tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304992682024-03-19T02:16:42.142-07:00.pOINT_bLANK: Cartoons, IndiaIt is a dog-eat-dog world & this is the recipe section [Indian Cuisine btw] - Editorial Cartoons on India updated every weekendVikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-62037284318934041372012-05-24T21:58:00.001-07:002012-05-24T21:59:21.982-07:00WE HAVE MOVED!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cheers</div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com163tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-55177574578682239772010-04-18T13:04:00.000-07:002010-04-18T13:13:10.570-07:00Maha Twitter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXARj5ybLwIUC4UaMD6po4thcLsmatJpZ7TQ6bx41MVYMwbduO0ubXu7qXoYjbZAsLN18zjv0Ux0oMpYnU0N-H7khblIkCuBgtQFWxADmOkygaW4j6NBAs3mhfkvozm2IFJpT/s1600/1004A+IPL+KOCHI.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461572658105243538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXARj5ybLwIUC4UaMD6po4thcLsmatJpZ7TQ6bx41MVYMwbduO0ubXu7qXoYjbZAsLN18zjv0Ux0oMpYnU0N-H7khblIkCuBgtQFWxADmOkygaW4j6NBAs3mhfkvozm2IFJpT/s400/1004A+IPL+KOCHI.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shashi Tharoor tonight resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs after the high-level Congress Core Group decided that he should quit in the wake of controversy over the IPL Kochi franchise, capping a week-long drama that threatened to suck the government and the party into it. - Times of India, 19 April 2010</span></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kochi-IPL-row-Shashi-Tharoor-resigns-PM-accepts/articleshow/5829192.cms"><span style="font-family:arial;">Full Story</span></a></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-22490269639513990252010-03-25T13:00:00.001-07:002010-03-25T13:09:43.567-07:00Poodle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y1B-PmQ8Ej7qQ_V8IMnjO064A0CXnMRUDfEJAmuhlBLXIlVqxKzbP92LZchkvHWk1lwfIbDqYiHnciuZzWHuN4YatHI9NCFN5gtJ9Iyt4jNsOg6P3UVPjGw3wSzcbzeiKi4e/s1600/Poodle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452664132643869362" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y1B-PmQ8Ej7qQ_V8IMnjO064A0CXnMRUDfEJAmuhlBLXIlVqxKzbP92LZchkvHWk1lwfIbDqYiHnciuZzWHuN4YatHI9NCFN5gtJ9Iyt4jNsOg6P3UVPjGw3wSzcbzeiKi4e/s400/Poodle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Even as it was, the decision <span style="color:#000000;">to </span></span><a class="bodystrong" title="FT - Google ends censorship of China site" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0081dbd4-35e9-11df-aa43-00144feabdc0.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">“pull out” of China</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"> (all the way to Hong Kong) was finely balanced. Google decided that its brand, which depends on its image as a champion of liberalism, was worth more than a slice of China’s still-nascent online advertising market. That judgment became easier as Beijing grew more heavy-handed in policing the internet and as </span><a class="bodystrong" title="FT - Google takes on China on censorship" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f65a4ba6-ffd7-11de-ad8c-00144feabdc0.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Chinese hackers</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"> – with or without the authorities’ blessing – grew more adept at tunnelling into Google’s databases... <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402925.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">more...</span></strong></a></span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-2871580986044007632010-01-26T03:23:00.001-08:002010-01-26T03:25:30.103-08:00Happy Republic Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2t1cYWm0rINSxO6usW8s2FuzC1rNCXTJNFmQrnXGeQdhcobV3oliZ6ynTr9F3VpHuAdsC5qeJZCBy5H_n4WUHCkAKbCQBjZoJi03zsq9RDLP4pCm6l3Bdd7btdoQ4KbTsjp4/s1600-h/republicday2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2t1cYWm0rINSxO6usW8s2FuzC1rNCXTJNFmQrnXGeQdhcobV3oliZ6ynTr9F3VpHuAdsC5qeJZCBy5H_n4WUHCkAKbCQBjZoJi03zsq9RDLP4pCm6l3Bdd7btdoQ4KbTsjp4/s400/republicday2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431008138485323426" /></a>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-78707260182236683892010-01-24T02:32:00.000-08:002010-01-24T02:35:51.739-08:00Chavan does a U Turn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-QEAliTk294cm88g6u14Qd7bLexJXwIYsNaYPCVnmmWsxDoWB4N3Hj8BShuugWGebXfU6EJHXFERM3yL_PeJxsSbTLEUeNKx_UFDL93RIxCra3tqX8d_ftJtgBKGrlLdAX0T/s1600-h/P1001B+Marathi.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-QEAliTk294cm88g6u14Qd7bLexJXwIYsNaYPCVnmmWsxDoWB4N3Hj8BShuugWGebXfU6EJHXFERM3yL_PeJxsSbTLEUeNKx_UFDL93RIxCra3tqX8d_ftJtgBKGrlLdAX0T/s400/P1001B+Marathi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430253040703690370" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A day after the state cabinet mandated knowledge of Marathi and state domicile for a taxi driver’s licence, a move that smacked of the anti-migrant agenda of the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), chief minister Ashok Chavan moved into damage control mode. The U-turn, however, came after vociferous protests from United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies and a rap on the knuckles from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. “The emphasis on local language was as per norms. I don’t mean local language has to be Marathi. It also means Gujarati and Hindi,” said a visibly upset Chavan. - </span><a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_taxi-permits-ashok-chavan-does-a-u-turn-hindi-gujarati-also-ok_1337463"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">DNA, 21 January 2010</span></a></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-30623552086994635422010-01-03T00:08:00.000-08:002010-01-03T00:13:12.072-08:00Idiots!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxQV5pQh3jS48Jn0Q56CNy-4_FM2JzobxvyMcOGJaRh6pGHfTNBDZBt_BjSwjOJryt1KOUigdQ1miHee_MvUhL1Je5LKZunpXDWhEaOi11SsG2xjxrXRCJd234n1MhZUXD_Yz/s1600-h/P1001A+Idiots.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxQV5pQh3jS48Jn0Q56CNy-4_FM2JzobxvyMcOGJaRh6pGHfTNBDZBt_BjSwjOJryt1KOUigdQ1miHee_MvUhL1Je5LKZunpXDWhEaOi11SsG2xjxrXRCJd234n1MhZUXD_Yz/s400/P1001A+Idiots.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422423493072470450" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">While the stars the director of '3 Idiots' maintain the film is only loosely based on Five Point Someone, writer Chetan Bhagat insists the movie shares its plot with his book, apart from some 'Bollywoodisation'! - The Times of India, 29 Dec 2009. </span></span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/3-Idiots-is-Five-Point-Someone-Chetan-Bhagat/articleshow/5391074.cms"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read article here.</span></span></a></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-72496760710113251512010-01-03T00:04:00.000-08:002010-01-03T00:08:13.122-08:00.pOINT_bLANK IS BACK!New Year resolution :). I hope you enjoy the cartoons. I have also started working on a caricature series on India called <a href="http://www.verryindia.com">Verry India</a>. Would love to hear your feedback. Thank you!Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-34822803320084114492008-10-12T22:57:00.000-07:002008-10-12T22:59:59.116-07:00Never Say Live<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mguGCAL80Q0RzjWtFbmPviyTalgFkZB_2b7hTt0tCEHw-osSRQ9zJaJwZcxW83RBvCr_g4C_6wm0yqBY4G09JXW82QqE3RcPGz_d2Wnf2k2TPPdj44LuNeZVGOVLFI6LqHgC/s1600-h/PBO810A+Terrorism.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256513935412607634" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mguGCAL80Q0RzjWtFbmPviyTalgFkZB_2b7hTt0tCEHw-osSRQ9zJaJwZcxW83RBvCr_g4C_6wm0yqBY4G09JXW82QqE3RcPGz_d2Wnf2k2TPPdj44LuNeZVGOVLFI6LqHgC/s400/PBO810A+Terrorism.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The NSA (National Security Advisor) said there was a need to effectively deal with organisations like SIMI and Bajrang Dal "because then there are many copycat organisations ... Several micro units of the same kind may come up." He claimed "SIMI and Bajrang Dal are not two sides of the same coin, but both of them are dangerous." - PTI, 12 October 2008.<br /></div></span>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-44059481934410996892008-09-15T22:55:00.000-07:002008-09-15T23:04:53.505-07:00Indian Response to Terrorism<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tCnumxEKhlTbLnw9mhwu8mPbODyS40bqWvoCOsl6p_ZykL2PEF0JG_kkW16zqewPs2vNHQznaxIn0eibhXOB401xhVFLsB7pYfwZrLc8rQjMraiJ04X3heNB7lIRpvzAIij0/s1600-h/tt0809a+Indian+Blasts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246494351385065314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tCnumxEKhlTbLnw9mhwu8mPbODyS40bqWvoCOsl6p_ZykL2PEF0JG_kkW16zqewPs2vNHQznaxIn0eibhXOB401xhVFLsB7pYfwZrLc8rQjMraiJ04X3heNB7lIRpvzAIij0/s400/tt0809a+Indian+Blasts.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Home minister Mr Shivraj Patil was today under intense pressure to quit his post coming under attack from within the UPA coalition and the Opposition amidst growing concern within the Congress party itself over his handling of internal security. The all-round attack on Patil in the wake of serial blasts in Delhi on Saturday that claimed 24 lives came as Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi called a meeting of senior leaders to discuss the internal security situation in which Mr Patil was significantly not present. – The Statesman, 15 September 2008.</span>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-79910429038056706082008-05-04T00:37:00.000-07:002008-05-04T01:24:03.643-07:00Chuck De India<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirglQPWQgTB715TEZJYXENvvdpkFqTfG2wzPrTN0k7NWU5X0lLXfP8Oele927HvWy8GZkAfCoM6NtfiClOpg3ka37zP6SJWKydmd0rjTlEWJAiP_ArEtJbnXMrnRtYnpE8jnLf/s1600-h/tt0805a+Indian+Hockey.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196435365078176626" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirglQPWQgTB715TEZJYXENvvdpkFqTfG2wzPrTN0k7NWU5X0lLXfP8Oele927HvWy8GZkAfCoM6NtfiClOpg3ka37zP6SJWKydmd0rjTlEWJAiP_ArEtJbnXMrnRtYnpE8jnLf/s400/tt0805a+Indian+Hockey.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) suspended the national hockey federation on Monday after a television show accused the federation's secretary of corruption. The IOA's executive council made its move after the nation was rocked by a show which last week alleged that hockey secretary K.Jothikumaran had accepted money from undercover reporters to select a particular player. The hockey federation was already under fire after the men's team, eight-time former gold medallists, were eliminated from the 2008 competition in Beijing, marking the first time they will miss the Olympics since sending the first team in 1928. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">- Reuters, 28 April 2008</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-61479985590848916732008-04-26T08:18:00.001-07:002008-04-26T08:23:29.335-07:00Soaring Food Prices<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQF5X5ZFKVW-QxjjgqdBX9AiTN8eIAH-CI65XBD8CaNDtjnvECEpNY3FVEUEJDsPw7KPFGtz5z6pYyOgREGirGI8qpIPVcl4j7xH-3U5dfRqELF7UG95KIioVJG8l0VKeGYf_/s1600-h/pb0804c+Rising+Food+Prices.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193574066455515986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQF5X5ZFKVW-QxjjgqdBX9AiTN8eIAH-CI65XBD8CaNDtjnvECEpNY3FVEUEJDsPw7KPFGtz5z6pYyOgREGirGI8qpIPVcl4j7xH-3U5dfRqELF7UG95KIioVJG8l0VKeGYf_/s400/pb0804c+Rising+Food+Prices.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A sharp rise in food prices has developed into a global crisis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday. Ban urged leaders of the international community to sit down together on an "urgent basis" to discuss how to improve economic distribution systems and promote the production of agricultural products. - The Associated Press, 25 April 08</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-1326503453372266312008-04-22T20:24:00.001-07:002008-04-22T20:26:15.007-07:00Food Wise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsk4n-9MfzpaWv4t80o6T79_EP6TQazsRIxeMeMI2trfeI60B7hR-_XGBz2WWT2ZVvzPT_7J96wyfEcVE90N9UVLZVyXLH0uNW-CEc-u-iADNOQLBrJ9EALpX2fvRQfTQn3sQ/s1600-h/pb0804b+Food+Shortage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192276750108922690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsk4n-9MfzpaWv4t80o6T79_EP6TQazsRIxeMeMI2trfeI60B7hR-_XGBz2WWT2ZVvzPT_7J96wyfEcVE90N9UVLZVyXLH0uNW-CEc-u-iADNOQLBrJ9EALpX2fvRQfTQn3sQ/s400/pb0804b+Food+Shortage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-24475868288069624632008-04-22T20:18:00.000-07:002008-04-22T20:23:45.938-07:00Google Cloud Computing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVKwbFOdJfyRARLlupE5SLn1vsUnICXXsFYw2ILeGdpzBo3unmrTLXkI5yuzX-00kJX5X83g1MbSjFpx4PcYL9Uw4xF3XU0gRmvX1hxlND9oxV7kXTcCFhqqVqpCeDDAY9gDy/s1600-h/tt0804b+Cloud+Computing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192276024259449650" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVKwbFOdJfyRARLlupE5SLn1vsUnICXXsFYw2ILeGdpzBo3unmrTLXkI5yuzX-00kJX5X83g1MbSjFpx4PcYL9Uw4xF3XU0gRmvX1hxlND9oxV7kXTcCFhqqVqpCeDDAY9gDy/s400/tt0804b+Cloud+Computing.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-2056359922491648942008-04-15T07:13:00.000-07:002008-04-15T23:03:49.384-07:00Tibet Steals (Lime)Light Off Beijing Olympics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYYg2ZThodnlahaOB8pzzOuZX6H5mSWREz-dwYusVEJhQou-MsW1p1ReKrE_3QuFMeDIwwwuxU_ooGQ7TzgJRzBBi9aSCj8KsGxgp2FdN8pmPaVEt8k5MIW1n4iq-n2X9iTdn/s1600-h/pb0804a+Tibet+Olympics.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189475280867205794" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYYg2ZThodnlahaOB8pzzOuZX6H5mSWREz-dwYusVEJhQou-MsW1p1ReKrE_3QuFMeDIwwwuxU_ooGQ7TzgJRzBBi9aSCj8KsGxgp2FdN8pmPaVEt8k5MIW1n4iq-n2X9iTdn/s400/pb0804a+Tibet+Olympics.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Oh & btw - just read this today... :)</span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The (Indian) government was on Tuesday claiming to have made adequate security arrangements to ensure that the Olympic torch relay in the Capital on April 17 was not disrupted, but Tibetan protesters took the security personnel by surprise by taking out their own ‘protest torch relay’ on Rajpath. The protesters were stopped by the police and placed under arrest. Delhi Police PRO Rajan Bhagat said that 27 Tibetan protesters, including 12 women, were arrested by the Tilak Marg police under preventive sections and will be produced before a city court on Wednesday. - The Times of India, 16 April 2008</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-91458248898617595812008-04-15T06:57:00.000-07:002008-04-15T07:12:29.563-07:00Microsoft Pursues Yahoo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGWx5_cPTvkeMKW7fCdgkf7AkaiIvRuTULRkUmk-R51Ruj-wWv0wkntAnaaDuWep9DJv3LIAJVucbOxEc4lpW3f4kQd79uqM3XNNLzSGLXjxk3bwMSDRc3HGZVuXPeqGr5iCo/s1600-h/tt0804a+Yahoo+Affair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189474533542896274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGWx5_cPTvkeMKW7fCdgkf7AkaiIvRuTULRkUmk-R51Ruj-wWv0wkntAnaaDuWep9DJv3LIAJVucbOxEc4lpW3f4kQd79uqM3XNNLzSGLXjxk3bwMSDRc3HGZVuXPeqGr5iCo/s400/tt0804a+Yahoo+Affair.jpg" border="0" /></a>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-81745993090756526172007-10-29T05:56:00.000-07:002007-10-29T06:12:55.924-07:00Nuclear Deal: Can't Make Up Our Mind<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRbd8PZ5oI_n1VnO8hVabg_Pc9n8I2KyHNwdrC9lWnrssvspZgakl__LXHzUIvejsFY6TspS9DSicL9fJofohpYyT9JKShX82gpHRcWSWheyH5NHk97w1-9cT3peOmgJ-VT3l/s1600-h/0710H+Indo+US+Nuclear+Deal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126742803777143762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRbd8PZ5oI_n1VnO8hVabg_Pc9n8I2KyHNwdrC9lWnrssvspZgakl__LXHzUIvejsFY6TspS9DSicL9fJofohpYyT9JKShX82gpHRcWSWheyH5NHk97w1-9cT3peOmgJ-VT3l/s400/0710H+Indo+US+Nuclear+Deal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Under pressure from the Left parties to make clear whether the Indo-US nuclear deal is on or off, government on Monday said the operationalisation of the deal will take place in accordance with the UPA-Left committee's findings. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee made this clear after a meeting between leaders of the Left parties and the UPA coalition formed to go into the concerns of the allies on the nuclear deal. The minister announced that the committee would meet again on November 16. - The Times Of India, 22 October 2007</span><br /></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-57867342846572906292007-10-16T10:08:00.000-07:002007-10-16T10:20:22.783-07:00Surprise Surprise - Al Gore Wins Nobel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_m7IH6JbRNJ3Iz3rDkpm7pGnpbd5LbIlhAEFxd8D-oT7_h8o7cvh-bjiBK8cgjdqdO46qwykeZoq7Bt0GPnV95ZuI21H0-Bk9ByUJDdNPynykF_RpbMniYUX-s9UzCTaFMuJ/s1600-h/0710D+Al+Gore"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121984789944990050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_m7IH6JbRNJ3Iz3rDkpm7pGnpbd5LbIlhAEFxd8D-oT7_h8o7cvh-bjiBK8cgjdqdO46qwykeZoq7Bt0GPnV95ZuI21H0-Bk9ByUJDdNPynykF_RpbMniYUX-s9UzCTaFMuJ/s400/0710D+Al+Gore%27s+Nobel+Peace+Prize.jpg" border="0" /></a>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-85176874380082677082007-10-08T01:11:00.001-07:002007-10-08T01:52:11.203-07:00New Delhi Blues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2S5__iV2PGb2nAxJTRO6KYVwj0D9Tt7LWjPAnmoXMyF5n0W6CZqcPSEbHRUkavUgcDJPkCoERyomfMSn5z5oXhIkD2-3zyfXXaYGlszPp1FyFQMG3yAfmtIMzZKsJRHmdGqbS/s1600-h/0710B+Blueline+Killing+Spree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118875955177191762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2S5__iV2PGb2nAxJTRO6KYVwj0D9Tt7LWjPAnmoXMyF5n0W6CZqcPSEbHRUkavUgcDJPkCoERyomfMSn5z5oXhIkD2-3zyfXXaYGlszPp1FyFQMG3yAfmtIMzZKsJRHmdGqbS/s400/0710B+Blueline+Killing+Spree.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">A speeding Blueline bus mows down a group of people crossing a road in South Delhi, killing five women and a man (Updated: and a child). Eight others, including some who were crossing the road, were injured when the bus ran into a crowd while trying to overtake a stationary Delhi Transport Corp (DTC) bus from the wrong side at Aali Goan, near Badarpur. Sunday's accident takes the number of people killed by the rampaging Blueline buses in the capital this year to 93.- Hindustan Times, 7 October 2007</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-39957014283928850842007-10-07T09:15:00.000-07:002007-10-07T09:24:20.338-07:00YanGOONS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg-7r03OcGK2kIbb7dNn6pjLXnbO2nO5onDEmpj_NoIhlu1gJ3tUBu_2cPoUp1ZVZIl_aQQfOwxiveX5Q28SfPeEH3R9JmdpdOrMmJ8SMZAtEpOs6h5Hzpx3u7m5HDYxbuhjN/s1600-h/0710A+Myanmar+Crackdown.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118629797716556098" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLg-7r03OcGK2kIbb7dNn6pjLXnbO2nO5onDEmpj_NoIhlu1gJ3tUBu_2cPoUp1ZVZIl_aQQfOwxiveX5Q28SfPeEH3R9JmdpdOrMmJ8SMZAtEpOs6h5Hzpx3u7m5HDYxbuhjN/s400/0710A+Myanmar+Crackdown.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">A<span style="font-family:arial;"> relentless crackdown on Myanmar's pro-democracy activists showed no sign of easing with the junta announcing on Sunday that 78 more people have been detained in spite of global outrage and new sanctions. The latest arrests, reported by the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper, brought to nearly 1,000 the number of people the military regime acknowledges holding in detention centers. In addition, it says 135 Buddhist monks remain in custody. - The Times Of India, 7 October 2007</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can go to </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=331">Amnesty.org</a> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">to voice your concern.</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-30585927666847273482007-09-29T14:17:00.000-07:002007-09-29T14:25:14.326-07:00Judiciary Bullying<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7ftxL1RQJHXo2axeBiAVxAUVX7QADuQev1yfYWndQufVlHdfIohUQKoQwjW2L7gItWAOZdtYqMKBWy9HJEGCGWG7Yv0mHGVFRxROdF2dkTe66WB7JZcsQL7H1oNmPu_X14mE/s1600-h/0709B+Mid+Day+Controversy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115739684158306610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7ftxL1RQJHXo2axeBiAVxAUVX7QADuQev1yfYWndQufVlHdfIohUQKoQwjW2L7gItWAOZdtYqMKBWy9HJEGCGWG7Yv0mHGVFRxROdF2dkTe66WB7JZcsQL7H1oNmPu_X14mE/s400/0709B+Mid+Day+Controversy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mid Day, a Delhi tabloid, ran a series of stories in May which said Y.K. Sabharwal, until recently the most powerful man in the Indian judiciary, had used his office to benefit his sons' businesses, among other allegations. Last week, Delhi High Court sentenced two editors who reported the stories, the paper's publisher and a cartoonist to four months in jail for criminal contempt of court, although they were released on bail while they appeal. - Reuters India, 28 September 2007</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-9471188042666153732007-09-16T10:25:00.001-07:002007-09-16T10:30:40.228-07:00Ram Setu Fiasco<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90mo_Wk86tnnRatFpFndDU6Jvwoive397tWmuwZ7NLIhBCKXlXvdmkDJwRTIrBOj-8rB0_sqKt0jebcMDOGTM2PCo8ELOaTJfE1TOBnEcGS80WkiV-NnkVKi-rmwYFZrlH9NI/s1600-h/0709A+Ram+Setu+Fiasco.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110854846420865746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90mo_Wk86tnnRatFpFndDU6Jvwoive397tWmuwZ7NLIhBCKXlXvdmkDJwRTIrBOj-8rB0_sqKt0jebcMDOGTM2PCo8ELOaTJfE1TOBnEcGS80WkiV-NnkVKi-rmwYFZrlH9NI/s400/0709A+Ram+Setu+Fiasco.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">"It was a classic case of how the government was casual and careless in dealing with such sensitive issues which hurt the sentiments of crores of people," Venkaiah Naidu said. In a damage control exercise, the government suspended two officers of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and withdrew the controversial affidavit on Lord Ram, the BJP leader said, adding that the extent of damage would be known when Congress party goes to the people.<br />The image of both Central and state governments has taken a severe beating because of the way the government has been handling sensitive issues like Ram Setu, Indo-US deal and farmers problems. - The Hindu, 16 September 2007<br /></span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-37577107093083019062007-07-22T03:34:00.000-07:002007-07-22T03:55:09.841-07:00President Who??!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJKniG1uPYqmHbsXU7RqIE4EpXsHIylfArub_Az5D0ZXXahhEBwKJngQ5GGlx_ehgbzyCFjaREMkA4IquylFKFK3bxAQdRuI8ekrkCfbALmsajpBecMkBFpBWJd7eZAlCELH1/s1600-h/0707D+Indian+New+President.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089968365932224530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJKniG1uPYqmHbsXU7RqIE4EpXsHIylfArub_Az5D0ZXXahhEBwKJngQ5GGlx_ehgbzyCFjaREMkA4IquylFKFK3bxAQdRuI8ekrkCfbALmsajpBecMkBFpBWJd7eZAlCELH1/s400/0707D+Indian+New+President.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">But when was the last time you were presented with a complete unknown as your next president? Kalam, Zail Singh, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, V.V. Giri, Sanjeeva Reddy were all people you had seen long enough in public life, so you were unlikely to discover any surprises about them. This is where the Congress went wrong with Pratibha Patil. The Congress’s guilt is not so much about who they chose for the job as it is about how it trivialised that job, to begin with. - Shekhar Gupta, Indian Express, 30 June 2007</span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-82924429753159432782007-07-15T03:11:00.000-07:002007-07-15T03:23:27.604-07:00Terrorism Backfires in Pakistan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4jfyZtLybcRivtGrn4w8Su4AuFVC5hguthK8Q5ntPga6BZhq7OquY9KxAWYnP3WB8KcawGnbDD7ZEEImhR9T9DyBJ_t-iDqvaJkcjERQA-29DlV_nTNuxmyU017LbWNp1eir/s1600-h/0707B+Lal+Masjid+Violence.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087367244845150674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4jfyZtLybcRivtGrn4w8Su4AuFVC5hguthK8Q5ntPga6BZhq7OquY9KxAWYnP3WB8KcawGnbDD7ZEEImhR9T9DyBJ_t-iDqvaJkcjERQA-29DlV_nTNuxmyU017LbWNp1eir/s400/0707B+Lal+Masjid+Violence.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Altogether 102 people have died in the operation, including 10 Army officers, a Ranger and 91 civilians according to a report in the Dawn which quoted the interior minister Mr Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao. The admission came two days after President Pervez Musharraf hinted in a televised address to the nation, that some women and children had died in the fierce clash which turned the capital into a battleground. - The Statesman, 14 July 2007<br /></div></span>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-74553672541605867872007-07-07T00:46:00.000-07:002007-07-07T00:57:25.794-07:00US Missile Chaos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwd-HpWRqIGcliznSiTYlbpENIJjxk42Smk9J3uTZuLmCJW1qS7sjr-ExjcQFc5aEd2VqhspMHel73YFkJi-eP7KQQ86GTWDKv3nrHKTGdwA_3IJa4Wk8RxUsCryCtKMtP4bm2/s1600-h/0706H+US+MISSILE+DEFENSE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084358537946484002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwd-HpWRqIGcliznSiTYlbpENIJjxk42Smk9J3uTZuLmCJW1qS7sjr-ExjcQFc5aEd2VqhspMHel73YFkJi-eP7KQQ86GTWDKv3nrHKTGdwA_3IJa4Wk8RxUsCryCtKMtP4bm2/s400/0706H+US+MISSILE+DEFENSE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The US will not allow Russia to stop it from deploying anti-missile defences in Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said in Moscow. "I don't think anyone expects the United States to permit a veto on American security interests," she said after meeting President Vladimir Putin. But she also said: "If there are concerns about how the United States has and is continuing to exercise power, absolutely, we can have that discussion." - BBC, 15 May 2007</span> </div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499268.post-11394670105019757862007-07-01T08:07:00.000-07:002007-07-01T08:29:44.528-07:00Presidential Puppet Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbtzcoIW67NPt2ETerc81AR0oyorvO6ihs3XYr53CXOKatL6GSlp864VeMCEUEtT35asgwvWlJqon39LCZWw8KUDmdFgsbJVzsjn2N6WqvasJL03fMz7f7D3sM0PuLp79iv6x/s1600-h/0707A+Indian+President+Nomination.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082245727569464594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbtzcoIW67NPt2ETerc81AR0oyorvO6ihs3XYr53CXOKatL6GSlp864VeMCEUEtT35asgwvWlJqon39LCZWw8KUDmdFgsbJVzsjn2N6WqvasJL03fMz7f7D3sM0PuLp79iv6x/s400/0707A+Indian+President+Nomination.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Leader of Opposition L K Advani has “appealed” to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to withdraw its candidate Pratibha Patil from the race for the president of India taking into account the “list of scandals and controversies with which her name is associated.” - Indian Express, 29 June 2007<br /></span></div>Vikram Nandwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16574482437812941490noreply@blogger.com5