By Outspoken Gujarati on January 16, 2009
An Indian Supreme Court judge disagrees from the so-called belief, that Gujarat violence was one-sided pogrom.
Posted in Gujarati Matters, Indian Politics, Indian Society | Tagged 2002 gujarat riots, biased English media, BJP, communalism, godhra train carnage, Hindutva, islamic terror, jehadi, majority-minority, pakistani terror, pseudo-secularist, supreme court, toi |
By admin on September 24, 2008
Lila’s mother Susan Manning, sister Marie and brother Bhisma mourn as her body is prepared for cremation. File image courtesy of Theage.com.au.
I had written about the tragic death of Anand Lila Salter in Vrindavan early this year. Lila salter, the 17 year old Aussie girl, who had spent a major chunk of her life in [...]
Posted in General, Indian Politics, Indian Society | Tagged anandlila, aussie girl, australian, hare, hindusim, iskon, killing, krishna, lila, murder, salter, slaying, vaishnavism, vrindavan dham |
By admin on September 18, 2008
Date: 9/18/2008 Time: 01:14:47
Ha! Just watched an overturned car next to my home. Huge dragging sound and a couple of loud thumps. Past midnight, very few around, rushed to help the victims out. But they made it on their own. Car front destroyed due to its sheer tumbling, yet the windscreen stayed together, saving lives. [...]
Posted in Gujarati Matters, Indian Society | Tagged accident, ahmedabad, amdavad, car crash, flee, insurance, overturns, police, rash driving, run away, tumble |
By admin on August 28, 2008
Somebody forwarded the following jpg in Gujarati tonight. It was fun reading through, but so did come along mixed emotions. I don’t know what the basic schooling reminds to you or not, but my early days at the Baherampura Hindi Prathmik Shala run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (mid 70s-1981) came back calling to my [...]
Posted in General, Gujarati Matters, Indian Society | Tagged ahmedabad, childhood, children, fantasy, fun, government-run, Gujarat, india, kids, Poor, primary, school, tragedy |
By admin on August 4, 2008
Deewana Kishore Kumar And Deewana Me!
In a nation of so much internal strife and negatives, very few names can instill the kind of joy and passion Kishore Midas Kumar does. He belongs to that rare breed, which could hop over man-made religious, linguistic and ideological boundaries and leave their audiences fufilled and joyous. I do [...]
Posted in Hindi Cinema, Indian Society, Kishore Kumar, Philosophy | Tagged 79th birth anniversary, bollywood, deewana, hindi, Kishore Kumar, kishoreda, mumbai, music, sentimental, Songs |
By admin on February 5, 2008
Image Courtesy Sydney Morning Herald
I came across the following story in Sydney Morning Herald, (also check…and this) and ended up writing down the following letter to its editor:
I have been logging on to your website each night, in fact very late by the Indian Standard Time, hoping to get the mainstream Australian viewpoint about [...]
Posted in Cricket, General, Indian Society | Tagged anandalila salter, attack, australian, commune, hare rama krishna, india, lila, vrindavan |
By admin on January 27, 2008
The sky is the limit, they say it for those who can really climb up to make at the top in life. However, I found it frightening to even look at the same blue sky, as this story of mine must say! I got this shot captured through my cellphone camera, while walking down the [...]
Posted in General, Indian Society | Tagged Economic Success, Electric Tower, Indian Society, Life, Low-paid Workers, Men, Poor |
By admin on January 13, 2008
I was recently reading these excerpts about Osho Rajneesh, which supposedly have taken a wide range of opinions into their account. Although none of the controversies, Osho is spoken about, has been listed there, the Indian born guru was a controversial figure indeed in the eyes of many. As a keen listener and [...]
Posted in Indian Society, Meditation, Osho Rajneesh, Philosophy | Tagged Controversies, Dhyan, Indian Guru, Meditation, Mulla Nasruddin, Osho Rajneesh, Philosopher |
By admin on December 30, 2007
Narendra Modi registers an impressive victory in the Dec 2007 Gujarat Assembly Polls amidst all odds.
Posted in Gujarati Matters, Indian Politics, Indian Society | Tagged 2007 Assembly Polls, ahmedabad, BJP, Congress, Hindutva, landslide win, Narendra Modi, pseudo-secularist |
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