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• Independence Day for India!! From innuswami in random thoughts (97 days old)

  Somewhat damp and cloudy Independence Day in Bangalore! What with the Swine Flu, inflation, recession and all, there is lack of enthusiasm in most people. The morning news paper says that there is a n… more

• Discrimination and Prejudices. From innuswami in random thoughts (103 days old)

  Discrimination and prejudices are facts of life but no one wants to accept that it exists. All of us discriminate at one level or the other and get discriminated too. When we get discriminated in some… more

• Mumbai! My heart bleeds! From innuswami in random thoughts (342 days old)

  South Mumbai, Colaba to be exact, is where I lived for nearly 40 years. Every nook and corner of the place is familiar to me. I was stunned and numbed when I saw the television pictures of the mayhem … more

• Disjointed thoughts on Independence day!!! From innuswami in random thoughts (462 days old)

  Independence Day is the day of freedom, The freedom that came to Indians on 15th August 1947, Celebrated ever since every year without fail, Politicians making speeches and hoisting the tricolour.… more

• Political circus From innuswami in random thoughts (478 days old)

  The other day I was watching a TV debate on terrorism. Politicians and experts aired their views. The Congress spokesperson said that under the circumstances he could very well say that this is the ha… more

• Anomalies, contradictions and plain inefficiencies! From innuswami in random thoughts (724 days old)

  Monsoons are eagerly awaited throughout India because the country’s prosperity and the ruling Governments popularity depend on whether the monsoons have been good or bad. In case the rains failed in l… more

• Happiness? What? From innuswami in random thoughts (816 days old)

  In our day-to-day life all of us are engaged in some activity or the other, presumably in pursuit of happiness. We may not be all the time aware of or conscious of the fact that the ultimate aim of al… more

• Hindus and Indian Muslims From innuswami in random thoughts (1090 days old)

  There was this man who cursed a lady and called her a bitch and then went on to explain how sweet a bitch is, the wife of a dog! After all isn’t a bitch the respectable wife of dog? So why should an… more

• Sobering thoughts on Indian Independence Day. From innuswami in random thoughts (1196 days old)

  In the Fifties, Sixties and even the seventies it was treason to talk about anything that could be construed or interpreted as against the interest or security of the Indian Nation. No one ever talk… more

• Love Thy Religion...! From innuswami in random thoughts (1219 days old)

  Most westerners are surprised at the religiosity of the Indians. Everything that an Indian does has a religious under tone to it. From the moment he wakes up in the morning till he retires to bed at n… more

• Dung is the thing!! From innuswami in random thoughts (1336 days old)

  Dung is the thing!! Recent newspaper reports say that Sakae Shibusawa, an agriculture-engineering professor in Tokyo University has successfully extracted .042 ounces of gasoline from 3.5 ounces of… more

• "Work for loot" bill for poor in India From innuswami in random thoughts (1545 days old)

  “Work for Loot” Bill You work and we loot seems to be what the politicians of India are telling the poor when the Congress Chairperson has so proudly introduced the Employment Guarantee Act in the Pa… more

• Sobering Thoughts about Indian politics From innuswami in random thoughts (1546 days old)

  Young men and women of today are a confident lot. They are sure of what they want, quite unlike many of us of the past generation. The young romantics of the past generation were idealistic and a lot … more

• Random thoughts on Indian Independance Day From innuswami in random thoughts (1558 days old)

  Different people have different emotions on Independence Day. For most of us it means very little, and little more than just a holiday to look forward to. The speeches of the country’s rulers and le… more

• More thoughts on energy crisis From innuswami in random thoughts (1580 days old)

  The following is a continuation of my earlier posting,"Beat the energy crisis" of 18/05/05 The effort of the modern world should be for utilisation of energy from sources other than fossil fuels or n… more

• Secularism - Indian political toy!! From innuswami in random thoughts (1633 days old)

  Secular means not religious or not spiritual (material or lay). That is what the dictionary says. But in recent times the meaning has taken all sorts of twists and turns. Indian politicians tell you… more

• The itinerant Indian - book on travel stories! From innuswami in random thoughts (1641 days old)

  This hard cover edition published by Unisun Publications and edited by Aruna Nambiar is an interesting book to read. It is a compilation of 25 stories written by 14 Indian writers. The book is also pr… more

• Beating about "the Bush" From innuswami in random thoughts (1642 days old)

  So much was said and debated about the unprincipled war in Iraq and subsequent occupation of Iraq by American and British troops and their friends, that the rest of the world thought the people of US… more

• Spirituality is the ethos of India. From innuswami in random thoughts (1645 days old)

  India is a country of diversity Diversity of all kinds: religion, language, color and appearance of people, food, climate of different regions, art and culture and every aspect of life. Spirituali… more

• Beat the energy crisis From innuswami in random thoughts (1647 days old)

  One of the main constraints for industrial growth of India is inadequate infrastructure. Though a lot has been achieved during the past couple of decades the energy situation is far from satisfactory … more

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