Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I saw this movie on DVD today afternoon and it was simply superb. It must be one of the best movies i had ever seen. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, the owner of the chocolate factory was fantastic. This guy is so versatile, one can’t just imagine that this is the same guy who plays [...]

India says We Don’t need You! Uncle Sam says Welcome On Board!

The US senate has approved the increase of the H1B Visa cap from 65,000 to 115,000 in its new immigration bill passed on Thursday, 25th May 2006.The Bill also has a exception clause that would increase the cap by 20% the next year if the previous year’s limit had been crossed. Now the bill has [...]

The Goose that laid Golden Eggs

The Goose that laid Golden Eggs is a modern day parody of a old and familiar story we read back in Nursery School. It was about a farmer who had a Goose that laid only one “Golden” Egg every day. The farmer one fine day overcome by greed and in his haste kills the bird [...]

UPA decides to go ahead with the reservations

The UPA today decided to implement the proposed reservations for the OBC from June 2007 onwards, inspite of the protests that are going on. Not surprising, they are only kids after all without any real political backing. When Truckers, Factory Workers or Bank Employees go on a strike they are backed by the Left Lobby [...]

The Pope interferes blatantly in India’s internal affairs

The Pope the religious head of the Roman Catholics and the Head of state of the Vatican city threw all diplomatic propriety to the winds and interfered in the internal affairs of india by commenting on the efforts in some indian states to check religious conversions through legislation.
“The disturbing signs of religious intolerance that have [...]

Hail the New Weimar Republic!!

Nepal is now the newest (banana) republic on the block. With the King relegated to not even a figurehead. The declaration of Nepal as a “Secular” state has taken care of that technicality.

The Nepali Parliament has made a resolution today which left the King a mere mortal who has to now pay taxes like the [...]

The allegations fly thick and fast

Lok Paritran has split. But the allegations made by the new splinter group is quite disturbing and casts a big shadow on Lok Paritran being a “Party with a difference”. Reading those allegations it looks like it is already infested with the same disease that afflicts every political party in India. ‘During election campaign the [...]

Lok Paritran splits

Lok paritran, the Party founded by IITians has suffered a vertical split . In my opinion this was inevitable, without a proper structure and firm policies, programs and lacking a ideology their party is very much prone to infighting, intrigue and oneupmanship which could lead to its collapse.
The Party had made an impact in the [...]

The Indian Secular Code

The UPA Government has stalled the release of the movie Da Vinci code to appease the “minority sentiments”.
This is not the first time that our political class has bent over backwards to appease special interest groups, who claim to “represent” their community. The list is quite long “The satanic verses” by salman rushdie, “Lajja” by [...]

Credit cards, Home loans, Personal loans and now a School too :)

Telemarketing, one of the most irritating aspect of modern day life in Bangalore. Everyday atleast 2-3 marketers sometimes more call up and offer a “Brand” new credit card with “great features” like “Free” Lifetime, 1001% cashback, “Free” Fuel, “Free” Insurance etc..
They somehow think that we are fools and that we don’t know that the catch [...]