Posted by: agsharma on: October 28, 2008
Diwali, the Hindu holiday of light falls today. It is the festival of lights as celebrated by most of India (and parts of Sri Lanka and Nepal) for differing reasons. Think of it as christmas for non-christians.
From wikipedia :
Hindus have several significant events associated with it:
Return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya
The Killing of Narakasura
Austerities of [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 27, 2008
The Original…..
The Copy…..
Posted by: agsharma on: October 22, 2008
Way to go ISRO!!!
India blasted into the international space race Wednesday with the successful launch of an ambitious two-year mission to study the moon’s landscape.
The unmanned lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1, or “moon craft” in ancient Sanskrit, launched at 6:20 a.m. (8:50 p.m. ET) from the Sriharikota space center in southern India.
The mission seeks [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 22, 2008
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Liberal Party officials prepared a memo in 2006 warning their incoming new leader to prepare an immediate ad campaign to counter an expected assault from the governing Tories aimed at destabilizing whoever won.
However, Stéphane Dion opted instead to hang onto the bulk of a $4-million war chest he inherited upon taking over the top job, [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 21, 2008
Needless to say that Rush Limbaugh is basically a pig in a suit. See here for details as to why. Here is the latest from the piggy.
“Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race,” Limbaugh wrote in the e-mail. “OK, fine. I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 20, 2008
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A Western journalist called me the other day to ask what Asians thought of Sarah Palin.
“Just a minute,” I said. “I’ll ask them.”
I held my hand over phone, counted to 20 and then got back on the line. “They like him,” I said. “But they think he should make more episodes of Monty Python.”
There was [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 17, 2008
Congratulations Sachin!!! Way to go.
The stifling suspense and the prolonged wait finally came to an end as Sachin Tendulkar on Friday emerged as the highest run-accumulator in Test cricket’s history……Tendulkar arrived here with 11,939 runs against his name from 151 Tests, averaging 54.02 hitting 39 centuries in the process. His ODI record put together– he [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 15, 2008
Passionate essay……
Posted by: agsharma on: October 15, 2008
Well, we all knew it would happen but this is a disaster. Liberals lost a lot of ground this election and I put the blame squarely on us. Lack of understanding of the liberal platform, overestimation of the conservative platform and vote splitting with the Greens and NDP are primarily the reasons why we did [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 13, 2008
Congratulations Prof. Krugman!! I don’t know much about economics but as someone who has been following your blog, your opinions on NY Times and having read your books, I couldn’t be happier for you. You are exactly the kind of sane voice needed by USA and the world!!
Posted by: agsharma on: October 9, 2008
Results from my blog :
Posted by: agsharma on: October 8, 2008
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Worse, Palin’s routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric’s questions for her “less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media.” At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 8, 2008
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“I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not the most emotionally expressive guy,” said Mr. Harper, when asked whether he might want to show more empathy with Canadians becoming increasingly fearful for their economic future.
No one is asking you to pull out a handkerchief and start sobbing into it, Mr. Prime Minister. Just tell us [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 8, 2008
…….he actually refused to shake Obama’s hand after last nights debate. What an asshole!!
Posted by: agsharma on: October 3, 2008
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I’m sorry, but I don’t want a Prime Minister who is “just like me”. If I did, I’d run myself. I want someone who has a a broader perspective, with a better understanding of how government and economics work, and who is smarter than me (and I’ve got a pretty kick-ass IQ).
I don’t give a [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 2, 2008
So Harper was caught with his pants down.
Initially I had thought that the language that was used was mostly about the “purchase of uranium by Iraq from Niger” claim. But after seeing the above clip, the wording is not only of the false claim, but basically the Iraq policy.
So claims of [...]
Posted by: agsharma on: October 2, 2008
I caught a part of Bill Carroll’s show today and I have to wonder why CFRB lets this gas bag use their airwaves.
The argument was about this Jewish professor in York University who wants to continue with the classes in York University despite the fact that it closes down for Rosh Hashana (something to do [...]
