Celebrating India…and the emerging world order
This article was forwarded by a friend from UK. It is an extract of the UK Chancellor Gordon Brown’s speech while on a recent visit to Bangalore, (Jan 17 ’07). Excerpts (emphasis mine): “…Now as the...
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“Scariest Movie of the Year*”…?
Some of you may have heard about the controversy surrounding the movie “Jesus Camp”�which has been nominated for an Oscar under the Best Documentary Feature film. Richard Schickel of TIME magazine has called it�”well-made...
India as a role model for global peace and prosperity
In a recent interview for BBC World Service’s Discovery programme, President APJ Abdul Kalam is quoted as saying that: “…an evolved, enlightened society – based on Indian ideas – can lead to “a peaceful,...
China’s Afzal Guru…
This is how our great neighbour China treats its Afzal Gurus: A Reuters news story reported in the Indian Express (February 09, 2007), “Muslim executed for trying to ‘split’ China” ****** Beijing, February 9:...
“Why Britain should fear Shilpa”…
Nice one from the BBC (although when you click the link the actual title of the story is, “Big Brother row points to mature India”… On this page though (about “Booming India expects 9.2%...
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