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Pakistan - not Osama - was the 9-11 Mastermind!
Thu May 12, 2011 12:58 PM EDT
CNN confirmed that Lt Gen Mahmud Ahmed, the Head of Pakistan's Intelligence agency (ISI) in 2001 (at the time of 9-11), had used Omar Sayed, the slayer of Daniel Pearl, to wire $100,000 to Mohammad Atta - the leader of the 9-11 hijackers.
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Sadhguru Jaggi, Mystic and Yogi, Talks to a Race Car Driver on Jan 30
Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:19 AM EST
Indiscriminate and infinite love has the power to bring strange recipients to the giver. One could be a devotee, another a home-maker, a third could be a world class film maker or even a race car driver.
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The Af-Pak War of Arms and Minds
Sun Dec 6, 2009 9:33 PM EST
"We used them to the Hilt'
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Out of Many, One: E pluribus unum
Fri Jun 5, 2009 10:57 AM EDT
It is telling and indeed intriguing that three religions, coming from the same root have such deep-seated animosities.
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Capitalism vs Democracy or Capitalist Democracy?
Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:34 AM EDT
The current financial crisis has created a very interesting situation where not only the government and quasi-government institutions have underperformed, but more importantly, the different founding principles of a modern western state have been at odds with each other.
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Executive Warfare - an Excellent guide with straight talk
Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:57 PM EDT
Recently, I read a book by David F. D'Alessandro - titled "Executive Warfare: 10 Rules of Engagement For Winning Your War For Success". who has written two other best selllers Brand Warfare and Career Warfare.
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The complete nonsense of religious values!
Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:56 PM EST
I went to the blog of Joseph Thomas (Jo calling) who had challenged the call by an Archbishop to the Christians to send their kids to Christian schools only.
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Indian State Govt. wants its dead employee to work harder!
Fri Jan 4, 2008 4:37 PM EST
People at the helm in Indian Government and Bureaucracy are by default dumb and idiots! They need proofs for living people and cannot believe death certificates of those who are dead!
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What makes Pakistan the "World's Most Dangerous Place"?
Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:32 AM EST
For long now - in fact since its genesis - most Indians have believed this, but it has taken the world (specially the media) 6 decades to figure this out. "Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world"! says Economist.
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Billions in Aid to Pakistan was diverted against India: US Officials
Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:33 AM EST
There are reasons why I call the American administrations dealing with Pakistan blind.
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Look through the window and celebrate the world
Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:51 AM EST
This morning while I was coming to the office I looked out of the car when I was standing at a traffic light. The weather was beautiful and temperate - the kind I would have loved to play cricket in all day when I was younger!
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Investment Advice from Gurus: 15 things to look for in a Stock
Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:16 AM EDT
I would like to start a series where I bring the investment advice of the gurus of stock investment to my readers. These are the gurus who, I believe, were the greatest ever.
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The Top Five Personalized RSS Portals
Mon Oct 8, 2007 11:52 PM EDT
As the information flow has increased with not just the media but the blogs providing more and more analysis and news, it is tough to really sift through the important and discard the unimportant. A lot of news and information also comes through one's emails.
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Deafening "Activist" Silence and terrorist Explosions destroy yet another Buddha!
Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:56 PM EDT
Swat Valley or Shrivastu as it was known earlier (and home of the Shrivastavas of the Indian Kayasthas), is known for the Buddhist relics of the Gandhara era. One of them is the cross-legged Buddha.
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Space, WMDs, and Misson Accomplished!
Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:37 PM EDT
Ok, this is the first time we humans from Earth have sent a space-ship that will go to one cosmic body.... circle it.. stare it.. and then go for another one. True Interplanetary journey! We men have had been practicing this on the women for past few hundred centuries.
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Fallacies of God, Force, Matter, Space and Time
Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:08 AM EDT
God is a matter of faith. Faith that things "work" even though in a manner not always according to our wishes and "equitably" (as we define the word). Yet, it seems to be so. Random world would leave no room for any hope.
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Change keeps the Past Current!
Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:34 PM EDT
India has a lot of problems - population, apathy of the educated, pollution, and corruption. That is what keeps the country down. Can it move on? Tom Friedman said that technology is a great equalizer. Vinay Rai, however, disagreed.
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Morality is a Religious Blasphemy and Selfish at its foundation!
Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:24 AM EDT
You must do "good" - every pastor, priest, mullah, god-head, Prophet and Saint advises us.
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Today's Ram never existed!
Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:36 AM EDT
I often wonder if it is time that God be abolished from the public life? The personalities that fill up the pantheon of "Gods" around the world are USED shamelessly by everyone.
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How has Osama survived the last six years!
Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:33 PM EDT
It has been six years today after the 9-11 attacks on the US by Al Qaeda. Yet Osama is out at large. How did he escape arrest? It is a tale of carelessness and apathy on part of the US and some smart maneuvering on part on part of Al Qaeda and Osama.
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How Specific Spiritual Vocabulary has chained mankind?
Mon Sep 3, 2007 9:57 AM EDT
"Ok, suppose that A wants to see data from say, a table X, then we need to access the..." Girish started off. Glen was quick to stop him "Can you be specific? In our system which is that table "X", and what role with which authorization will access that …
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Vande Matram the Controversy - my thoughts
Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:15 AM EDT
There was a huge controversy in India over Vande Matram - the National Song of India.
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Interview: Suhit Gosain - Indian Idol With "Attitude"
Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:56 AM EDT
Indian Music has had very few real performers. We are a nation of playback singers basically. So, when someone comes with a different set of character, people look up.
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A Voyage in 1893 that Changed India!
Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:16 AM EDT
Here is an interesting letter that Jamshetji Tata - the pioneer of Indian Science and learning wrote to Swami Vivekananda recalling their voyage from Japan to Chicago on a ship in 1893! Here he is asking Swami Vivekananda to take leadership of the Research Institute of Science ( …
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Long Term Implications of Pak Mosque Siege
Fri Jul 6, 2007 10:36 AM EDT
Like I discussed on my blog this week that things in Pakistan are not looking too great as the Lal Masjid students had fought with the Pakistani Army right there in the capital itself. Now the things are getting worse.
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