Sleeping Divorce

Akhtar, a resident of from West Bengal uttered the word "Talaq" 3 times while he was sleeping. And now the situation is that he is supposed to leave his wife. The only way they can get back to each other is that her wife should marry to someone else and then divorce him. As he is not ready to leave his wife so he got his marriage registered, and that is making the villagers to boycott him.

This incident raises a few questions in my mind. How come someone in sleep very precisely can say the word Talaq 3 times? Even if it happen what was the need to bring the "Mullah" and "Moulavis" in between. Why did you forgot the few cases which happened in UP where a woman was raped by her father-in-law, and when he appealed to these "Mullah" then asked her to leave her husband and stay with his father-in-law. I don't think I can ever understand this law, its a piece of shit.

To add glamour to that our honorable chief minister or the administration did not even interfere in that. That bastard who raped must have been brought behind the bar. But who has time for that. Let them take care of themselves, and let them use the same barbaric rules made in 14ht centuries. Any way Welcome to India Baby! Here is link to full story.

Aus beat India

Even in Hockey Australia is beating India! My God!

India have lost to Australia in the final of the Women's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games.

Australia have had a dream run in this tournament, not dropping a single match.

India who were keen on avenging their 4-2 loss to Australia in the qualifying round, did manage to hold the Aussies in the first half.

However, Sera Taylor had other plans as she deflected a pass straight into the net to make it 1-0 with just eight minutes left for the final whistle.

India had won the gold at the last edition in Manchester but had to settle for a silver this time.

What is happening to my Dream City

Pune is my dream place to work. I don't know why, but I love that place. I love the climate of Pune. Another reason could be because its close and far enough form Mumbai. Also its a quiet place.

Today I read this story in Times of India. Now there are many incidents coming in to picture where a woman is being paraded naked. Is it a kind of trend. Or is it just to put some

Pune : Maharashtra:
Telgaon, Asha Bai’s native place, is an obscure speck on Maharashtra’s map. This village, with a population of about 3,000 people, is 15 km from Solapur. On March 11, Asha Bai (25) was allegedly beaten, verbally abused, stripped and paraded naked by nine people, all of them — two women and seven men — from her own village. Her "crime": She was suspected to have made an anonymous complaint to the police against the illegal sale of liquor and a prostitution racket in Telgaon in November 2005. This was because around the same time she was frequenting Solapur to attend court hearings. Asha Bai then filed an FIR against the offenders at the Solapur taluka station on March 14. The police arrested eight of the nine accused, including Shivaji Laxman Patil, the village sarpanch. One accused is absconding. The accused are now in judicial custody.

Though life in the village seems to be ambling along as usual, two police officers and two units of 25 police personnel are currently deployed in Telgaon in case tensions flare up. The village has 300 Dalit families. Asha Bai belongs to the Chamar caste. "All the nine accused are upper-caste members," says deputy superintendent of police N K Thakur, the investigating officer for the case. "After the accused were arrested, nine Dalit women from the village came forward to confess to the crime. They say they beat up Asha Bai but did not disrobe her. I think they have been paid to confess," says Thakur. Meanwhile, in another barbaric incident in Beed district, a 32-year-old woman lost an eye in an acid attack after she was assaulted and paraded naked in broad daylight on Monday by five villagers over an old feud.

Police have arrested three persons, including two women. According to police, the assailants tied her up, cut her hair and threw acid on her face before pushing her on the streets naked. On hearing the woman’s cries for help a number of people gathered but no one intervened. The woman then rushed to the village government hospital, where the staff came to her aid. At present, she is undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital in Beed.

The incident occurred in village Chausala. Beed SP, Raghunath Khaire said that a
case has been registered against five persons including the deputy sarpanch
under section 326 (causing hurt), 355 (intent to dishonour a person) and 109
(abetment). Deputy sarpanch Rajendra Thorat was arrested on Monday night and was remanded to police custody till March 23. The two women, Mangal Lahu Tekade and Soni Lahu Tekade were arrested on Tuesday, Khaire said.

According to police, the woman was persuaded to come to the Autadegalli
locality of Chausala village from her Indiranagar residence in the same village
to negotiate old disputes and differences. When she reached the village, four
women — Saraswati Changdeo Autade, Mangal Lahu Tekade, Didi Lahu Tekade, Soni Lahu Tekade and the deputy sarpanch Rajendra Thorat allegedly started a quarrel. Neknoor police sources under whose jurisdiction Chausala falls said that a few days ago Rajendra Thorat had quarrelled with the woman’s brother Biru Kudwan. Thorat had lodged a complaint against Kudwan who was helped to come out on bail by his sister.

Sometimes I also feel that there is a great possibility that the women being harassed might be lying to get the case a better weight. Well what is the truth it only eyewitnesses can tell. But its shame for all of us where things like this happen.

How justified is BBC towards portraying India's Image

This is story from BBC.co.uk about the BSE sensex. Why are they mentioning "Main" sensex. Why cannot they simply say BSE Sensex? Do they expect people don't know what does BSE means. Then let them find out. I don't think BBC will ever mention America's "main" sensex while referring DOW or NASDAQ.


India's main stock market has passed another major milestone, scaling the 11,000 mark for the first time ever. The landmark level was reached less than six weeks after Indian shares broke through the 10,000 barrier.

Strong economic growth and increased interest by foreign investors in Indian firms have underpinned the market's performance in the past two years. After touching a 11,017.25 high on Tuesday, the benchmark Sensex share index closed down slightly at 10,905.2.
The index passed the 10,000 mark for the first time as recently as early February, and has risen 17% in value so far this year. The previous year had seen share prices increase by 42%.
Analysts said they expected the market to continue growing, bolstered by widespread faith in India's ability to maintain its outstanding economic growth of recent years. 'This is a no-sell market with strong fundamentals, sustained domestic buying and retail appetite in equities keeping stocks buoyant,' said Rajesh Jain, a director at Pranav Securities. "


I strongly feel that the media in Europe or in North America, is not doing enough justice in portraying the right image of India. I am saying "Right", I am not expecting them to say something which is not there.

They should now realise that India cannot be just looked upon for some news on poverty, corruption etc. These guys need to open there mind.

England vs India 3rd Test

India are on the backfoot on the fifth and final day of the third test against England at Mumbai. Chasing 313 for victory, the hosts have lost six wickets with both skipper Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar returning to the pavilion. In the post-lunch session, India are at 77 for six with Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni at the crease.

Virender Sehwag became James Anderson's sixth victim when he was trapped leg before wicket for zero. Tendulkar, who was booed on his way to the pavilion after being dismissed for one in the first innings, was caught by Ian Bell off Shaun Udal's bowling for 34.

Dravid, who had put on 42 runs for the fourth wicket, was caught by wicketkeeper Geraint Jones off a Flintoff delivery.

The hosts suffered an early setback in the morning session when Anil Kumble was trapped leg before wicket by Matthew Hoggard for just eight runs. Jaffer followed soon after he was trapped leg before wicket off Andrew Flintoff's bowling for 10. With wickets tumbling at regular intervals, the hosts seem to be losing the grip on the match.

Even if India manages to salvage a draw, it will be a great achievement. In the eight overs the Indians batted yesterday, they lost Irfan Pathan who had come to open the innings in place of an unwell Virender Sehwag. Pathan managed to score just six runs before he was bowled by James Anderson.

Earlier, Anil Kumble with four wickets for 49 led the charge as India made a spirited comeback in the match.

However, pathetic catching, most notably by Yuvraj Singh and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, deprived their team of a chance to bowl "

What NRIs should invest in

Ask any Non-Resident Indian about his mutual fund portfolio and there is very good chance that Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (MSIIF), an exchange-traded fund (ETF), features in it. A lot of NRIs want to know if there is a better alternative to Morgan Stanley ETF in the domestic mutual fund segment.

Before we analyse whether MSIIF is a better bet against its counterparts in India, let us first understand some basic characteristics of ETFs. ETFs are close-ended funds that are bought and sold on the stock exchange.

So ETFs, despite being close-ended are liquid. Since ETFs are traded on the exchange, they assume the characteristic of a company stock/share in one very important aspect -- pricing.

Stocks trade at a price determined by the market. The price, in turn, is determined by several factors like company management, competitive strengths, profitability and overall economic environment. Even technical factors like demand and supply in a company's shares has an impact on the stock price.
The stock price is almost always different from the 'value' of the share. If the stock market price is higher than the book value, a share is said to command a premium to its book value. If the stock price is lower than the book value, then its said to be available at a discount to book value.
Much like stocks, ETFs have a stock market price. Since an ETF is a mutual fund, it has an NAV (net asset value) as well, which is the value of its investments net of expenses (like fund management, sales and marketing). You might say that the NAV is the equivalent of the book value in the case of a company.
The ETF's price on the stock exchange is rarely the same as its NAV. ETF's usually trade at a price that is lower to the NAV, i.e. they trade at a discount to their NAV. When the ETF price is high"

Future of Cell Phones

Cell phone have gone a long way. It was introduced almost 27 years ago in the shape of a brick which was good for making calls only. But since then it has been under constant revolution. The future of cell phone is going to be very different. Its going to enter in almost all the aspects of your life, not just for making calls. Here are some of those aspects which I can think of:

• You will be able to make the payment to purchases made online or in store by using your cell phone. Just hold your cell phone against a sensing device and "Beep" . You are done, Thankyou for shopping at Walmart!

• You will be able to lock/unlock your car/apartment by using your cell phones. It will act like a remote key, intgrated with you car and aprtment codes.

• You will be able to find the way to your destination by using your cell phones. Currently we relay upon the GPS devices attached in your car. But then you just need your cell phone to go to San Diego or to go to a Local zoo.

• You will be able to tune in to as many as 100 channels of TV, Radio and download your favourite program or watch it live for free or for a very nominal fee.

• You will be able to take a high resolution photos by using your cell phone. In fact some companies in Japan has released a cell phone with as high as 5 Mega pixel camera. Which sounds to be a decent for a digital camera.

• You will be able to print the photos. The phone will be able to wirelessly transmit the photos to a printer or to nearest store who is having the facility of Online printing. You will be able to select the nearest store for your photo pickup or home delivery.

• You will be able to store more and more songs/movies. Cell phones will sport a new look, more memory and more power. Some experts believe the cell phone memory may grow up to 80 GB in next 5 years.

And, after decades of shrinking cell phones, I believe phones are going to begin growing, just a tad, to accommodate larger screens.

I am not sure when is this going to happen and even if it happens how many of us will be able to afford it. But I am sure that it is going to happen, and sooner or later the count of people will increase who can afford these.


Here is an imaginery picture of a future cell phone.

Top 20 tools? Do you agree with this?

Recently there was an article in Forbes magazine, stating the 20 most important tools ever being invented . This list somehow has ignored the some of tools associated to certain industries. For example there are lot of tools being developed in agricultural industries which has revolutionised the agriculture, but there is no mention of those. I don't agree with this list in full but in part. What do you have to say.

Here is a snapshot to the tools images.

If India had a Marxist Prime Minister

The following are some excrepts from a recent article from rediff. The full article can be found here here . Normally i dont agree with the opinions made on rediff.com but I fully agree with the points mentioned here. I also believe that India should have recognize the talent of Dr Manmohan Singh, much earliar. If so have happened then probably India would have been in a better position than now.

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What would India look like if a prematurely grey Malayali Marxist was the prime minister instead of a blue-turbaned neo-liberal Sikh?

For starters, there would have been no George Bush visit, let alone a nuclear deal. In fact, India may not have been a nuclear power at all, given the Left's antipathy towards Pokhrans I and II and preference for universal nuclear disarmament.

Not only that, the earlier opposition of the communists to computers would have meant that the scientific establishment wouldn't have had the wherewithal to build nuclear weapons any way. In any event, even if the Marxists had wanted, the American President's Air Force One wouldn't have been able to land in India's unmodernised and unprivatised airports, which wouldn't be big and sophisticated enough to handle the six-storey jet.

In place of Bush, the red carpet would be rolled out for Robert Mugabe, the 'socialist' president of Zimbabwe in whose country the rate of inflation is touching the 800 mark, Fidel Castro, the imperishable Cuban dictator, who sends doctors and engineers to help Third World countries, Kim Jong Il, the 'dear leader' of the North Korean people and son of his father, the 'beloved leader' Kim Il Sung, and other leaders from countries where America is planning regime changes.

But, more than any one of them, the bands would be playing loud and clear for Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, the man currently leading the charge, with the blessings of the Grand Ayatollahs of Iran, against the Great Satan. And support for this formidable line-up against the neo-imperialists would come from across the seas from distant Venezuela's man of the masses, Hugo Chavez, who is now a beacon of hope for the downtrodden after the demise of Lenin, Stalin and Mao.

With friends like these, India wouldn't need enemies. But what of the economy? No one would even whisper the three dreadful letters, FDI [Foreign Direct Investment], lest he should be seen to be in league with the neo-imperialists and their plans to enter and finally take over the Indian economy. There wouldn't be much domestic investment either, for the barrier of crossing the government-sanctioned trade union stipulations about salaries and work conditions would be too daunting for any entrepreneur.


So, the mighty public sector will rule the roost, known as the 'commanding heights of the economy', producing little and incurring losses. And there would be no question of the sensex crossing 10,000 since the stock exchange would be constantly under the bhaand mein jaye [let it be doomed] threat of Big Brother's little brother, A B Bardhan.


On the national capital's wide thoroughfares, there would be at most three models of cars, all of the colour favoured by Henry Ford ('a car can be of any colour as long as it is black'), which would enhance road safety since they wouldn't be able to cross 60 kmph without shaking violently.


And no police notifications would have to be issued against the use of mobiles while driving, for there wouldn't be any mobiles at all, only one landline company, with a long waiting list, and favoured by those with strong voices which can carry over the 'trunk' lines.


There would also be only one television channel, perhaps in colour, where the highlights of the week would be Sunday morning's 'garland' of film songs -- Chitrahaar -- and Friday evening's The World This Week by Prannoy Roy, of NDTV.


But the gains of this brave new India would be considerable. They would mainly be in the realms of foreign and economic policies. In foreign affairs, India would pursue an independent line, which (its supporters would presume) would have earned the approval of the former Soviet Union if only because its basis would be to oppose the Great Satan's machinations to dominate the world.


Along with Venezuela (oil), North Korea (nukes), Iran (more nukes) and Cuba (which has been praised by Pervez Musharraf for sending a 1,000-member medical team, 44 per cent of which are women, to the earthquake-hit mountains where they stayed on 'in freezing weather and in an alien culture', as Noam Chomsky has noted in The Guardian), India would again be a leading light of the 'non-aligned' world as in the halcyon days of Nehru, Nasser and Tito, making America shake in rage and dismay.


The independence of India's foreign policy would naturally be reflected in its economic policy as well as it desists all the attempts of those two crucial American agents in the world of capital, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, to direct how the Indian economy should be run.


And as the prime minister's popularity soars by these bold assertions of independence, the preference of West Bengal's chief minister for (those dreaded letters again) FDI in imitation of Deng Xiaoping, and the internal battles of two other Malayalis, hardliner V S Achhutanand and moderate P Vijayan, will become no more than unpleasant memories of a distant past.

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Its the fate of Inadia who got Jawahar Lal as first prime minister, who took the best of Socalism and best of democrat and made new policies. That was a dissater. I am not saying what the problem we are seeing today Mr Jawahar Lal is responsible but he is definitly responsible for what dint happen. He should have listen the voices of others in his office. But that dint happend and that same error continued till very last. The damage was done, now this is is just the process of making things better.