Hypocrisy

For all my cosmopolitan leanings i remain a staunch nationalist:
The nightlong battle came after one Indian soldier and four Pakistanis were killed Monday along the border between sections of Kashmir
reports the New York Times on recent violation of ceasefire by Pakistan. As General Patton (or some US general during the WWII) said – war is [...]

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Slavery

One would have thought that slavery is a thing of the past. Atleast in such a modern state as the US. But NY Times carried the story of a rich New Yorker woman who enslaved two Indonesian women for several years. Despicable as this behavior is, I  couldn’t help thinking, with my mis-guided sense to defend similar situations [...]

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Is the parliament supreme?

The General Secretary of the INC asks
“The Congress has always supported reservation. An elaborate debate is needed on whether the elected Parliament or the Supreme Court will runthe country under the present democratic set-up,” Digvijay Singh toldreporters. Parliament, which had put its stamp of approval on theConstitution, also holds the right to amend it, he [...]

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Amusing No-brainer

From Local10.com website:

The Herald’s Web site says that Teele told the security guard to give a message to Herald columnist Jim DeFede. Teele said that he wanted DeFede to tell his wife that he loved her. The statement was unclear as to exactly whose wife Teele was referring to, but it seems likely he was [...]

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This article in Watley Review, that i read courtesy Bloglines depicts the grossness of this country’s media:
The Keyes family has defended their actions, arguing that there are only five or six slots for widespread searches in a given TV season, and if they didn’t give their daughter “every advantage” she wouldn’t have made the [...]

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