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Many horrible things that happen in India are blamed on illiteracy prevailing. But sometime one feels that that these happen because some people are just idiots.  See this news item. Here is a couple who is doing these bizarre things.
A British couple, who travelled to India for fertility treatment, abandoned their twin babies in [...]

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Every country in the world is facing oil crisis. In India is is particular severe because it is has become unnecessary political tool in the hands of communists. I think the problem can be solved and it is really not as severe as it has been made out to be. I did some calculation and [...]

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So the election results for Karnataka assembly were kind of as predicted as well as surprising. BJP finally got almost a majority and they probably would peacefully run a government for next five years. But most of the analysts on TV were (without looking at the data) saying that congress lost because of BSP. So [...]

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Back in 2007 I blogged about how banks have turned themselves into killing machines. It seems they have not really learnt. See here. This is what courts have to say.
We deem it appropriate to remind the banks and other financial institutions that we live in a civilised country and are governed by the rule of [...]

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After a gap of around 5 years I went back to Manohar Dairy restaurant in Bhopal. The place has been spruced up and the food quality is still as impeccable as before.

The restaurant is near Bhopal Railway station and I have always found North Indian snacks really good there. Things like Chole Bhature, Samosa, Alu [...]

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तो सुबह सुबह मैं टीवी पर समाचार देख रहा हूं और एक २४ घंटे पर समाचार पेश करने वाले चैनल पर यह मुख्य समाचार पेश होता है
अमिषेक और एश्वर्या बॉलीवुड के सबसे हॉट कपल बन गये हैं।
अब मेरी समझ में यह नहीं आत है कि यह टीवी समाचार वाले क्या थर्मामीटर ले कर घूम रहे [...]

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So I am watching the television and one of the 24hrs news channel announces
Abhishek and aishwarya have become bollywood’s hottest couple
No I don’t understand who measured the temperature of this couple?

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So china is doing cyber attacks on Indian sites. Now a days almost every country is doing that. That seems to be part of their geo political strategy.
According to senior government officials, these attacks are not isolated incidents of something so generic or basic as “hacking” — they are far more sophisticated and complete [...]

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