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- AIG Bonuses, Obama and the Public Anger
Obama would not have expected to be hit by popular anger so early, and hence the missteps that was visible...
- Hugo Chavez Removes Term Limits - The Right to Keep on Going
Hugo Chavez just keeps on going. He is the most important face of the anti-American resentment in South America, and...
- Satellites Colliding in Space
One always thinks of space as a large open area, with plenty of space in all directions. You combine this...
- World Oceans Turning More Acidic
The oceans of the world hold a huge amount of life, and are seen as the life giver to the...
- Ashutosh the Big Boss 2 Final Winner
So, after a lot of drama, the winner of Big Boss Season 2 is finally in. The last few weeks...
- Tension between Sarah Palin and McCain's advisors
More and more, it seems like John McCain did not do the right amount of thinking before selecting his vice-Presidential...
- Supreme Court Orders Police Officer To Compensate The Victim
In India, the police derive their powers from laws enacted during the British time. These laws were meant to enforce...
- Bush Signs Nuclear Energy Deal With India
In a landmark deal that broke many facets of the international nuclear embargo on NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) non-signatory nations,...
- Rape victim uses RTI to get case moving
The Indian Right to Information Act, for all its slowness, and huge backlog, is still proving to be beneficial to...
- American and Pakistani Skirmish: An Engineered Distraction?
At the border with Afghanistan actually. There is an under-current of simmering tension between the United States and Pakistan, and...
- End of the Investment Bank Era on Wall Street?
It has been decades now that Wall Street has been run by big investment banks. The exact names may keep...
- Bomb Attack on Marriott, Islamabad - Pakistan's Grave Choices
Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan, and the home to its political leaders and a military garrison as well....
- Bomb Blasts in Delhi - The Need For Coordination
It seems like we are living in a B-grade movie about some invisible hands deciding to blow up things all...
- Crackdown on Drunk Driving in Mumbai
India has a variety of problems relating to traffic management, such as overall bad conditions of road, not enough road...
- Under-age Drinking and the Family
I read this article in a newspaper, and was shocked (and shocked is a mild word for what I...
- Idol Immersion Increasing River Pollution in India
There are a number of areas where modern science and problems clash with traditions. In such cases, a reasonable expectation...
- John Edwards Admits to Affair
The United States has this obsession on a certain amount of moral purity among its politicians. They can solicit all...
- Supreme Court Acts Tough on Non-Filing of FIRs
Most people have their own story about their interactions with the police force, especially in their stronghold (police stations). Let...
- Movie Review: The Gold Rush (1925)
I had the chance to watch this classic Charlie Chaplin movie recently on TV, and was pretty impressed, hence writing...
- Shooting Civilians and Defending It
In a retraction, the US military in Iraq announced that 3 people shot in an incident in June (June 25th)...
- The Importance of Usability Testing
Suppose you are in a tight development cycle. You have to deliver either a new product, or the next version...
- Project Management - You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too
This is a true example from around 6 years back when I was working for an IT software solutions provider...
- Uttar Pradesh Police on Cleanliness Drive for Gomti River
Indian rivers are extremely polluted, and have been so for a long time now. It is all the more horrible...
- Old Parents Left Behind
Recently I came across a situation that was terribly distressing. There was a school friend of mine (we are talking...
- Dark Windows - Respecting Traffic Rules
I really wonder sometimes about whether we should blame the ordinary citizen or the police when you see laws and...
- Mercy Killing in India
A very sensitive subject indeed. Mercy killing, or allowing a person to take his own life (or a team of...
- Government Considers Reviewing Anti-Dowry Laws
The incidence of dowry in the country is fairly high (any statistics published on this subject are however immediately challenged...
- The Pleasures of India Gate
Imagine a place where there is a kilometer-long lane of cars parked on both sides of the road, where a...
- Caste-based Reservations Demands Increasing
To say that caste-based reservations demands are increasing is probably a major under-statement, given the events so far over the...
- Justice Delivered in Nitish Katara Murder
It's been some time now since this case has been in court. Imagine the case where a couple is in...
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