Incredible India – 5

Here comes yet another instalment of Incredible India featuring those only-in-India stories. * Checking adulterants for adulteration. Apparently, there is so much adulteration of gold in India that the prices of adulterants have shot up, leaving jewelers worried about adulteration of the adulterants. Read this excerpt: It is paradoxical, but both iridium and ruthenium have […]

Incredible India – 2

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 […]

Barack Obama – Inaugural Address

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 […]

Good Riddance to Bad Rub-Bush

* You failed to stem the tide of good American jobs being outsourced to the Indian coolies * You failed to protect us on 9/11 * You failed to capture Osama Bin Laden * You failed to understand how badly the Guantanamo prison and the rendition policy of transporting abductees to third countries for torture […]

I am Sicker than I Thought – Steve Jobs

Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent out an e-mail to all Apple employees acknowledging that his health issues are more complex than he’d thought earlier. Jobs is now taking medical leave of absence from Apple for five months, i.e. until the end of June. No details were provided on the nature of Jobs’ health problems. […]

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