Or what newspapers and media will not tell you about the 2009 Indian Parliamentary Election. Will the new government go in for reform? Absolutely! Though there may be a slight difference between what everyone understands by reform and what the government means by reform. From the government’s perspective reform means re-forming the government. The party…
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Any newbie TV News Producer who wants to compete with the top Indian news channels will be well advised to comply with the following guidelines: All news is BREAKING NEWS. This also means that if there is no news, BREAK all journalism rules to get BREAKING NEWS. TV news channels are in the business of…
I am amused by people who say they have no dreams. When even animals dream, how can people not? An evil thought comes about subjecting such people to dream deprivation, if only to advance scientific understanding. I dream both in color as well as in black and white. As with most people, I have recurrent…
I’m sick and tired of all the politician-bashing that bloggers seem addicted to these days. Why do we have to be so critical all the time? Why not see the glass half-full? Deciding to be an optimist, I present “Virtues of Politicians”: Politicians have great oratory skills. Enthralling thousands of people at rallies who stand…
An assortment of stuff I came across in cyberspace, offered second hand, for anyone who may be interested. Despite veto threats from the Bush administration, the House of Representatives approved the Free Flow of Information Act that would shield journalists – and some bloggers – from being forced to reveal confidential sources in federal cases.…
The Friday Flea Market is now open all weekend! An assortment of stuff I came across in cyberspace, offered second hand, for anyone who may be interested. Wired Magazine has a very interesting article on how racial profiling can be used in forensics with great success. The Inconvenient Science of Racial DNA Profiling also explains…
After the intense and enlightening discussion on an earlier post – An Unquiet Mind Over Matter – I couldn’t help resist sharing today’s Quote of the Day from The Quotation’s Page. It’s a perfect rejoinder that serves a sumptuous dessert of humor! Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand – Kurt VonnegutUS novelist (1922…
A few weeks back, I read Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion say: I want us to flinch when we hear of a ‘Christian child’ or a ‘Muslim child’. Small children are too young to know their views on life, ethics and the cosmos. We should no more speak of a Christian child than of…
An assortment of stuff I came across in cyberspace, offered second hand, for anyone who may be interested. If you haven’t read it already, Thomas Friedman’s penultimate op-ed 9/11 Is Over, is a must-read. China has now started blocking all RSS feeds as well. A woman has been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran…
I have never written about cricket before. Why? I’m not sure – sometimes I think enough is being written all around, and I can’t add any value. At other times, I don’t think it has any real “post-substance”, so I let it pass by. Well, such an opportunity doesn’t come very often, so let me…
An Unquiet Mind 
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