Teaching the art of giving..

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates was in India last week having high-level business meetings and goading our leaders on need to fund social and health projects for the poor. Buffett, 80, the third richest, pledged in 2006 to give 99% of his shares and wealth to charitable causes. Much of that has gone to the [...]

Indian students in US radio-tagged

The use of ankle monitors to electronically tag the movement of Indian students by the US authorities is absolutely shocking. The Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, a suburb in San Francisco Bay Area, was raided last week and charged with helping foreign nationals illegally acquire immigration status. Some 1,555 students of Tri-Valley University, 95 percent of [...]

States of India and Indian Map

List of States and territories of India Andaman and Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Asom (Assam) Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu And Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Pondicherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamilnadu Tripura Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal) [...]

About India: Information and facts on India

INDIA While travelling to India your mind might be filled with images of deserts and palaces or of starving women cooking on makeshift fires while half naked children play in rain drenched streets. The real India, however, is hidden in the nook and crannies, it peeks at you from the Gullies and villages, it spreads [...]

Binayak Sen’s conviction a travesty of justice

It was indeed a travesty of justice. The appalling verdict convicting Binayak Sen to life imprisonment has come as a shock. A local court in Chhattisgarh found Sen, a doctor and civil rights activist, guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit sedition. When our bigwigs accused of the CWG and telecom scams go scot free, a [...]

Watch Pranav Mistry’s innovation at TED

I’ve not been recently blown away watching any video like this one of Pranav Mistry. He developed a wearable gestural interface device which could reorganize reform and revolutionize our virtual community. It is a must watch! The best part is, he is making it all open source!! You might also want to watch this video [...]

India attending Liu’s Nobel ceremony very mature decision

It was an utterly odious demand by China asking countries not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo. India not being cowed down and acting maturely here was truly an upright and befitting act. China and 15 diplomatic allies boycotted the Nobel Peace Prize award. The [...]

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