My CAN-I Thought Process!: India Sinking Archives

November 11, 2005

India - Democrazy

Economist has an interesting article explaining how India Democracy's Drawbacks are hurting the economic growth: Indias service businesses have thrived because they have capitalised on India's strengths—computer skills, fluency in English—and are not hostage to its weaknesses. Yet those weaknesses Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 03:34 PM

October 17, 2005

When 60 Million Girls Disappear - What do you call it?

If 60 million Tamils, or Muslims, or Slavs or Jews or Yadavs or Todas or Bedu’s or Kurds disappeared it would be front page news. But, when 60 million girls disappear, it seems to be par for the course. Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 11:04 AM

September 10, 2005

Parvati Cannot Sing for Shiva

Gargi writes about an incident where Parvati Khan was denied to sing for Lord Shiva, as her husband is a Muslim. Express Report: “She created such a beautiful atmosphere here,” gushes priest Upendra Shikhre, unaware of Khan’s real identity. “Her Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 12:09 PM

January 23, 2005

In post-tsunami India, caste lines re-emerge

I wonder how come Indian papers do not report such incidents, are they immune the happennings arround them? Startribute reports: In post-tsunami India, caste lines re-emerge Muthu Vellaithevan, a farm laborer who is part of India's untouchable caste, lost seven Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 07:51 PM

January 14, 2005

Social Worker's Throat Slit - Govt. Callous - What Is Needed?

Varupi Jain wrote an article Delhi authorities condone vicious attacks in India Together In the sixth incidence of violence against Parivartan workers in the last year and a half, Santosh, a young worker was attacked murderously on 30 December 2004. Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 01:34 PM

November 21, 2004

A modern day parody

Via: The Smorgasbord: A modern day parody My friend Anita mailed me this modern day parody about an ant and a grasshopper. Quaint. And in some ways, reminiscent of our times. The classic version The ant works hard in the Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 10:31 PM

September 22, 2004

World Bank is Evil but Ford money is just right

Source: For these economists, World Bank is Evil but Ford money is just right Today, five ‘‘Left’’ economists threatened to give up their assignments with the Planning Commission in protest against the World Bank representative’s inclusion in the commission’s review Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 01:23 PM

September 11, 2004

They don't know how to sing National Anthem

I have come across this picture at Seriously Sandeep . It kills my soul to see something like this happenning while National Anthem is being sung. At the same time I want to tell a story, yesterday I attended 5th Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 01:49 PM

August 20, 2004

Weight Lifters - What Went Wrong?

Indian women weight lifters have carried with them hopes of millions of Indians along with them to Athens Olympic games and each hope has been trashed miserably by pathetic performance of Malleswari, positive dope tests by Chanu and Partima. Just Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:02 PM

July 29, 2004

Here is the bill for your Riot

It started at the University College, Trivandrum, a once-reputed institution that has had the misfortune to have the A K Gopalan Center (a Marxist stronghold) come up right next to it. Today there is no difference between the cadres and Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:18 PM

July 26, 2004

HTs - Does Bihar Matter

Hindusthan times has a page dedicated to the situation in bihar @ What Ails Bihar? - HindustanTimes.com. The is a nice collection of articles about caste, crime, politics, day to day living and future (may be no future) of bihar. Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 07:45 PM

June 09, 2004

In Bihar Indian Railways is Laloos Jagir

The Indian Railways seems to have become the Rashtriya Janata Dal's private property ever since Laloo Prasad Yadav took charge of the Railway Ministry, believe many. Not just the sattu-driven-down-your-throat change in on-board cuisine, even reservation lists are being altered Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 12:49 PM

May 05, 2004

16 in Bilkis case sent to judicial custody

Sixteen of the total 20 accused in the Bilkis Bano gangrape-cum-massacre of post-Godhra riots, which claimed lives of 14 people, were sent to judicial custody till May 18 by a local court here today. The two policemen, who had Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:09 PM

April 25, 2004

Vote for Naidu? If we do, one by one, he will make this entire village drink pesticide.

If Mr Chandrababu Naidu loses Andhra Pradesh this time and if he decides to find out why, he should take this journey: turn right from the National Highway after Anantapur town and travel 9 km through a landscape dotted Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 11:03 PM

March 21, 2004

Nehru Book Controversy

[Via Not Really Indian] by [Moorish Girl] A new controversy has erupted in India over a book penned by statesman Jawaharlal Nehru, Discovery of India, some sixty years ago. The BJP is upset at what they say is a poor Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 07:24 AM

March 10, 2004

'Vande Mataram' is un-Islamic, rules cleric

Agra: Fifty-four Muslims were excommunicated and their marriages nullified by a local Mufti after they reportedly expressed the view that singing of national song Vande Mataram was not un-Islamic. Discuss: Vande Mataram has no religious overtones While issuing a fatwa, Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:05 PM

March 07, 2004

Outright Discrimination against women in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir today passed a bill that confirms the long-standing precedent of annulling the permanent resident status of a local woman once she marries outside the state. The Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill, 2004, was passed unanimously by the Assembly Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 12:26 AM

March 02, 2004

Destroying the Country from Within

By Atanu Dey in Deeshaa: Destroying the Country from Within This is a rant. Displaying equanimity in the face of adversity is an admirable quality. I am afraid that there are times when one has to give vent to one's Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 10:46 PM

February 26, 2004

How Can I Forgive Them - Bilkis rape Case?

When Godhra happened my husband Yakub was unemployed. But we lived in a well-kept home and I was happily married. We had a baby named Saleha. She was three years old. I was five months pregnant. On February 27, 2002, Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:42 PM

3 Month Old Baby Raped

Appalled by the rape of a three-month-old baby at Kheri in Uttar Pradesh in December, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday announced Rs 1 lakh for the child who is at present undergoing treatment at AIIMS at state Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:29 PM

February 24, 2004

The 'spectacular success' of Indian Taliban

Imagine a sprawling slum housing some 2 lakh people and not a single television set. In September last year, Cheetah Camp in suburban Trombay took to heart an edict issued by the local Muslim clergy and did away with the Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 01:41 PM

February 18, 2004

Seshan’s right, we’re a tribe of prostitutes, says Pirzada

Bound to a stretcher, his blood pressure swinging like a yo-yo, he pays no heed to his wife’s pleas to clam up. Gurnihal Singh Pirzada, the IAS officer thrown into jail over two lease agreements and freed this evening is Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:58 PM

February 17, 2004

Does India need only 50,000 engineers per year?

In the ruckus over Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi's order to the IIMs to slash fees, another news has been missed out: the U R Rao Committee has recommended the slashing of engineering seats from the current 350,000 Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 03:02 PM

February 13, 2004

'Fee-bad' factor: IIMs highlight shortage of funds

When Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi slashed the fees of the Indian Institute of Management, he promised that the government would meet the shortfall in funds. But it was a promise that the minister forgot to keep. Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 11:48 AM

February 06, 2004

IIM Fee slashed to 30,000 and finance ministry funding slashed!

Neither students nor teachers at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIMA) were happy at Union Human Resource Minister Murli Manohar Joshi’s announcement that the yearly tuition fee at IIMs had been slashed from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 30,000. Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 10:57 AM

February 04, 2004

Critic on Vajpayee Value System

am amused by the BJP’s desperate attempt to convert the forthcoming Lok Sabha election into a political beauty contest between an octogenarian Dritharashtra, as Ram Jethmalani has so aptly described Vajpayee, and a reluctant debutante who has conclusively established Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 01:55 PM

January 28, 2004

We need to put pressure on PM to get Joshi out of HRD

Governments of the past must be commended for their vision to have established and nurtured institutions like the IITs and IIMs. The fact that this commitment has stood the test of time of over 40 years and has been acknowledged Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:06 PM

Warrants against Kalam, Chief Justice

A sting operation conducted by a television journalist on Wednesday hit the portals of the Supreme Court when it was revealed that a Metropolitan Magistrate in Ahmedabad had allegedly issued bailable warrants against the President, Chief Justice of India, a Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 01:38 PM

January 25, 2004

Yet again: they were changing a Bihar village and were shot dead

Ex-Naxalite Sarita and a former builder, Mahesh, mobilised people in and around Fatehpur block to revive a centuries-old 45-km canal system which virtually changed the face of this village. The Indian Express had featured their story on Diwali day, This Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 03:07 PM

January 20, 2004

Legacy of IIMs, IITs: Joshi on the rampage

“We don’t need no education.....we don’t need no thought control...teachers, leave the kids alone”. Union HRD minister (an Allahabad academician to boot!) MM Joshi would do well to give his ever-wagging finger a rest and give in to Pink Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:19 PM

January 15, 2004

Rural Hosipitals

The new corporate hospitals set up as adjuncts to medical colleges in the rural areas are in a Catch-22 situation. Discouraged by the impression that their treatment charges would be exorbitant, local patients are reluctant to come in. But the Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 12:43 AM

January 12, 2004

'I can't believe my husband did this to my daughter'

'I can't believe my husband did this to my daughter' - Newindpress.com Ten days after the barbaric torture of a mother and daughter, this sleepy town in western UP is seething with anger but the police have managed to arrest Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 02:38 PM

January 05, 2004

Lady Docs - Sexually Harassed

Bihar's lady docs a harassed lot - The Times of India "After a long wait, I got a job in the health department. After a few months, I got an 'invitation' to attend the birthday party of my boss' Read More.......

Posted by Ramdhan Yadav at 11:45 AM

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