Back in the ol’ days, they used to give Padma Shri and Tamrapatra awards for real achievements. Now, the Government of India has started bestowing awards merely for the accident of being born with the right sequence of DNA or right genes, which we presume ultimately decide how you look. How else can you explain […]
Here’s Take 2 of Incredible India containing some of those only-in-India incredible stories: * Priests at an Orissa temple performed a special purificatory ceremony after the visit of a Dalit minister. There must be a special place reserved in hell for the Brahmin swines who still engage in obnoxious discriminatory practices in many parts of […]
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now […]
We said six not sex. The Government of India has named three more directors to the board of disgraced IT services provider Satyam taking the total directors on the company’s board to six.  The new directors are: * Tarun Das (Chief Mentor of CII) * T. N. Manoharan (Former president of the Institute of Chartered […]
What are Indian policemen doing when they are not busy encountering (i.e engaging in cold-blooded murder of people)? Easy answer – When Indian policemen are not encountering, they are very busy extorting bribes. A new report by Trace International based on a 16-month study of collecting and analyzing reports of bribery demands in India has found that policemen […]
The Government of India has named three directors to the board of disgraced IT services provider Satyam Computer. The new members are HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh, former NASSCOM president Kiran Karnik and former SEBI member C Achuthan. Following the recent disclosures of accounting irregularities, the government had disbanded the earlier Satyam board. The new members […]