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When American Babus Go the Indian Way

Posted by: MI on: February 15, 2012

Chances of getting a work-related visa to the United States becomes harder day by day and the row over the visa policies gets deeper every time. Indians are unfairly treated when it comes to work visas to the U.S. and according to the findings of an American think tank, India-born professionals are denied visas at [...]

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India has More to it than Poverty, Feels Oprah Winfrey

Posted by: MI on: January 23, 2012

The traffic manners may have left her aghast, but the world’s most celebrated talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was impressed by India‘s “glorious” family tradition and would love to return to the country which had much more to it than filth and poverty. “What most impressed me here was the family tradition in [...]

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Reasons Why India Can’t Censor the Internet

Posted by: MI on: December 7, 2011

In just 24 hours, in the Facebook alumni group of St Stephen’s College, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal‘s ratings crashed faster than that of US President Barack Obama or what former telecom minister A. Raja, now in judicial custody over second generation (2G) spectrum case, ever had. In a survey to pick star alumni for a [...]

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Andy Rooney, wry ’60 Minutes’ commentator, dies

Posted by: MI on: November 5, 2011

Andy Rooney so dreaded the day he had to end his signature “60 Minutes” commentaries about life’s large and small absurdities that he kept going until he was 92 years old. Even then, he said he wasn’t retiring. Writers never retire. But his life after the end of “A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney” was [...]

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The Muslim Leaders That U.S. Killed

Posted by: MI on: October 23, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi‘s death is celebrated as the success of a new U.S. foreign policy, on which the Obama administration backed the NATO action, demanded Gaddafi to go and finally he is gone forever. It was a policy of lead from behind, a policy makeover which is sometimes seen as an uncomfortable mix of realism and [...]

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Iran would face a possible ban on sanctions – OBAMA

Posted by: MI on: October 14, 2011

U.S. President Barack Obama warned Iran on Thursday it would face the toughest possible sanctions for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, as officials eyed action against its central bank. Saudi Arabia on Thursday accused Iran of fomenting instability but pledged a “measured response” over the alleged plot that has heightened [...]

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The World Calls On Anna For Leadership

Posted by: MI on: September 23, 2011

After successfully persuading the Government for a strong Lokpal bill, the Anti-graft Gandhian crusader Anna Hazare has not only become popular in India, but has also won millions of hearts abroad. A two-member delegation from Pakistan called on Anna at his Ralegaon Siddhi home. The delegation comprised retired Pakistan Supreme Court Judge Nasir Alam Zahid [...]

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10 Possible Changes In The World After The Death Of Osama Bin Laden

Posted by: MI on: September 20, 2011

Is it really a full stop to 10 year of unremitting manhunt of Osama bin Laden? What is the possible reaction of different elements of the world on this? Will the world be able to live in peace now? Does the death of Al-Qaeda leader mark an end to all the fiasco which is occurring [...]

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Obama’s $447 billion reelection plan

Posted by: MI on: September 13, 2011

There’s been much speculation that President Barack Obama will spend $1 billion to get reelected. Turns out those guesses were off by $446 billion. What Americans heard last night was a $447 billion political plan, not an economic one. It’s purpose was to a) fire up the demoralized Democratic base and b) show independents that [...]

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