Entries Tagged as 'India'
Maharajas Express – India’s Most Luxurious Train
February 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Culture, Economy, India, Travel
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Termites eat millions of Indian rupees in bank
April 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Culture, Humor, India
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — It was an all you can eat buffet at the bank. An army of termites munched through 10 million rupees ($222,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest at a bank, police in northern India said Friday. The bank manager discovered the damage when he opened the reinforced room in [...]
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India with More Cell Phones than Toilets?
April 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Culture, Humor, India
Well, looks like another story to highlight the corruption in India. With a funny twist. Homeless sadhu with no clothes, but still in contact with other sadhus using latest cell phone. India, now being one of the richest nations, does not have enough public toilets. The government is as corrupt is as they come. All [...]
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It’s Good to be Home
September 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment · India, Travel
Apologies for not posting in the past few weeks. We got real busy with the move back to USA from India. We are still getting settled down. House is full of boxes, mostly opened, with some still packed. Hope to get back to normality very soon. Will pick up the activity here on the [...]
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Police go Banana over Gold Chain Thief
August 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Humor, India
Police in Bengal, India caught the thief red handed. Well sort of. Somebody saw him swallow the chain. They did the x-ray to confirm, and sure enough, the chain is in the stomach. Well, they went to the books to see what has worked in the past. First they tried vomiting. That only brought out [...]
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Back from Vacation in Northern India
August 5th, 2007 · No Comments · India, Travel
Well folks, we are now back from our vacation in Northern India. This being our final tour in India before our return to Michigan. I will be trying to catch on the blog now. Also, I will be adding the photos in the gallery section. Among the places visited were the magnificent Taj Mahal in [...]
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Terror Cells – Bangalore Update
July 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Bangalore, India, Politics, Terrorism
Lots of stories everyday now on the Bangalore link to the terror cells uncovered in UK and Australia. Highly qualified sons of doctor family are implicated in the terror attacks. More arrests are continuing. Kafeel Ahmed, the older brother of Sabeel Ahmed, was the man driving the Jeep into Glasgow Airport. Their parents are both [...]
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Doctors of Death – Bangalore Connection
July 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Bangalore, India, Politics, Terrorism
Sad to report that the investigations of the UK terror plot are starting to show a strong Bangalore connection. What’s worse is that it’s a cell of doctors as Michelle Malkin has reported. One held in Britain, and another being held in Australia. Dr. Mohammed Haneef, 27 years old, is being held and questioned by [...]
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Blog now has new look, feel, and features!!!!
June 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Bangalore, India, Travel
Welcome everyone. I have recently updated my blog with a fresh new look and feel. Also I have added a tab for Photo Gallery on top. I am getting a lot of interest for my photos I have taken around the world, especially in India, so I have added a separate area for that. I [...]
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Another hit job on America by Indian media
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Bangalore, India, Politics
This is turning into a daily barrage. The Indian media, especially Times of India, continue to do hit jobs on America and the military. This time it’s a show piece on American military crimes that have already been well documented by the world media over the past 4 years. Sub title is “US forces Book [...]
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Latest Bangalore Fiasco – Riots over Saddam Hanging
January 24th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Bangalore, India, Politics, Terrorism
Some politician organized a protest rally against the hanging of Saddam. Sure enough things got ugly fast, and it turned into a riot. Buses, auto-rickshaws, cars, and shops were set ablaze. Residences and other properties also damaged or destroyed by the unruly. City is now left wondering why this keeps happening to the IT capital [...]
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The Futurist – Cultures of Success
December 14th, 2006 · No Comments · Immigration, India, Politics
The Futurist is a new great blog I have discovered recently. I have added it to my blog roll, in the right column. It offers a look at “The Jungle” on a much higher intellectual plane. There is no information on the author of this blog, but he/she has certainly provided something valuable in terms [...]
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More Monkey Business (of a different kind)
December 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Humor, India
Planet of the apes? India is the starting point. As if Delhi did not have enough problems with its power cuts, water shortages and regular strikes, the Indian capital faces a crisis over its increasingly unruly monkeys. Monkey population has now become such a problem, it has reached the high court. “If you can’t control [...]
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Hatred of America!
December 1st, 2006 · 4 Comments · India, Politics, Terrorism
“Down with America” reads the graffiti on the sidewalk wall on Hosur road. Somehow, this did not shock me. India’s media is full of anti American rhetoric and the bias is so prevalent it amounts to brainwashing. How quickly the new generation has forgotten history and shelved the lessons of history. During the cold war [...]
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Is Bangalore the Silicon Valley of India?
September 16th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Bangalore, India
Two years ago, Bangalore over took California’s silicon valley in number of engineers employed. But, is the tag of “silicon valley of India” really appropriate for Bangalore. With my first hand experience here in Bangalore, It is clear that Bangalore is much more than silicon valley. “Bangalore” brand is now globally recognized just as silicon [...]
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