Category: India
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Sholay
I came across this great post today. Unfortunately, if you don’t speak Hindi, you won’t get it. However, if you speak Hindi and you’re a fan of the 1970’s Bollywood film, Sholay, watch this clip. It’s hilarious! Sholay Retouched
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Happy Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day to all Indians across the globe! At times like this, with all the chaos and problems in the world, we can appreciate how India achieved Independence without spilling a drop of blood. If only we could give the world another Mahatama Gandhi…
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GigaOM: Indian Villages, Internet and Crazy Headlines
This is a great post on GigaOM by their newest blogger, Shailaja Neelakantan. She writes about a recent Reuters story. The story talks about an Indian village, Hansdehar, that created a website, but isn’t connected to the Internet in anyway. Great post … GigaOM » Blog Archive » Indian Villages, Internet and Crazy Headlines Don’t…
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India Fears Terrorism May Attract Its Muslims
This is a very interesting article in today’s New York Times. It offers a glimpse into how situations are allowing radicalism to spread to traditionally non-radical Muslims. Though the situation in India is quite different, could the sentiments of newly minted radicals in India be that much different than those in the UK, Western Europe,…
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Coke and Pepsi Contain Pesticides?
The Indian Supreme Court has subpoenaed Coke and Pepsi in India to disclose their ingredients after an independent research body found that Coke and Pepsi contained pesticide residue upto 24 times the government limit. More from the New York Times below … India’s Top Court Seeks Soda Disclosure * E-Mail * Print * SaveArticle Tools…