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The story of the US `recession’

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

XYZ Software company fires 500 people - screams the newspaper.
The Indian Software “engineer” wakes up and blinks - yes, it ought to be “recession” time in the US!
The smart, oh-so-polished commentators on NDTV and other business channels deliver great lectures about why the share market is behaving the way it is …
But remember, the […]

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Protest against Bush in Kerala

December 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Shortly after the announcement of Saddam’s hanging, the highly `enlightened’ political parties of kerala called for a `hartal’ from 3pm onwards. There were protest marches all over the state in which G.Bush was symbolically hanged and burnt to death.
One can understand the protest marches - its perhaps the least you can do to show […]

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Tags: Kerala · Politics

End of the road for Saddam

December 30th, 2006 · No Comments

It is confirmed that Saddam’s death penalty has been carried out - time for G.Bush and friends to rejoice.
The Malayalam TV channels are happy - they now have a hot topic for `debate’. Saddam is even being hailed as a `martyr’!
Read what Noam Chomsky has to say
Saddam has been punished, but what about those […]

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America, America

November 18th, 2006 · No Comments

Check out america.mpg.
Hindu’s believe in rebirth; it’s interesting to speculate in what form US politicians who cause so much suffering to humanity will be reborn as.

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