Onion of My Eye

Onion is the true leveler in India. It will make us surely cry either when we cut or buy it. Onion is one commodity whose price rise hits us hard. Politician's popularity indexes are invariably linked with the prices of onion. Political parties can win or lose elections depending which side of the onion they are on. Onions are the true binding force of India. It binds different cultures & geographical regions. Pinch of price rise is far more acute & deeply felt in all regions of India if it’s especially of the mighty onions. Ironically it’s the onions which manage to make the governments nervous & jittery, not the multi billion dollar scams or many deaths due to mal nutrition. Onion rudely exposes India’s preparedness to meet contingencies. Drought & excessive rains do...

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Importance of Philanthropy in India

It’s a common sight with no surprise elements when find many Indian businessmen, corporate houses & executives feature in list of wealthiest in the world. India has been a land of opportunity for those who have the passion & zeal and that has been amply proved with the rise of the billionaires in the country however we seem to at the lower end of the list when we compare the rich Indians who have contributed to the society through philanthropic activity against the likes of Buffet’s & Gates etc. Many rich Indians in India are accused of being greedy & selfish not to share their wealth with those who are in need.         It’s a fair to assume that these rich & mighty are not obligated to society in sharing their booty as they have already contributed...

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Do we need to discount the procedure for Celebrites

                                    Every news channel yesterday was about how Viswanathan Anand our greatest chess player was insulted & humiliated by HRD ministry and more importantly by the bureaucracy or babu raj (as commonly known in india), by asking him to confirm his national identity. No wonder a news of such magnitude warranted a huge media coverage. Many news channels took this as a personal insult when the great man himself graciously accepted the apologizes provided by the minister himself, though his pride did not allow him to accept the award.                            ...

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Outsourcing Blues:

“Business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by government interference, regulation or subsidy” – Def (Free Market).                 Ohio Governor Ban’s IT outsourcing of government to keep the jobs locally. His action may be relevant to address a local community which is stung & shocked by the after effects of recession since the markets collapsed in 2008, however such a move is very short sighted for a country like United States 0f America. America has been the biggest benefactor of free trade movement for decades. American companies...

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A Systematic Rot

Many see India as a land of opportunities, land of excitement, land of heritage & land culture, religions & philosophy’s, however to me India has be a land of extremes. We see many rich & famous share space with the down trodden & under privileged, finding rich high rises right next to near nothing shawls, The wealth & development coinciding with poverty & depredation. Now their can’t be any thing more extreme than millions of hungry human beings & countless amount of food grains being allowed to rot. If anyone thought we have learnt our lesson during 1970’s...

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Highest System of Faith

In India, people don't really trust politician, they don't have faith in Bureaucrats, they really don't understand or realize the importance of being a good citizen, however many consider the court rooms are the last true upholder or justice even it's many inept & un realistic judicial process. The faith of such institution which uploads the justice was first sullied by scams & misdoings of judges which were brought to light through media, however this week the system of faith took a hammering when five judges who are suppose to the law protectors indulged in cheating while trying to clear their law exams. It's such a shame to see them being caught red handed in a camera still have the audacity of trying to argue the innocence.  When country...

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Our Love towards Hate !!!

Ever since the existence of the mankind it's wasn't about war and peace, but it was about Love or Hate, as both Peace and war stems from the options we choose to pursue. Even the greatest of the greatest allow found it difficult to choose between love and hate. It's easy to hate a person for even a small mistake however it is extremely difficult to love someone in spite of all their mistakes. We normally don't have such dilemmas to choose between love and hate as we are very instinctive in nature. We love those who are good to us and hate those you harm or think of harming us or our beloved ones. Isn't it so easy to choose?. In all these we tend to forget that the greatest pleasure in life is to be able to love people unconditionally even if they don't...

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Being Indian, Is it worthy pride???

India the land of snake charmers, corrupt politicians, ineffective administrators and people of all class, either communally divided or divided by poverty and richness. The country were majority of citizens are below the age of 30. The country with a lot of potential, un able to fulfill any. Brightest and smartest of the society either aspire to migrate to foreign land or try to take advantage of the loop holes in the society to lead a immoral living. Is it worth to be proud about our were everything in the society needs a over haul. I met a long lost friend who has lived in shanghai the business capital of China. He made a very interesting companion, telling me about the life in Shanghai, the development which the country has gone through under able...

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A Chance For The Coverup!

India’s eternal wait for an individual gold medal in Olympics is finally over. Abinav’s cool and precision shooting in finals has clinched us the most awaited and elusive gold. We don’t to face the embarrassing question, “Why can’t India produce a gold medal winning sports person with a billion people as resource” any more. Every single Indian is proud of this feet, however entire sports fraternity should not be using this opportunity to cover up there inability to produce world class athlete’s with a resource pool of billions. In fact Abinav’s success is independent of our sporting system proves this point. Even the smallest and poorest nations are able to produce world class athletes year after year, event after event, were as we drop our head’s in...

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An Atletico Man who chased a REAL Dream.

Raul Gonzalez Blanco, This is one name which immediately touches chord with millions of Madridista’s all around the world. This is one name which single handedly bought pride and spot light like back to Real Madrid at start of this century. This is one name which always get’s spoken along with the greats like De Stefano, Puskas, Gento’s and others who played there best for Real Madrid. Raul Gonzalez Blanco who has been revered, as icon and pride of Real Madrid would not have been one, if he did not join Real Madrid after certain Jesus Gil the once president of Atletico Madrid decided to scrap Atletico’s...

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New Maradona Vs New Pele

Since time these two greats graced the footballing arena, the footballing crowd has been spoiled for quality. Before and along with these two south American talisman were many great footballers like Alfred De Stefano, Puskas, Johan Cruff, Franz Beckenbauer,Michel Platini, Eusebio, Gerd Muller, Bobby Carlton and etc, however no one ever were spoken in the same league as these two were. Even though destiny unites these two by enigma & class, they were distinctly separated by there temperament. Pele was always considered a more rounded personality & a perfect role model because of his on field and...

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