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 11:32 | 12/Apr/2008 |
| My first Vote | |
| My first and only experience of voting dates back to 1999 Lok Sabha elections. I was only 11 years then. Obviously it was bogus voting.So how did I cast my legendary vote?Well as you may be aware that this was the second time BJP govt had to resign. First for 13 days and then after 13 months. People were frustrated. They wanted Vajpayee Ji as PM. A...
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| 19:23 | 2/Apr/2008 |
| The Indian Media | |
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| The picture in the post is the screenshot of a recent news show from Star News. Star news is a popular news channel. This shows the kind of things our media is busy on.Media is said to be the fourth pillar of democracy. But Indian media is more busy in masala news. Since the advent of the era of 24 hours news channel, this nonsense is seen on TV. I...
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| 20:45 | 31/Mar/2008 |
| April Fool | |
| National NewsCommunist Party in a surprise change of policy declared today that they are going to take a nationalist stance on all issues from now on. The Polit Buro announced its decision that no communist shall ever again indulge in anti-national actions. To prove its commitment the party is also organizing a dharna outside Chinese Embassy tomorr...
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| 22:44 | 30/Mar/2008 |
| Impact of Computer Games | |
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| The computer games market is gaining popularity in India. With the rise of piracy, more and more people are engaged in computer games. I am trying to identify some problems associated with these games.1)It is a waste of time. Most games freaks are people of young age. Kids from the moment they are allowed to use computers play games. This leads to ...
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| 15:09 | 30/Mar/2008 |
| National Identity | |
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| National Anthem and National Language are two things that associate an identity to a nation, these should be proper and compliant with the people of the nation. Unfortunately, both are improper for India. These are remanents of The Raj and must be done away with.Our national anthem, "Jana Gana Mana" is one of the worst examples of appeasement. The ...
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| 14:44 | 30/Mar/2008 |
| Anti-Bihari riots in Maharashtra | |
| Last month saw some very disturbing news. People from UP and Bihar were being attacked in Maharashtra, first verbally and then physically.These people are generally called as "Bhaiyyas". This term actually means elder brother but is used in very deregotary sense and is disapproving. The problem began with Raj Thackarey, calling a very auspicious fe...
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| 09:31 | 30/Mar/2008 |
| Why every novel with Magic element has r... | |
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| Almost all novels that have magic as their theme have returning Dark Lords. A general plot may be like this, "There is a very evil Dark Lord. He is defeated by some Hero foolish enough to not annihilate him completely. So the Big Evil returns and terrorises the world. Then the True Hero annihilates him so that he may never rise again." I tried to t...
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| 08:50 | 30/Mar/2008 |
| Lord of the Rings:Really a novel or an A... | |
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| LOTR is one the epics of novels. Though shadowed by Harry Potter series, this novel has endured from 194os to now. And it still is a hot favourite. The novel is extremely captivating and enchanting. Recently movies based on the novels were released. So I assume that you all know of the story. I will presnt another viewpoint of the stroy, "Why I con...
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| 00:29 | 22/Mar/2008 |
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| It has been quite sometime since I last wrote here. So I will write some general things here. To begin with, my name. My grandmother named all children in the home. The naming convention was quite simple. The name of the child must begin with the first letter in the name of the father. So my eldest cousin was named Navin as my eldest uncle's first ...
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