com/independence-day/milestones_indep-two.html">page 2</a> <a style="COLOR: #733501" href="http://in.specials.yahoo.com/independence-day/milestones_indep-three.html">page 3</a> <a style="COLOR: #733501" href="http://in.specials.yahoo.com/independence-day/milestones_indep-four.html">page 4</a> <a style="COLOR: #733501" href="http://in.specials.yahoo.com/independence-day/milestones_indep-five.html">page 5</a> <a style="COLOR: #733501" href="http://in.specials.yahoo.com/independence-day/milestones_indep-six.html">page 6</a><br /><a href="http://in.specials.yahoo.com/independence-day/milestones_indep-one.html">more</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-48867384212404465832007-11-01T08:08:00.001-07:002007-11-01T08:28:33.388-07:00I love my INDIA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8_Nh681UJhITgGkmYOK6O7ZOuTNMJYvng2NTMx-l04637sIP6mXfvlNUe503feiLnwlH_mYeZiblUN8CuD-IulU1DP7aTPBYb7cIiHSrcQU1BGvc1dW96W50I8BWvoWZmK_EaA/s1600-h/gemma.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127894120236466578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8_Nh681UJhITgGkmYOK6O7ZOuTNMJYvng2NTMx-l04637sIP6mXfvlNUe503feiLnwlH_mYeZiblUN8CuD-IulU1DP7aTPBYb7cIiHSrcQU1BGvc1dW96W50I8BWvoWZmK_EaA/s400/gemma.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>go <a href="http://keshigirl.blogspot.com/2007/10/chic-diversity.html#comments">here</a></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-33091511534037398992007-10-25T22:15:00.000-07:002007-10-25T22:17:32.127-07:00the taste of india<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherQQrwQpCnGtw1O80jpsXOcm2usnhhfg7M7kLsm64em_bGldJatIJz4173LLEGZ0ZF9VRvZFs_8hozCwidpjjR8TFbvDU6B0SboYRtgGMwIOD7gsL2YTA7DVsgDAnjYo_eEqFQQ/s1600-h/image008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125510138509278962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherQQrwQpCnGtw1O80jpsXOcm2usnhhfg7M7kLsm64em_bGldJatIJz4173LLEGZ0ZF9VRvZFs_8hozCwidpjjR8TFbvDU6B0SboYRtgGMwIOD7gsL2YTA7DVsgDAnjYo_eEqFQQ/s400/image008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-i2rNRlDGSGQiQNn1TV8_aiz1GciaFq3DSp4iMG9hmvhTssr9NNu-UlLlX4shg5zGbK7xYAJBnIv7RioLUwzdQdJk3FoRh29I1_4V6VU1seWyf5sumNhs-UG-vWnXgtSOjGnEA/s1600-h/image004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125510005365292770" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1UeQGqZ7M5cG4oMh22e69om7lqNo9l6kjf5ibGlaFlwAlJurFAzvsS6uepJ4uusGzJXhoiMV3L7ZYw07gtkAfsTGaKE5Vnx8EIbYksSkOqh-8bnG3zW_gire_CPajNTHka869g/s400/vidya-balan5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK75X2Zitqr6Zj4ECQ8r2o_VhqxW_4R9ZQkrmGeHfCJHYRfUAjqqhP3zp4b-GZsBceq40pD1D6QqjDOucpPsOhkDNb6fFmTUuXA80-bx-6eEFsQJhz_iIYPx71hrmbqmndmu1gzg/s1600-h/vidyab.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043155305203597154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK75X2Zitqr6Zj4ECQ8r2o_VhqxW_4R9ZQkrmGeHfCJHYRfUAjqqhP3zp4b-GZsBceq40pD1D6QqjDOucpPsOhkDNb6fFmTUuXA80-bx-6eEFsQJhz_iIYPx71hrmbqmndmu1gzg/s400/vidyab.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7peyPF5b7TARTagiIjiilgPpqvSK5bN3dUS793H9h7Cge2fbu_4El9peWX3PZWxvOUY9NEYrfvZ-jg4M68WwQuK-9bVOFDRFH88uJfx5mS86nD4tIb4CV9tGlEuBv3AARd6Czg/s1600-h/vidya%20balan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043155206419349330" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5NQeyV5O-beHdA_ca6oYKLqILSx6Sylyt1G21U8Ug8nnWAm0JjYgc3DGfDHBU1ifisdDqHYKA42aEUdg3SkJJRTN_mgywpiJHy7qfzkHH9V6PNSBcpQ6wyRT-hfFd4LlYl2_iQ/s400/2006070300990301.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGYYBnAang43kb66q6Vghlvt7PgS0xFujN4QGBPYMUN1YIE92x3lUkXm-tjU7zWDGIjSYi3GKz1QIVecq2WOUzrSpasU2oTpfhykHfNpPBxVs6h3-zmgE3_Qu73Zv4YND-sMCiA/s1600-h/1681_Vidya-Balan3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043154845642096418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGYYBnAang43kb66q6Vghlvt7PgS0xFujN4QGBPYMUN1YIE92x3lUkXm-tjU7zWDGIjSYi3GKz1QIVecq2WOUzrSpasU2oTpfhykHfNpPBxVs6h3-zmgE3_Qu73Zv4YND-sMCiA/s400/1681_Vidya-Balan3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1147007532845924022006-05-07T06:04:00.001-07:002006-05-07T06:12:12.866-07:00Celebrity life style in India- Page 3 crowd<span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em>Stars of India: The Bling-Bling in the Crown<br />By John LancasterWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, February 6, 2005; Page D01 </em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em>NEW DELHI -- They wear silk saris, well-cut Nehru jackets and incandescent smiles. They are practiced in the art of air-kissing and social banter. They are often beautiful, usually rich and sometimes genuinely talented. They are India's new elite. They are India's "Page 3 people." </em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em>Named after the place where their parties and polo matches are breathlessly chronicled in the lifestyle sections of the English-language press, the Page 3 crowd is a broad category that mixes traditional celebrities -- Bollywood stars, cricket players, literary figures -- with new-money admen, fashion designers, high-tech entrepreneurs and other beneficiaries of India's growing integration with the global economy. </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em>Celebrity coverage is a relatively recent addition to Indian newspapers that traditionally have tended toward stodgy government news. But it has proven to be a big hit with readers, reflecting the soaring aspirations and rapid expansion of the middle class.<br /><br /></em></span><a onclick="largePhotoPopup('http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/sports/2005-02-06/index.html?imgId=I1707-2005Feb05&thisnode=world/asia/southasia/india/post','850', '650');" href="javascript:void(0)"></a><a onclick="largePhotoPopup('http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/sports/2005-02-06/index.html?imgId=I1707-2005Feb05&thisnode=world/asia/southasia/india/post','850', '650');" href="javascript:void(0)"></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><em>India has long revered larger-than-life figures such as Jawaharlal Nehru, left, and Mahatma Gandhi. Now papers such as the Times of India, below, breathlessly cover the rich and famous on Page 3. (Max Desfor -- AP)<br /></em></span><br /><br /><br />Today's Headlines & Columnists<a onclick="popupEmail('http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/email/emailNewsletterPreview.html?newsReg','previewNewsletter',645,600)" tabindex="104" href="javascript:void(0);">See a Sample</a> <a href="javascript:determineReg(">Sign Up Now</a><br />Breaking News Alerts<a onclick="popupEmail('http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/email/emailNewsletterPreview.html?newsalert','previewNewsletter',645,600)" tabindex="102" href="javascript:void(0);">See a Sample</a> <a href="javascript:determineReg(">Sign Up Now</a><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">It also has provided grist for a popular new movie, "Page 3." The film spotlights the sometimes-jarring emergence of Western-style celebrity culture in this conservative nation of more than a billion people, many of whom remain desperately poor.<br />The plot centers on Madhavi Sharma, a conscientious cub reporter who covers the Page 3 scene for a newspaper in Bombay. Initially bewitched by her glamorous subjects, Madhavi comes to see them as cynics and hypocrites, such as the wealthy businessman who turns out to be a pedophile or the society maven who seeks out the television cameras at a friend's funeral to promote her new line of herbal cosmetics. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">The movie mocks the social ambitions and crass commercial motives of those who'll do anything to get their pictures on Page 3. There's the cloddish, client-hungry businessman, recently returned from abroad, who hires an event-management firm to throw him a "Page 3 party" and by the end of the movie has become a bigger snob than any of his guests. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Though well received by critics and audiences, the film by director Madhur Bhandarkar has triggered a defensive reaction among some denizens of Page 3, who accuse him of taking cheap shots. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">"Page 3 people are certainly not artificial," Kalyani Chawla, an art promoter, told the Hindustan Times, which sells more than 700,000 papers daily in Delhi, last week. "They are busy, successful and good-looking people. I run three businesses, am a single mother, work hard and have a right to socialize." </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Rajiv Desai, a public relations consultant who lived for many years in Chicago, sees in the phenomenon a healthy democratization of the Indian elite. "I celebrate the Page 3 culture because it's a thing based on achievement," he said while attending a Page 3 function at New Delhi's Oberoi Hotel recently. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Bhandarkar insisted that his movie was not meant to offend. "I'm not making a judgment," he said by telephone from Bombay, describing the movie as "a documentary, realistic portrayal." He added, "I myself am on Page 3 so many times. . . . They are not creepy people." </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Celebrity is not a new phenomenon in post-colonial India, where the public has long been infatuated with Bollywood stars and larger-than-life political figures such as Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister, and his daughter, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">But this is also the country of Mahatma Gandhi, who dressed in robes of homespun cotton and eschewed all but the most basic necessities, a country that often teetered on the brink of famine in its first decades of existence and a country whose government pursued a socialist model that discouraged conspicuous consumption. </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Although much has changed in recent years, coverage of celebrities is still relatively tame by the standards of American or British media, in part because celebrities enjoy greater privacy protections under Indian law; in December, for example, India's supreme court opined that the airing of a camera-phone video purportedly showing two Bollywood stars locked in a steamy kiss -- something that would hardly have raised an eyebrow in the West -- "cannot be in the public good." </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">"We are way behind other countries when it comes to paparazzi," said Kanika Gahlaut, a former Page 3 reporter who now writes for India Today, the country's leading newsmagazine. "You can't write about a chief minister's girlfriend." </span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">On the other hand, she said, it is permissible to "talk about his clothes," and that in itself is something of a breakthrough. Media analysts trace the shift to the mid-1990s, when major English-language dailies such as the Times of India -- with a daily circulation close to 600,000 in Bombay -- came under growing competitive pressure from new private television stations. </span></em><br /><br />CONTINUED 1 <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1728-2005Feb5_2.html">2</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1728-2005Feb5_2.html">Next</a> ><br /><br /><br />© 2005 The Washington Post CompanyJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1141198378128638602006-02-28T23:22:00.000-08:002006-03-01T01:28:04.943-08:00why the brain drain ?<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/India-Flag.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/India-Flag.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/rocket%20cone.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/rocket%20cone.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-history2.html"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-history2.html</span></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1124335697356508242005-08-17T20:26:00.000-07:002006-03-08T01:21:50.103-08:00it is yesterday once more, now it is Gujarat under Mody ..<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/6.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/6.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/DerivativeAssassination.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/DerivativeAssassination.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/delhi-riots2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/delhi-riots2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/anti_sikh_riots.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/anti_sikh_riots.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/_40666312_prem1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/_40666312_prem1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/1_DeadBody.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/1_DeadBody.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Leaders 'incited' anti-Sikh riots<br /><br />Prem Kaur's husband, Balwant Singh, was beaten to deathAn Indian government inquiry into the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 has said that some Congress party leaders incited mobs to attack Sikhs.</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><em>It found "credible evidence" against a current Congress minister, Jagdish Tytler, who denies any wrongdoing.<br />The riots, in which more than 3,000 Sikhs died, were sparked by the assassination of then PM Indira Gandhi by Sikh bodyguards on 31 October 1984. </em></span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">Why butcher innocent ppl in the name of revenge ?</span></p></em></span><br />This inquiry is the latest of nine that have looked into the riots.<br />It was begun in 2000 amid dissatisfaction, particularly among Sikhs, with previous investigations.<br />But the BBC's Sanjeev Srivastava in Delhi says this commission of inquiry has only added to the confusion and is unlikely to satisfy either the opposition parties or Sikh groups awaiting justice for more than two decades.<br />Further investigation<br />The 339-page inquiry report by former Supreme Court judge, GT Nanavati, was tabled in parliament on Monday.<br />[The report] practically exonerates most of the Congress leaders we had accused of leading the mobs. Nothing will happen to the big leaders<br />Gurdip Singh, victim's son<br />It said that recorded accounts from witnesses and victims of the rioting "indicate that local Congress leaders and workers had either incited or helped the mobs in attacking the Sikhs".<br />The investigation found "credible evidence" against current Congress minister for non-resident affairs, Jagdish Tytler, "to the effect that very probably he had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs".<br />The inquiry recommended further investigation into Mr Tytler's role.<br />Mr Tytler on Monday denied any involvement, saying all previous commissions into the riots had failed to mention his name.<br />Lack of evidence<br />The investigation also found "credible evidence" against Congress politician, Dharam Das Shastri, in instigating an attack on Sikhs in his area.<br /><br />Indira Gandhi - killed by her Sikh bodyguards<br />It also recommended examination of some cases against another Congress leader, Sajjan Kumar, for his alleged involvement in the rioting.<br />Mr Kumar had been cleared of leading a mob by a sessions court in Delhi in 2002 because of lack of evidence.<br />The inquiry said there was "absolutely no evidence" suggesting that Mrs Gandhi's son, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, or "any other high ranking Congress leader had suggested or organised attacks on Sikhs".<br />The report said that the police "remained passive and did not provide protection to the people" during the riots.<br />"There was a colossal failure of the maintenance of law and order," the report said.<br />Relatives of the victims of the riots who spoke to the BBC were sceptical about the investigation.<br />"What is the use of this report? It practically exonerates most of the Congress leaders we had accused of leading the mobs. Nothing will happen to the big leaders," said Gurdip Singh, whose father Harbhajan, was killed by the rioters.<br />Our correspondent, Sanjeev Srivastava, says the lack of evidence the report has found means the Congress government is unlikely to suffer much embarrassment.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4130962.stm"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4130962.stm</span></a><br /><br /><br />Prime Minister apologises for 1984 anti-Sikh riotsAugust 11, 2005 18:42 IST<br />Seeking to assuage the sentiments of the Sikh community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday apologised for the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, saying he was not standing on any 'false prestige' and bowed his head in shame.<br /><a class="" href="http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/11pmrs.htm" target="new">Time for introspection: PM</a><br />Describing the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi as a 'great national tragedy', he said, 'what happened subsequently was equally shameful'.<br />Intervening in a discussion on an opposition-sponsored motion in the Rajya Sabha on the Nanavati Commission's report, Dr Singh said he had seen statements by opposition leaders that he should seek forgiveness from the country.<br />"I have no hesitation in apologising to the Sikh community. I apologise not only to the Sikh community, but to the whole Indian nation because what took place in 1984 is the negation of the concept of nationhood enshrined in our Constitution," he said.<br /><a class="" href="http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/11spec.htm" target="new">Citizenspeak: Who said what</a><br />Dr Singh said, "On behalf of our government, on behalf of the entire people of this country I bow my head in shame that such a thing took place."<br />Dr Singh said he had accompanied Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Harminder Sahib (Golden temple in Amritsar) some five or six years ago and 'we together prayed to give us strength and show us the way that such things never again take place in our country'.<br />An emotional Singh said while one cannot rewrite the past, 'but as human beings we have the will power and we have the ability to write better future for all of us'.<br /><br /><p></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><em>GUJARAT RIOTS home page</em></span></p><p><a href="http://in.rediff.com/news/godhra.htm">http://in.rediff.com/news/godhra.htm</a> </span></p>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1124248377527210512005-08-16T20:10:00.000-07:002005-08-16T20:16:48.140-07:00the end of hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkotta, the City of Joy ....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/dvd%20joy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/dvd%20joy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/city.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/city.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>India communists to end use of hand-pulled rickshaws<br />Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:52 AM BST<br /></em></span><a id="NewsMenu_PrinterFriendlyLink" href="javascript:commonPopup(" type="oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=uri%3a2005-08-15T105133Z_01_KWA539074_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-INDIA-RICKSHAWS.XML',">Printer Friendly</a> <a id="NewsMenu_EmailLink" href="javascript:commonPopup(" type="oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=uri%3a2005-08-15T105133Z_01_KWA539074_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-INDIA-RICKSHAWS.XML&link=news/NewsArticle.aspx',">Email Article</a> <a id="NewsMenu_RssLink" href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/rss/default.aspx">RSS</a><br /><br />KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Communist authorities in India's eastern city of Kolkata said on Monday they would ban hand-pulled rickshaws, calling the popular century-old transport "inhumane".<br />The chief minister of communist-run West Bengal state, of which Kolkata is the capital, said the plan to phase out the city's 10,000 hand-pulled rickshaws was part of wider campaign to improve its poor global image.<br />"Westerners try to associate beggars and these rickshaws with Kolkata's tradition, but this is not our tradition," Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told reporters, adding that the ban would come into effect within five months.<br />Chinese traders introduced the hand-pulled rickshaw to Kolkata in the early 20th century and sinewy, barefoot men pulling the vehicles are still a common sight in the city.<br />They are in especially great demand during the monsoon when flooded streets make it hard for commuters to use taxis or cars.<br />China banned hand-pulled rickshaws after the communists took power in 1949 and Kolkata is one of the only places left in the world where such rickshaws are used as everyday transport.<br />Officials in Kolkata said they would look into replacing the hand-pulled rickshaws with motorised three-wheel versions or bicycle rickshaws, but did not detail how this would be financed.<br />Mohammad Aslam of the All Bengal Rickshaw Pullers Union, the leading union of rickshaw pullers in the city, said it was not opposed to the move as long as jobs were not lost.<br />"We hope the government will make suitable arrangements and thousands of people who are involved with this trade are not left in the lurch," he said.<br />In the past few years, Kolkata -- best known for its poverty and the charity works of Mother Teresa -- has emerged as a new information technology and outsourcing hub, with swanky restaurants, shopping malls and coffee bars springing up.© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1124092976056174202005-08-15T00:55:00.000-07:002005-08-15T06:05:26.703-07:00come to GOA for the time of your life ...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/beaches11.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/beaches11.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/dona-paula.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/dona-paula.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/arambol-beaches.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/arambol-beaches.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/souza_carnival%20goa.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/souza_carnival%20goa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/hm_pgbig%20goa.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/hm_pgbig%20goa.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/goacarnivals01.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/goacarnivals01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/goa%20car.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/goa%20car.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/carnival%20goa.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/320/carnival%20goa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>if u want low cost holiday, u wont find lower</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>if u want higher, u gott it</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>if u r a greek tycoon, u will get yr style here too</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>wats so special about GOA </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>the beaches</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>the parties dat dont stop at 11 or 2 or 4 AM</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>the churches, the temples, the people in harmony wid one another</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>not a single communal riot till date</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>the AL QAIDA dont no about this place</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><em>CAUTION: when u come to Goa, u will never want to go back ! </em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">Come to Goa my friendz in the my friendz list</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">lemme show u GOA from my eyes</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">i was born in Goa in 1950 during the Portuguese rule</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">mail me when u intend to visit Goa, </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">a paradise on Earth</span></em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">for folk dances go here </span><a href="http://nrityanjali.org.in/arts.htm"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://nrityanjali.org.in/arts.htm</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">for beaches go to<br />Goa Beaches » </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-calangute-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Calangute</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-colva-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Colva Beach</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-dona-paula-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Dona Paula</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-miramar-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Miramar</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-anjuna-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Anjuna</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-vagator-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Vagator</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-arambol-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Arambol Beach</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-agonda-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Agonda</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><a href="http://www.egoatourism.com/goa-beaches/goa-palolem-beach-tours.html" target=""><span style="font-size:180%;">Palolem</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><em><span style="color:#009900;"></span></em><br /></span><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">go to <a href="http://jeemm.blogspot.com/2005/08/dream-land_07.html"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://jeemm.blogspot.com/2005/08/dream-land_07.html</span></a> </span></em>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1123557937565199412005-08-08T20:21:00.000-07:002005-08-08T20:35:11.980-07:00Dhirubhai, the groth of an enterpreneur ..<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/ambanis-1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/200/ambanis-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/untitled%20ambani.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/untitled%20ambani.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>A rags to riches story ..</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>Mohandas Gandhi and Dhirubhai Ambani were the two most famous scions of the Modh Bania, a Hindu commercial caste based in the arid Saurashtra peninsula of India's western Gujarat state. The Mahatma idealized traditional village ways, passive resistance, and homespun cotton. Ambani, a billionaire industrialist, preached prosperity to a burgeoning Indian middle-class via a business empire built on polyester.<br />Each changed India. Ambani's public wore his textiles as durable suits and glittery saris. Indians invested by the millions in his Bombay-listed Reliance Industries, a sprawling conglomerate with $12.3 billion in annual sales that recently became India's first privately owned entrant to the Fortune 500. When Ambani died on July 6 at age 69 after nearly two weeks in a stroke-induced coma, the country's media recounted his rags-to-riches life as an Indian morality play. </em></span><br /><br /><a href="http://muraleedharan.tripod.com/legends_dhirubhaiambani.html">http://muraleedharan.tripod.com/legends_dhirubhaiambani.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">and his sons, CAIN and ABEL ...</span><br />Ambani feud: The mud flies thick and fast<br /><a href="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/ambani-feud-media.asp">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/ambani-feud-media.asp</a><br /><br /><br />MEDIA<br /><a href="http://www.dancewithshadows.com/pub/reliance-split.asp">LATEST UPDATE: RELIANCE EMPIRE SPLIT</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1122943794143358562005-08-01T17:46:00.000-07:002005-08-01T18:21:46.196-07:00stand up for your country, and shout ! ....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/vande_mataram.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/vande_mataram.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/27706424_29ef888447_m.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/27706424_29ef888447_m.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/spaceball.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/spaceball.gif" border="0" /></a><br />i was on a tour<br />i found dis<br /><br />And his shirt says it all. Democracy is not a spectator sport. If you believe in things, stand up for them. If you hear people speaking against your beliefs, challenge them, or, at least share your beliefs. And for gods sake, if you, as a community, like the GLBTQ community, are being attacked and put down and cornered and condemned, standup. This is not a spectator sport.<br /><br /><a href="http://lelonopo.blogspot.com/">http://lelonopo.blogspot.com/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1122086422548952122005-07-22T19:40:00.000-07:002005-08-10T19:02:35.763-07:00dis travel post is specially created for my girl TANVI, who will be in India soon ...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/goa%20today%20magazine.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/goa%20today%20magazine.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/collage02%20mumbai.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/collage02%20mumbai.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/1600/bar%20girls.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/670/730/400/bar%20girls.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/640/top33.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/400/top33.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />GOA is where u shud be ...<br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;"><a href="http://www.goatourism.org/">http://www.goatourism.org/</a> </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;">when in mumbai dont forget to a visit a dance bar</span></em><br />see above ....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">GOA a must visit, when u visit India</span><br /><a href="http://morrisonlife.com/worldtour/India.html" target="_top"><span style="font-size:180%;">morrisonlife.com/ worldtour/India.html</span></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1121993068174805762005-07-21T17:44:00.000-07:002005-07-21T17:57:11.966-07:00the new maharajas ....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/640/ATT1806803.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/400/ATT1806803.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><em>Scene: A flood affected area of Vadodara, Gujrat </em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><em><br />Cast: Joint Commissioner of Police, K. Kumaraswamy, riding on the shoulders of a Constable to save his feet and trousers from Flood Water!!!<br /><br />Source: The Indian Express, July 2<br /><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">we will all do our Nation a small favor by passing this New face of Indian Administration to others.</span></em></span><span style="color:#33cc00;"><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span></em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">gott dis from a concerned Indian citizen ...</span></em><br /></em></span>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1120565107038436992005-07-05T05:05:00.000-07:002005-07-05T05:05:07.060-07:00imnutsincaps<a href="http://www.imnutsincaps.blogspot.com/">imnutsincaps</a>
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<br />The Real Scoop on Sex
<br />Things my Mom (or Aunts or other ladies pretending to be motherly) should have told me! (Which I had to discover myself :| )
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<br />1) The real orgasm is how you feel after the physical orgasm is over.
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<br />2) You can also have sex when you're physically far away from someone.
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<br />3) The sexiest wet dream ever is when you dream of making love to yourself. (I wonder if that is lesbian sex?)
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<br />4) The only sluts (girls or guys) around are those who pretend to enjoy something they don't and pretend not to enjoy something they do.
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<br />5) Pretence is also the single easiest way to ruin your love-life for forever.
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<br />6) Concentration is so important when you're making love! The 'dreamy far away' thing just won't work then.
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<br />7) And Yes, holding hands can get you pregnant. With something more life-impacting than a baby - a madness that will keep burning inside you for years and years and years. You just never know when this could happen...you just wake up one day and realize its happened.
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<br />The real scoop on sex concludes that sex is no more than 'cooperative masturbation' until emotions and feelings are involved, no matter what they are.
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<br />And that its better to listen to your own instinct in any moment rather than the many voices of the many sex-advisors we've all been swamped with ever since religion and AIDS were discovered.
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<br />posted by Miss Sensuality @ 11:38 PM
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<br />Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1120537869853913572005-07-04T21:31:00.000-07:002005-07-04T21:31:09.863-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/640/photo2.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/400/photo1.jpg'></a><br />starring SRK, Aamir, Rani Mukherjee ...<br /><span style='font-size: 8pt;'>dis is me ..</span>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1119767094691894782005-06-25T23:24:00.000-07:002005-06-25T23:28:19.086-07:00magical abarti .....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/640/magicofagarbatti2.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/400/magicofagarbatti2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">stolen from </span><a href="http://kentuckyshade.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://kentuckyshade.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color:#3366ff;"> ...</span></em></span>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11703828.post-1119751131305497172005-06-25T18:58:00.000-07:002005-06-25T19:01:59.410-07:00aap jaise koi mere dil mein aa jaye .....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/640/3.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/116/2983/400/3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:8;color:#ff99ff;"><em>baath ban jaye</em></span>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793792829148051260noreply@blogger.com0