Posted in And then I wonder, Current, In the News, Indian Music, Jagjit Singh, Waiting on the World to Change, Ze Motherland, tagged child relief and you, CRY, hunger, hunger crisis, india, Jagjit Singh, malnutrition in india on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Ab Main Rashan Ki Qataron (Now I Wander the Ration Lines), Jagjit Singh, Cry for CRY (Child Relief and You)
(The song above talks about a person’s struggle to feed his family. Jagjit Singh sings of how now he wanders the ration stores for food, suffering the punishment for leaving his fields. The first stanza describes that [...]
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Wow!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1022822/Incredible-pictures-Earths-uncontacted-tribes-firing-bows-arrows.html
http://www.ctv.ca/gallery/html/tribe_080530/photo_0.html
An uncontacted tribe has been photographed from the sky by FUNAI, an agency in Brazil, which reside on the Brazil-Peru border. They existed, undiscovered, until now, and it is truly a rare, fascinating sight to gain this first look on them. While its exciting, at the same time I feel this overpowering fear that now [...]
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Yeh Tara Woh Tara, Swades
For the first time ever, I’ve been really jetlagged. For the past couple days I’ve been in a zombie state, and crashed randomly come 8-9pm. I think its the joint effect of being sick for most of the trip and getting little/no sleep, plus traveling constantly which makes for a terrible [...]
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[Please see last post for backstory: http://docmitasha.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/make-note-india-won-the-indian-cricket-team-not-a-religion/ Also see the comments trackbacks to get some other interesting views on the subject]
This post has brought in a large number of readers here, and a couple trackbacks too, for which I am flattered (even the contrary opinions). I wanted to add a couple of points to those still interested [...]
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Posted in And then I wonder, Cricket, Current, In the News, Waiting on the World to Change, What I'm Reading, tagged Cricket, india won, india-pakistan match, shoaib malik's comment, twenty20 match on September 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A Cricket Team, representing a country, NOT a Religion.
I’m not a cricket fan, ashamedly or not, except for that Lagaan cricket match that had me eating my nails. I’ve always been happy for people into the game, I’m sure its very exciting and a wonderful, unifying experience to watch a game and win/lose, share the [...]
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{Please see the last post for the background on this story}
Each day I seem to become more and more disappointed with the world, more pessimistic, shall I say? And it is always wonderful, a completely warm feeling, when I realize that I’ve been wrong again….atleast today, humanity still exists, and while the evil aspect of [...]
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“Boy, 5, set on fire by masked men.”
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.boy/index.html#cnnSTCText
I have no words to describe my disgust, sadness, and anger. What can you say about such a cruel, inhumane, horrible act? Except that it is shameful and absolutely terrifying that the bastards who did this are part of the human race. Is my blood really the same [...]
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[Beware! This is a long post, but I ask especially all women who pass by to read it!! And please tell me of any of your experiences, here or at lemonsunflower [at] gmail [dot] com]
Pop Quiz! The above sign would be best suited:
a. In front of a men’s restroom/sauna/locker room
b. As a barrier to allow men to move ahead in [...]
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html
How terrible and very sad! My condolences go to the students, faculty, family and community members affected by this horrible violence.
I hope they learn about the gunman soon before rumors start perpetrating. I cannot imagine who would be behind this completely random, senseless, and brutal act. A crazed student? An individual from outside the school with some mental [...]
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